Spear Online vs OryxDocs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spear Online
Access dental continuing education courses and earn CE credits on your mobile device. This app offers over 2,300 video lessons and coursework covering a wide range of dental topics for the entire practice team.
- Mobile dental continuing education
- Earn CE credits on the go
- Over 2,300 video lessons
- CE-eligible coursework
- Practice team development
- Restorative and clinical pathways
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With the Spear Online app, you have added versatility with your dental continuing education and the ability to complete CE credits from your mobile device at home or on the go. Dentistry’s Most Innovative Online Learning Resource Sharpen your skills with more than 2,300 video lessons and CE-eligible coursework that includes prescribed curricula and pathways on everything from common restorative challenges to advanced clinical issues, in addition to other multimedia to support the development of the entire practice team. Visit speareducation.com for more about Spear Online - your “Gateway to Great Dentistry.”
OryxDocs
Facilitates doctor-patient document review and electronic signature capture. Streamlines the process of obtaining patient consent and agreement on medical documents.
- Doctor-patient document review
- Electronic signature capture
- Streamlined consent process
- Secure document handling
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An app that allows the doctor to review documents with patients and asks them to sign.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Spear Online at 802 against OryxDocs's 1. OryxDocs's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 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 — 4.9 for Spear Online against 5.0 for OryxDocs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spear Online has 802 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spear Online ships an update every 2 months, OryxDocs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spear Online | OryxDocs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (802 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 802 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Spear Education, LLC | EVIDENTIAE TECHNOLOGIES |
Customer experience
Spear Online
OryxDocs
Bugs and requests
Spear Online
Reported bugs
2 issues- New version broken for iPhone users
- Courses not showing up
Requested features
3 requests- Casting capabilities
- Access to Master Program and Study Club info
- Add Study Club icon
OryxDocs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spear Online
No in-app purchases
OryxDocs
No in-app purchases
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