Bullets* vs AONA Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bullets*
Access medical and orthopedic educational content, including topics, questions, and cases. Create custom exams, review scientific articles, and monitor community activity. Earn CME credits through self-assessment exams and collaborative learning.
- Medical and orthopedic topics
- Customizable exams (Testmaster)
- Article review with PDFs
- Community activity feed
- Earn CME credits
- Point of Care Learning (PoCL)
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The companion APP for Orthobullets.com and Medbullets.com. Bullets* contains medbullets and orthobullets Topics, Questions, Techniques, Cases, Videos, and Evidence. Our Testmaster allows you to create, take, and review customized exams. Article links allows for quick review of scientific abstracts and often the PDF is provided and can be viewed on your phone. Our "Home" screen allows you to monitor a thread of educational activity within our community. All educational activity, including the Qbank, is synced with the main platform for seamless use on both your iPhone APP and computer. You can earn CME by taking Self-Assessment Exams and contributing to our free collaboration community by posting educational comments with scientific references as part of our Point of Care Learning (PoCL) activity. All CME Study Plan examinations can be taken on the iPhone and can be found on your CME Dashboard. Residents on the PASS institutional platform can take PASS exams, complete their PASS Skillmaster learning modules, and submit both Rotation and Milestone Skill Evaluations to faculty. Faculty members using PASS Pro 2.0 can grade Rotation Evaluations and Milestone Skill Evaluations on the APP, eliminating the need to log in with each evaluation.
AONA Events
Access all information for AO North America courses, including schedules, materials, venue details, and faculty bios. You can also access your CME directly within the application.
- View event schedules
- Access course materials
- Venue information
- Faculty biographies
- Direct CME access
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The AO North America Event app is a resource for you while attending one of our courses. You can stay up to date and informed about our current and future events right at your fingertips. Designed as your single go-to source, you can: view schedules, course materials, venue information and faculty bios. You can access your CME directly from the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AONA Events at 5.0 against Bullets*'s 4.0. AONA Events also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Bullets*'s advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AONA Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bullets* has 61 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Bullets*'s written reviews are positive against 100% of AONA Events's.
Bullets* ships an update every 8 days, AONA Events every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bullets* | AONA Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (61 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 215 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lineage Medical, LLC | The AO North America Inc |
Customer experience
Bullets*
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In-app purchases
Bullets*
No in-app purchases
AONA Events
No in-app purchases
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