CSAM Events vs BUP Initiation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSAM Events
This app provides meeting attendees with access to course abstracts, presentations, speakers, and exhibitors. Users can take notes directly on slides, draw on them, and utilize note-taking features within the exhibitor module. It also facilitates sharing information through in-app messaging, tweeting, and emailing.
- View abstracts, presentations, speakers, and exhibitors
- Take notes on presentation slides
- Draw directly on slides
- Note-taking in exhibitor module
- In-app messaging
- Share information via tweeting and emailing
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*** FOR MEETING ATTENDEES ONLY *** The CSAM Apps mobile application allows you to view abstracts, presentations, speakers, and exhibitors from CSAM courses. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the exhibitor module. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
BUP Initiation
This app provides healthcare professionals with assessment tools and guidance for initiating buprenorphine treatment in emergency settings. It simplifies the process of buprenorphine initiation for acute care environments.
- Buprenorphine initiation guidance
- Assessment tools
- Brief negotiation interview
- Emergency department use
- Acute care setting application
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The Buprenorphine (BUP) Initiation app is an informative mobile application that guides healthcare professionals on how to initiate treatment with Buprenorphine in the emergency department (or other acute care setting) using a series of assessment tools and a brief negotiation interview.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CSAM Events at 170 against BUP Initiation's 1. CSAM Events also leads on update cadence (every 13 months vs every 30 months). BUP Initiation's advantage is 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.
BUP Initiation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CSAM Events has 170 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CSAM Events ships an update every 13 months, BUP Initiation every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSAM Events | BUP Initiation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (170 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 170 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | California Society of Addiction Medicine | Amston Studio LLC |
Customer experience
CSAM Events
BUP Initiation
In-app purchases
CSAM Events
No in-app purchases
BUP Initiation
No in-app purchases
