ADEA LIVE vs NextDent
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.
NextDent
This app helps early-career dentists navigate the transition from student to professional. It provides tools to track production, understand compensation, analyze contracts, and make informed business decisions for a smarter dental career.
- Track dental production
- Understand associate compensation
- Analyze dental contracts
- Monitor career metrics
- Understand practice compensation
- Make informed career decisions
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Dental school made you a clinician. NextDent helps you become a smarter dental professional. Navigate the transition from dental student to practicing dentist with confidence. NextDent is built for new grad dentists, dental associates, and dental students who want to understand the business side of dentistry, not just the clinical side. Track your production, understand what your dental practice is really paying you, evaluate your associate contract, and make smarter career decisions. Whether you’re joining a private practice or a DSO, NextDent helps you take control of the numbers behind your career. With NextDent, you can: - Track dental production and performance - Understand your associate compensation - Analyze your dental contract - Monitor important career and practice metrics - Better understand DSO and practice compensation - Make informed decisions as a new dentist - Build confidence in the business of dentistry From your first associate position to your next career move, NextDent gives you the tools to understand what your work is worth. Dentistry is your profession. Know your numbers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NextDent at monthly against ADEA LIVE's every 12 months. ADEA LIVE's advantage is ratings volume (257 vs 1). 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.
NextDent 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, NextDent monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADEA LIVE | NextDent |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Dental Education Association | Mint Solution LLC |
Customer experience
ADEA LIVE
NextDent
In-app purchases
ADEA LIVE
No in-app purchases
NextDent
No in-app purchases
