ADA Events vs DDSmatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ADA Events
Navigate SmileCon 2025 with this mobile tool. View your registered sessions, find speakers and exhibitors, and network with other attendees based on shared interests. Verify CE credits and more.
- View registered sessions
- Filter sessions by type
- Navigate Featured Sessions
- Look up Speakers and Exhibitors
- Network with recommended attendees
- Verify CE credits
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The ADA Events mobile app is your go-to resource for navigating the ADA 2026 Scientific Session in Indianapolis. Access your registered sessions, explore courses and speakers, view exhibitors, verify CE, connect with colleagues and more, all from your mobile device.
DDSmatch
This app connects dentists with dental practice opportunities nationwide. It features a swipe-based discovery system for buying, selling, and associateship listings, making it easier to find your next career move.
- Swipe-based discovery
- Nationwide practice listings
- Connect with opportunities
- Browse listings on the go
- Push notifications for new listings
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The first dental-practice-specific app helping dentists find their perfect match. Successfully connecting the dentist's present with their future. Featuring swipe-based discovery, the free app instantly connects dentists nationwide with buying, selling, and associateship opportunities. Swipe through curated practice listings tailored to your specified location, bringing a nationwide dental practice marketplace directly into your hands. More than a marketplace, the app is a resource that lets you: - Browse active practice listings on the go, from anywhere - Swipe-based discovery to pass or connect to request more information, right from your phone - Reach out to a DDSmatch professional directly over text or email from within the app - Stay up to date with new listings and resources as soon as they drop with push notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DDSmatch at 5.0 against ADA Events's 3.9. DDSmatch also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
DDSmatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of ADA Events's written reviews are positive against 100% of DDSmatch's.
ADA Events ships an update every 5 weeks, DDSmatch every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADA Events | DDSmatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Dental Association | DDSMATCH.COM, LLC |
Customer experience
ADA Events
DDSmatch
In-app purchases
ADA Events
No in-app purchases
DDSmatch
No in-app purchases
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