HerbList vs AAFP Events Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HerbList
Explore herbs and botanicals used in integrative health with this free resource. Discover identifying pictures, scientific evidence, potential side effects, and further resources for each plant. Save your favorites for easy access, even offline.
- Herb identification pictures
- Scientific evidence summaries
- Side effects and cautions
- Offline accessibility
- Favorite herb marking
- Additional resources
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Learn about herbs and botanicals that are used in complementary and integrative health approaches with the free HerbList app from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). For each herb or botanical, the app includes an identifying picture, common names, information on what the science says, potential side effects and cautions, and resources for more information. Additional features include the ability to mark favorite herbs for quick recall and offline accessibility. From the National Institutes of Health’s NCCIH, the HerbList app offers trusted, credible information.
AAFP Events Connect
Plan your attendance at AAFP conferences with this event companion app. Browse schedules, explore sessions and speakers, and discover future events to mark on your calendar.
- Event schedule access
- Session browsing
- Speaker information
- Future event discovery
- Calendar integration
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The AAFP event app helps you plan your time at AAFP conferences. Access event schedules, browse sessions, speakers, and more. Also look for future events and mark your calendar to attend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HerbList at 38% against AAFP Events Connect's 0%. HerbList also leads on ratings volume (40 vs 11). AAFP Events Connect's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 17 months). 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.
AAFP Events Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of HerbList's written reviews are positive against 0% of AAFP Events Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HerbList ships an update every 17 months, AAFP Events Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HerbList | AAFP Events Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (40 ratings) | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | National Library of Medicine | American Academy of Family Physicians |
Customer experience
HerbList
AAFP Events Connect
In-app purchases
HerbList
No in-app purchases
AAFP Events Connect
No in-app purchases
