Comparison

AAOMS Events vs Maxillofacial

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

Head to head
About

AAOMS Events

Enhance your event experience with note-taking directly on presentation slides and posters. Connect with other attendees through in-app messaging, tweeting, and emailing to share information.

Highlights
  • Take notes on presentation slides
  • Draw directly on slides
  • Note-taking on posters and exhibitors
  • In-app messaging with attendees
  • Share information via tweeting and emailing
Features
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****FOR ATTENDEES ONLY**** 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.

About

Maxillofacial

This app consolidates oral and maxillofacial surgery knowledge, offering a surgical atlas, coding reference, scholarly search engine, and a professional forum. It's designed for efficient clinical reference, board preparation, and professional discussion.

Highlights
  • Surgical atlas of OMS procedures
  • Coding reference (CDT, CPT, ICD-10)
  • Scholarly search engine
  • Professional community forum
  • Anatomy and perioperative care reference
  • Board preparation support
Features
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Maxillofacial integrates the body of oral and maxillofacial surgery knowledge into a single application, comprising a surgical atlas, coding reference, scholarly search engine, and the specialty's first dedicated professional forum. ATLAS A growing compendium of OMS procedures, structured for efficient reference before, during, or after operative care — designed as a working clinical resource for surgeons REFERENCE Organized across Anatomy, Perioperative Care, Emergency Management, Pathology, and Didactics, supporting concept review, board preparation, and protocol verification at the point of care. SCHOLAR A clinical query interface accepting natural language and standard OMS terminology, returning synthesized, citation-backed responses cross-referenced against major bibliographic indexes and current specialty guidelines, ranked according to evidentiary quality, with each claim traceable to its primary source. Scholar is intended as an educational and research reference tool and does not substitute for independent clinical judgment; all guidance should be verified against primary sources prior to clinical application. CODING Specialty-specific lookup across CDT, CPT, and ICD-10, facilitating direct progression from diagnosis to procedure to billing code within a single interface — addressing the persistent overlap between medical and dental coding in OMS practice. FORUM The first dedicated professional community for oral and maxillofacial surgery, supporting case discussion, residency and fellowship inquiry, practice management dialogue, and international collegial exchange among residents, attendings, and program directors. Maxillofacial serves as a unified repository of specialty knowledge and professional community — for residents preparing for board examination, attendings managing clinical practice, and program directors advancing surgical education. Download to join the conversation.

Screenshots

AAOMS Events4 screens
Maxillofacial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Maxillofacial at every 3 days against AAOMS Events's every 3 months. AAOMS Events's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and ratings volume (155 vs 12). 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for AAOMS Events against 4.7 for Maxillofacial. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AAOMS Events has 155 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of AAOMS Events's written reviews are positive against 83% of Maxillofacial's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AAOMS Events ships an update every 3 months, Maxillofacial every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AAOMS Events versus Maxillofacial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAAOMS EventsMaxillofacial
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (155 ratings) — better4.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings155 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB143 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAmerican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS)Maxillofacial Foundation LLC

Customer experience

AAOMS Events

All ratings155 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Maxillofacial

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

AAOMS Events

No in-app purchases

None

Maxillofacial

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AAOMS Events free?
AAOMS Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maxillofacial free?
Maxillofacial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AAOMS Events or Maxillofacial?
AAOMS Events is rated higher. AAOMS Events averages 4.8 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while Maxillofacial averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do AAOMS Events or Maxillofacial have ads?
Neither AAOMS Events nor Maxillofacial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AAOMS Events or Maxillofacial?
AAOMS Events ships an update every 3 months, and Maxillofacial every 3 days. Most recently, AAOMS Events was updated on November 3, 2026 and Maxillofacial on October 31, 2026.

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