ACLM vs SHM Learning
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.
SHM Learning
Access hospitalist-specific continuing medical education and Maintenance of Certification opportunities on the go. Stay current with the expanding knowledge and skills required in hospital medicine through a growing educational library.
- Hospitalist-specific CME
- Maintenance of Certification (MOC) opportunities
- On-the-go learning
- Expanding educational library
- Stay current with medical knowledge
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As the only professional society dedicated to hospital medicine, SHM provides our membership with hospitalist-specific continuing medical education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) opportunities. SHM is constantly working to expand our educational library to help you stay current in the knowledge and skills you need as the scope of hospital medicine continues to grow. Our SHM Learning app allows our members to take their learning on the go, such as our Spark v3.
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Verdict
ACLM and SHM Learning both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of ACLM's written reviews are positive against 0% of SHM Learning's. ACLM also leads on ratings volume (851 vs 71). SHM Learning's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ACLM against 4.7 for SHM Learning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACLM has 851 ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of ACLM's written reviews are positive against 0% of SHM Learning's.
ACLM ships an update every 10 months, SHM Learning every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACLM | SHM Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (851 ratings) — better | 4.7 (71 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 851 — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American College of Lifestyle Medicine | Society of Hospital Medicine |
Customer experience
ACLM
SHM Learning
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)
SHM Learning
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ACLM
No in-app purchases
SHM Learning
No in-app purchases
