Comparison

Visualmed vs ACP Audio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Visualmed

This app transforms complex clinical trials into easy-to-understand visual abstracts. It's designed for busy healthcare professionals and students to quickly grasp key research findings across various medical specialties.

Highlights
  • Visual abstracts of clinical trials
  • 2,000+ clinical trials across specialties
  • Search by trial, disease, or treatment
  • Discover landmark and new research
  • Concise study summaries
  • Designed for busy clinicians
Features
Currently charting
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Read less. Understand more. Visualmed turns landmark and newly published clinical trials into clear, high-yield visual abstracts designed for busy healthcare professionals and medical students. Instead of spending hours working through dense research papers, quickly understand the studies that are shaping modern medicine. WHY VISUALMED? • 2,000+ clinical trials across major medical specialties • Clear visual abstracts that make complex research easier to understand • Quickly review study design, patient population, interventions, outcomes, and key findings • Search by trial, disease, treatment, or specialty • Discover landmark studies that changed clinical practice • Stay current with newly published research • Designed for physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, and other healthcare professionals CLINICAL TRIALS — VISUALIZED Visualmed transforms important medical research into concise visual summaries that help you understand the evidence quickly. Whether you're preparing for rounds, reviewing evidence before clinic, studying for an exam, teaching trainees, or simply trying to stay current, Visualmed puts key clinical research at your fingertips. EXPLORE MEDICINE ACROSS SPECIALTIES Discover important studies across cardiology, internal medicine, oncology, neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, pulmonology, infectious disease, critical care, and more. BUILT FOR BUSY CLINICIANS Medical literature moves quickly. Visualmed helps you focus on the studies that matter and understand their key findings without having to read every paper from beginning to end. VISUALMED PRO Unlock full access to Visualmed's growing library of visual abstracts and newly added clinical trials with Visualmed Pro. Download Visualmed and make keeping up with medical evidence part of your daily routine. Visualmed is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for independent clinical judgment or review of the original research.

About

ACP Audio

Access hundreds of hours of medical education content, including clinical lectures and Q&A sessions from national experts. Listen to audio tracks and playlists on various medical topics, create custom playlists, and download content for offline listening.

Highlights
  • Audio versions of ACP educational products
  • Hundreds of hours of medical content
  • Clinical lectures and Q&A
  • Listen to tracks and playlists
  • Download tracks for offline listening
  • Create favorite track lists
Features
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Expand your clinical knowledge with select audio versions of ACP educational products, such as Internal Medicine Board Review Course Recordings and recordings from ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting. The ACP Audio app features hundreds of hours of medical education content including clinical lectures and associated Q&A. Listen to tracks and playlists in a variety of topic areas from national experts as they review clinical information and answer targeted questions. You can play audio lectures in any order, create a list of favorite tracks, view your listening history, and download tracks to listen offline. A paid subscription is required to access the content of the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.acponline.org/about-this-site/acp-privacy-policy Terms and Conditions: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/who-we-are/get-engaged/acp-member-forums/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Visualmed4 screens
ACP Audio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visualmed at 63% against ACP Audio's 0%. Visualmed also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (201 vs 8). ACP Audio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visualmed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ACP Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visualmed holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visualmed has 201 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Visualmed's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACP Audio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visualmed ships an update every 3 months, ACP Audio every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Visualmed versus ACP Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualmedACP Audio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (201 ratings) — better3.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings201 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB105 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUsama NasirAmerican College of Physicians

Customer experience

Visualmed

All ratings201 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral0.5%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative34.3%

ACP Audio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Visualmed

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes on opening
  • Visual summaries not loading
  • Only cardiology content showing up
  • App keeps shutting down
  • Cannot pass the logo screen
Show 3 more
  • App doesn't fit the screen
  • Technical problems after updates
  • Typographical errors in AI-generated content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Consider grandfathering in users who paid previously
  • Refund for users who paid and now can't access content
  • Improve app structure and layout
  • Department-specific approach (medicine, critical care, etc.) instead of disease-specific
  • Developer response to user comments about issues

ACP Audio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Visualmed

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

ACP Audio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visualmed free?
Visualmed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ACP Audio free?
ACP Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visualmed or ACP Audio?
Visualmed is rated higher. Visualmed averages 4.5 out of 5 from 201 ratings, while ACP Audio averages 3.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Visualmed or ACP Audio have ads?
Neither Visualmed nor ACP Audio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visualmed or ACP Audio?
Visualmed ships an update every 3 months, and ACP Audio every 4 months. Most recently, Visualmed was updated on November 6, 2026 and ACP Audio on November 3, 2026.

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