My PDA vs Controlled Release Society
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My PDA
Access conference materials, connect with other attendees, and engage with presentations. Take notes directly on slides or draw on them for a personalized learning experience.
- Access conference presentations
- View exhibitors
- Connect with attendees
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The My PDA mobile application allows you to access PDA's various conferences. Within the individual events users can access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees. Users can take notes adjacent to presentation slides or draw directly on the slides themselves.
Controlled Release Society
Access presentations, presenter, and exhibitor details for select society meetings. Draw, highlight, and take notes directly on presentation slides, with all notes saved online for easy access.
- Browse presentations
- View presenter details
- Access exhibitor information
- Draw and highlight on slides
- Take notes on slides
- Online note saving
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**** FOR ATTENDEES ONLY **** The Controlled Release Society mobile application allows you to browse through presentations, presenter, and exhibitor details, as well as other resources from select Controlled Release Society meetings and events. Presentation slides are also available for many of the sessions. You can draw and highlight directly on the slides using your finger, and you can take notes adjacent each slide. All your notes are saved online and can be accessed through your online personal summary. Controlled Release Society
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: My PDA at every 2 months against Controlled Release Society's every 11 months. My PDA also leads on ratings volume (265 vs 34). 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 — 4.7 for My PDA against 4.8 for Controlled Release Society. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My PDA has 265 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two.
My PDA ships an update every 2 months, Controlled Release Society every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My PDA | Controlled Release Society |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (265 ratings) | 4.8 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 265 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PARENTERAL DRUG ASSOCIATION | Controlled Release Society, Inc |
Customer experience
My PDA
Controlled Release Society
In-app purchases
My PDA
No in-app purchases
Controlled Release Society
No in-app purchases
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