Kois Reader vs CDS Midwinter Meeting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kois Reader
Access Kois Course materials, including manuals, checklists, and videos. Features live polling, automatic note backup and syncing across devices, and the ability to share notes with other participants. Requires course attendance for full access.
- Access course manuals and videos
- Live in-course polling
- Automatic note backup and sync
- Share notes with participants
- Browse page thumbnails
- Navigation history
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The Kois Reader is the new and improved method for viewing Kois Course Materials. Access your course manuals, always pages, procedure checklist, videos, etc. ** Note: Course attendance required for materials access. New Features Include: + Live in-course polling from directly within the manual while at the Kois Center. + View document size before downloading. + Notes are automatically backed up and sync across devices. + Notes can be shared between participants within a course. + The notes list displays location of, date/time created, context of the note(s). + Browse through page thumbnails. + Forward and Back buttons, returns you to previous location(s) after jumping around content.
CDS Midwinter Meeting
This app provides attendees with access to conference schedules, presentations, exhibitor information, and speaker details. It allows users to take notes and draw directly on presentation slides.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and exhibitor details
- See speaker information
- Take notes on presentations
- Draw directly on slides
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**** FOR ATTENDEES ONLY **** This mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details from select conferences and/or meetings. Users can take notes on adjacent presentations when they are available for each presentation as well as draw directly onto the slides themselves, all from within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kois Reader at 3.6 against CDS Midwinter Meeting's 1.0. Kois Reader also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 3). CDS Midwinter Meeting's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 20%). 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.
Kois Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Kois Reader's written reviews are positive against 33% of CDS Midwinter Meeting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kois Reader ships an update every 9 months, CDS Midwinter Meeting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kois Reader | CDS Midwinter Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kois Center | Chicago Dental Society |
Customer experience
Kois Reader
CDS Midwinter Meeting
In-app purchases
Kois Reader
No in-app purchases
CDS Midwinter Meeting
No in-app purchases
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