Comparison

SMP vs MKSAP 19

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

Head to head
About

SMP

This app facilitates seamless communication and real-time patient management across healthcare networks. It connects providers, ensuring patients receive timely and appropriate care by bridging communication gaps between hospitals and post-acute facilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time patient updates
  • Provider network access
  • Streamlined patient management
  • Improved workflow
  • Transparent communication
  • Data for process improvement
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SMP-iMed is your access to the golden path of providers to help with you ensuring your patient is in the Right Place at the Right Time receiving the Right Care with the Right Provider Network. Spectrum Medical Partners (SMP) CEO Krishan Nagda, MD has developed high quality technology to acclimate to the demands of healthcare for the past 17 years. SMP’s communication technology – IMED - is user-friendly, fully integrated platform designed to monitor patient management, improve quality initiatives while improving work flow throughout the clinical network. IMED creates value to healthcare partners by enhancing communication with real time updates on patients from hospital to Post-Acute care. With this platform the user can break historic silos within the healthcare industry and bridge the gaps with transparent communication and real time updates. Streamlined real time patient management. Data to help with process improvement KPI planning.

About

MKSAP 19

This medical education app provides access to current information in internal medicine and subspecialties. It includes exam-like questions and patient-based clinical scenarios to help physicians assess and update their knowledge. Offline access to content is available for subscribers.

Highlights
  • Current internal medicine information
  • 1,200 exam-like multiple-choice questions
  • Patient-based clinical scenarios
  • Offline content access
  • Syncs with online version
  • Enhances learning with figures, charts, and tables
Features
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This app supplements the online version and is included with the MKSAP 19 Digital, MKSAP 19 Complete Green, and MKSAP 19 Complete subscriptions. Simply log in with your ACP or MKSAP 19 username and password. If you need assistance setting up your account, visit ACP Online. Some functionality within the app requires an active internet connection. Your suggestions for future updates and enhanced features are welcome at mksap_editors@acponline.org. The new Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program® (MKSAP® 19) provides you with the most current and critical information in the core of internal medicine and its subspecialties so you can stay aware of what you need to know as a practicing physician in internal medicine today. MKSAP 19 consists of well-researched text sections and 1,200 exam-like multiple-choice questions along with hundreds of figures, charts, and tables to enhance your learning experience. MKSAP 19's original, high-quality questions comprise patient-based clinical scenarios based on the latest evidence. Each question will challenge your decision-making, help you discover areas of strength, and target areas for you to update or acquire new knowledge. This app enables subscribers to MKSAP 19 Digital, MKSAP 19 Complete Green, or MKSAP 19 Complete to read all of the text and answer all of the questions offline. When you are connected to the Internet, answers will sync automatically with the online version. The publisher of this app, the American College of Physicians, is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States with members in more than 145 countries worldwide. ACP membership includes 161,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.

Screenshots

SMP4 screens
MKSAP 191 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SMP at 5.0 against MKSAP 19's 4.1. SMP also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). MKSAP 19's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SMP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MKSAP 19 has 38 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SMP ships an update every 3 weeks, MKSAP 19 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SMP versus MKSAP 19: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMPMKSAP 19
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.1 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews—70.6% of reviews
Number of ratings338 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB423 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSpectrum Medical Partners, IncAmerican College of Physicians

Customer experience

SMP

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MKSAP 19

All ratings37 ratings
Positive73.0%
Neutral16.2%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral17.6%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

SMP

No in-app purchases

None

MKSAP 19

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SMP free?
SMP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MKSAP 19 free?
MKSAP 19 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SMP or MKSAP 19?
SMP is rated higher. SMP averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MKSAP 19 averages 4.1 from 38 ratings.
Do SMP or MKSAP 19 have ads?
Neither SMP nor MKSAP 19 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMP or MKSAP 19?
SMP ships an update every 3 weeks, and MKSAP 19 every 2 months. Most recently, SMP was updated on November 2, 2026 and MKSAP 19 on October 21, 2026.

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