ABA Go vs Anes Dept App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABA Go
This app consolidates physician portal functions for anesthesiologists, offering exam registration, results viewing, and progress monitoring for board certification. It also provides access to continuing education and medical license management.
- Exam registration and results
- Certification progress monitoring
- MOCA Minute question answering
- Medical license management
- CME Explorer access
- Certificate status letter download
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The ABA Go app brings MOCA Minute® and the full functionality of the ABA physician’s portal together in one, easy-to-use place. ABA Go is part of the seamless technology that powers anesthesiologists’ journey from residency to retirement, and provides all users with a real-time snapshot of their board certification or continuing certification status. In the app, users can: • Register for exams and see their results • Monitor their continuing certification progress and requirements via the dashboard • Answer MOCA Minute questions • Manage their medical licenses and access state-specific requirements • Access lifelong learning opportunities via the new CME Explorer and personalized Knowledge Assessment Report • Download a certificate status letter
Anes Dept App
This app facilitates departmental communication, education, and research. It provides access to guidelines, instructional videos, and feeds from leading publications. Access requires department approval.
- Departmental communication
- Educational content
- Instructional videos
- Leading publication feeds
- Departmental research support
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This application will assist in departmental communication, education, and research. This application will be accessed via department approval. It contains educational content such as guidelines and instructional videos. In addition, this application contains feeds from leading publications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Anes Dept App at 5.0 against ABA Go's 2.2. Anes Dept App also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). ABA Go's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
Anes Dept App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABA Go has 60 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ABA Go ships an update monthly, Anes Dept App every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ABA Go | Anes Dept App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Board of Anesthesiology | WCMC Anesthesiology |
Customer experience
ABA Go
Anes Dept App
In-app purchases
ABA Go
No in-app purchases
Anes Dept App
No in-app purchases
