Spear Online vs PracticeFinder
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.”
PracticeFinder
This platform connects healthcare professionals and businesses in the dental, veterinary, optometry, and medical fields. It facilitates the sale of practices through a third-party listings service, utilizing technology to attract potential buyers to active listings.
- Connects healthcare professionals and businesses
- Facilitates practice sales
- Third-party listings platform
- Attracts qualified buyers
- Technology-driven approach
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PracticeFinder is a neutral MLS-style platform and marketplace app built for healthcare professionals in the dental, medical, optometry, and veterinary industries. The platform provides a centralized place to discover practice and healthcare commercial real estate listings, explore marketplace resources, and connect with trusted industry partners — all in one experience.
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Verdict
Spear Online and PracticeFinder both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PracticeFinder's written reviews are positive against 64% of Spear Online's. PracticeFinder also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Spear Online's advantage is ratings volume (820 vs 9). 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 PracticeFinder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spear Online has 820 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Spear Online's written reviews are positive against 100% of PracticeFinder's.
Spear Online ships an update every 2 months, PracticeFinder every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Spear Online | PracticeFinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (820 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 820 — better | 9 |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spear Education, LLC | PracticeFinder Inc |
Customer experience
Spear Online
PracticeFinder
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
PracticeFinder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spear Online
No in-app purchases
PracticeFinder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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