SVS Events vs ABS SCORE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SVS Events
Access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees at Society for Vascular Surgery conferences. Enhance your learning by taking notes and drawing directly on presentation slides.
- Access presentations
- View exhibitors
- Connect with attendees
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The SVS Events mobile application allows you to access Society for Vascular Surgery's various conferences. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
ABS SCORE
Access a comprehensive question bank for surgical specialties. This app provides scenario-based multiple-choice questions to aid in self-study for surgical residents. Future updates will include additional educational content and mobile-first features.
- Access SCORE Portal Question Bank
- 4,000+ scenario-based questions
- Six surgical specialties covered
- Supports self-study for residents
- Future content includes TWIS curricula
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The SCORE mobile app enables users to access content hosted on the SCORE Portal. This version includes access to the SCORE Portal Question Bank of ~4,000 scenario-based multiple choice questions across six specialties in surgery: General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Complex General Surgical Oncology, Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. Future versions of this app will incorporate other SCORE Portal content, including "This Week in SCORE (TWIS)" curricula and will carry mobile-first features to augment both the use of the SCORE Portal and residents' self-study.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SVS Events at 4.5 against ABS SCORE's 1.6. SVS Events also leads on ratings volume (78 vs 14). ABS SCORE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). 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.
SVS Events holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SVS Events has 78 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SVS Events ships an update every 12 months, ABS SCORE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SVS Events | ABS SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (78 ratings) — better | 1.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 6.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Society for Vascular Surgery | American Board of Surgery, Inc |
Customer experience
SVS Events
ABS SCORE
In-app purchases
SVS Events
No in-app purchases
ABS SCORE
No in-app purchases
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