ACLM vs MER PCC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACLM
Access conference schedules, presentations, and speaker information. Take notes directly on slides, in posters, and exhibitor details. Communicate with attendees and colleagues through in-app messaging and social sharing.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
- In-app messaging
- Share information with attendees
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The ACLM mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors modules. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
MER PCC
Access medical education resources and register for conferences on the go. Browse by date or topic, view agendas, and manage your professional profile.
- Search and register for conferences
- Browse by date or topic
- View conference agendas
- Manage user profile
- Access medical education resources
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Medical Education Resources (MER) is Primary Care’s leading provider of commercial-free CME. Join the hundreds of thousands of your medical professional peers who have enjoyed CME-getaways at locations around the globe. Revel in MER’s signature half-day format at over 120 conferences annually, covering 32 topics, during all times of the year. Within the new MER app search and register for a conference, browse by date or topic, view agendas, and manage your profile all from your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ACLM at 79% against MER PCC's 33%. ACLM also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (851 vs 38). MER PCC's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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.
ACLM holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACLM has 851 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of ACLM's written reviews are positive against 33% of MER PCC's.
ACLM ships an update every 10 months, MER PCC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACLM | MER PCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (851 ratings) — better | 3.4 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 851 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American College of Lifestyle Medicine | Mer Primary Care Conferences |
Customer experience
ACLM
MER PCC
Bugs and requests
ACLM
Reported bugs
7 issues- Multiple daily crashes requiring repeated logins
- No sound in iPad app
- Unable to enter state in user profile
- Virtual booth failed to update on certain phones
- Slides would not print from app
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- PDF download process not intuitive
- Print buttons non-functional on certain screens
Requested features
5 requests- Full-screen slide viewing option
- Ability to mark and email/print selected slides
- Improved note-taking functionality
- Larger text/font size options
- Better profile customization (state entry)
MER PCC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ACLM
No in-app purchases
MER PCC
No in-app purchases
