AONA Events vs AAOS Code
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AONA Events
Access all information for AO North America courses, including schedules, materials, venue details, and faculty bios. You can also access your CME directly within the application.
- View event schedules
- Access course materials
- Venue information
- Faculty biographies
- Direct CME access
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The AO North America Event app is a resource for you while attending one of our courses. You can stay up to date and informed about our current and future events right at your fingertips. Designed as your single go-to source, you can: view schedules, course materials, venue information and faculty bios. You can access your CME directly from the app.
AAOS Code
This medical reference app provides orthopaedic CPT codes, ICD-10 codes, and RVUs for quick access on mobile devices. It allows users to search by code or body site, email patient information with codes, calculate Work RVUs, and save favorite codes.
- Orthopaedic CPT codes
- ICD-10 codes
- RVU calculations
- Search by code and body site
- Email patient information
- Favorite code tracking
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Published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons®, Code X Lite (X-Lite) is Code X's built-in companion for immediate, on the go coding. The robust application offers a full range of orthopaedic CPT codes, ICD-10 codes and RVUs. The application allows you to search by code and body site, e-mail patient information with the applicable code, calculate Work RVUs, and track your favorite codes. For AAOS Code-X Web Subscribers please login to your cloud based Code-X account at https://codex.aaos.org. Then click on your initials, followed by your name to get your credentials to login to Code-X Lite. If you are not an AAOS Code-X Web Subscriber you will not have access to this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AONA Events at 100% against AAOS Code's 0%. AONA Events also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
AONA Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of AONA Events's written reviews are positive against 0% of AAOS Code's.
AONA Events ships an update every 2 months, AAOS Code every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AONA Events | AAOS Code |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 215 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The AO North America Inc | Computer Architechs International Corporation |
Customer experience
AONA Events
AAOS Code
In-app purchases
AONA Events
No in-app purchases
AAOS Code
No in-app purchases
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