AAIM Events vs SHMLive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AAIM Events
Enhance your meeting experience with access to session details, personalized schedules, and event maps. Network with attendees, review speaker resources, and stay updated with real-time alerts. Find hotel and transportation information all in one place.
- Customizable session schedules
- Interactive event maps
- Speaker and session resources
- Attendee networking directory
- Real-time event alerts
- Hotel and transportation information
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The AAIM Events app is the only app you will need to download to enhance your AAIM meeting experience. The app provides you access to important information including: • Review all sessions in detail and create a customized schedule. • Maps to help you get around to sessions and navigate the exhibit hall. • Review speaker and sessions resources before, during, and after the event. • Attendee directory and opportunities to network. • Join the social conversation on Twitter. • Event details on things like hotel and transportation options. • Alerts for up-to-the-minute information and any changes.
SHMLive
Access comprehensive event information for SHM conferences, including SHM Converge and SHM Leadership Academy. Stay updated with the latest details for registrants and chapter meetings.
- Access SHM conference information
- View SHM Converge details
- Access SHM Leadership Academy info
- Get chapter meeting updates
- Current event information
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Access SHM conference information with the SHM Events app. This app includes the most current event information for registrants of SHM conferences including the SHM Converge and SHM Leadership Academy as well as Chapter meetings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SHMLive at 312 against AAIM Events's 2. SHMLive also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). AAIM Events's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
AAIM Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SHMLive has 312 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AAIM Events | SHMLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (312 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 312 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Inc | Society of Hospital Medicine |
Customer experience
AAIM Events
SHMLive
In-app purchases
AAIM Events
No in-app purchases
SHMLive
No in-app purchases
