ASCO Guidelines vs Medscape LIVE!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASCO Guidelines
Access comprehensive cancer care guidelines and interactive tools to inform treatment decisions. This app supports healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers in implementing recommended cancer care options for various cancer types, aiming to improve the quality of care.
- Guideline recommendations for cancer care
- Interactive treatment decision tools
- Supports healthcare providers
- Informs patients and caregivers
- Covers various cancer types
- Regularly updated content
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The ASCO Guidelines app is your go-to tool for implementing guideline recommendations into practice. This user-friendly app provides health care providers, patients, and caregivers with the recommended cancer care options for a variety of cancer types. It also includes interactive tools to inform treatment decisions at the point of care, thus increasing the quality of care provided to patients. The ASCO app is free to members and nonmembers, kept up to date, and will continue to grow as more guidelines and tools are added.
Medscape LIVE!
Access live symposiums and virtual events for healthcare professionals. Engage with renowned faculty, view presentations, ask questions, and claim CME credit. Manage your event schedule and access resources conveniently.
- Search and register for live events
- Attend virtual events and view slides
- Ask questions to faculty
- Claim CME credit
- Access event resources
- Participate in polls and view results
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The MedscapeLIVE! App provides access to live symposiums and virtual events for Healthcare professionals delivered by world-renowned faculty in a variety of therapeutic areas. With MedscapeLIVE! you will be able to: • Search and register for live events • Attend live and virtual events and view presentation slides • Ask questions to faculty • Access event resources • Participate in polling questions • View polls results • Complete surveys • Claim CME credit • Take event notes • Receive and manage mobile notifications Logging with your Medscape account will allow you to enjoy other benefits like: • View upcoming events you have registered for • Access slides from events you have attended • Access saved event notes • Access related content and resources • Receive event reminder notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ASCO Guidelines at free against Medscape LIVE!'s free with in-app purchases. ASCO Guidelines also leads on ratings volume (257 vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). Medscape LIVE!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ASCO Guidelines against 4.9 for Medscape LIVE!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASCO Guidelines has 257 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ASCO Guidelines ships an update every 5 months, Medscape LIVE! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASCO Guidelines | Medscape LIVE! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (257 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 257 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 411 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Society of Clinical Oncology | WebMD |
Customer experience
ASCO Guidelines
Medscape LIVE!
In-app purchases
ASCO Guidelines
No in-app purchases
Medscape LIVE!
No in-app purchases
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