ADEA LIVE vs QARRD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ADEA LIVE
This event app provides access to presentations, exhibitors, and posters for specific ADEA annual events. Attendees can connect with others, take notes on presentation slides, and even draw directly on them.
- Access presentations, exhibitors, and posters
- Connect with other attendees
- Take notes on presentation slides
- Draw directly on slides
- Event-specific access
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The ADEA LIVE mobile application allows you to access the various ADEA annual events. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, posters, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
QARRD
This app helps health professions educators ask higher-order questions to learners. It uses Bloom's Taxonomy verbs to encourage critical thinking and application of knowledge. Use it in clinical or educational settings to enhance learning discussions.
- Higher-order question generation
- Bloom's Taxonomy verb integration
- Enhances critical thinking
- Designed for health professions education
- Real-time discussion aid
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The Questioning Aid for Rich, Real-Time Discussion (QARRD) app was designed to assist health professions educators in asking higher-order questions of our learners using verbs from Bloom’s Taxonomy. Higher-order questions push learners to apply, analyze, evaluate, create and drive enhanced critical thinking skills. Download the QARRD. Use it tomorrow on rounds or in the clinic. You owe it to your learners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ADEA LIVE at 257 against QARRD's 1. QARRD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
QARRD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADEA LIVE has 257 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ADEA LIVE ships an update every 12 months, QARRD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADEA LIVE | QARRD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (257 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 257 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Dental Education Association | University of Louisville |
Customer experience
ADEA LIVE
QARRD
In-app purchases
ADEA LIVE
No in-app purchases
QARRD
No in-app purchases
