Comparison

MER PCC vs AAPALearning

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

Head to head
About

MER PCC

Access medical education resources and register for conferences on the go. Browse by date or topic, view agendas, and manage your professional profile.

Highlights
  • Search and register for conferences
  • Browse by date or topic
  • View conference agendas
  • Manage user profile
  • Access medical education resources
Features
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Medical Education Resources (MER) is Primary Care’s leading provider of commercial-free CME. Join the hundreds of thousands of your medical professional peers who have enjoyed CME-getaways at locations around the globe. Revel in MER’s signature half-day format at over 120 conferences annually, covering 32 topics, during all times of the year. Within the new MER app search and register for a conference, browse by date or topic, view agendas, and manage your profile all from your mobile device.

About

AAPALearning

Features
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The American Association of Pathologists' Assistants (AAPA) is the only professional organization exclusively built for the advancement of pathologists' assistants, from student to working professional and beyond. The AAPA advocates, promotes, and sustains the highest education and standards for the profession. All AAPA educational content is created specifically for the success of PAs at any stage in their career – from the Study Guide for those prepping for the ASCP BOC exam, to PA-specific CE for working PAs who need to recertify, and the Preceptor Program for PAs that have taken on new training responsibilities in the lab. Through AAPALearning, the AAPA LMS App, AAPA members can access all free educational content included with membership, such as peer-reviewed journal articles and monthly manuscripts, webinars on demand, and special features. Buy and stream conference lectures from the last two years, and easily watch and take quizzes on your mobile device. Keep up to date and enhance your skills with special courses designed by PAs for PAs including the Preceptor Program, a multi-part course designed to feature lab-specific training and resources. Students can access the Study Guide with content created specifically to help them prepare for the ASCP BOC exam, and discover which areas are their strongest and which may require some extra studying. Search materials by content type and credit type, including Advanced AP, General AP, Medical Ethics, and Laboratory Safety. All credits earned in the LMS will be transferred weekly to your ASCP certification account for AAPA Fellow members.

Screenshots

MER PCC4 screens
AAPALearning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AAPALearning at daily against MER PCC's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MER PCC ships an update every 3 months, AAPALearning daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MER PCC versus AAPALearning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMER PCCAAPALearning
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB178 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMer Primary Care ConferencesMelimu LLC

In-app purchases

None

MER PCC

No in-app purchases

None

AAPALearning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MER PCC free?
MER PCC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AAPALearning free?
AAPALearning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MER PCC or AAPALearning have ads?
Neither MER PCC nor AAPALearning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MER PCC or AAPALearning?
MER PCC ships an update every 3 months, and AAPALearning daily. Most recently, MER PCC was updated on October 24, 2026 and AAPALearning on October 27, 2026.

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