ASSH Exams vs Synaptiq
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASSH Exams
Access your learning materials for surgical hand exams anytime, anywhere. This app allows offline access to content, syncing your progress automatically when you reconnect to the internet.
- Offline access to learning content
- Online and offline progress syncing
- Mobile access to ASSH learning activities
- Content available on iPhone and iPad
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Want to access your ASSH learning activities on the go? Download the ASSH Exams Mobile App and access your content when you’re offline or online. All offline progress will be synced up to web version as soon as you are back online.
Synaptiq
This app offers a personalized flashcard platform for medical students, featuring hand-curated content aligned with institutional curricula. It utilizes advanced spaced repetition algorithms to optimize review schedules and provides various tools for effective learning.
- Curated medical content
- Spaced repetition algorithms
- Personalized review schedules
- Yield toggle
- Personal statistics
- Dark mode
- Deck sharing
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Synaptiq - The Flashcard Platform for Medical Students Trustworthy, Personalized Content: Decks are hand-curated to align with your institution's curriculum. Cutting-Edge Algorithms: Put your personalized review schedule on autopilot with evidence-backed spaced repetition algorithms optimized for medical education. The Best Features: - Yield Toggle - Personal Stats - Dark Mode - Deck Sharing - Algorithm Tuning - Controller Support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ASSH Exams at none against Synaptiq's shown. ASSH Exams also leads on ratings volume (97 vs 4) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Synaptiq's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Synaptiq holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASSH Exams has 97 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ASSH Exams ships an update every 6 months, Synaptiq every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASSH Exams | Synaptiq |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (97 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Society For Surgery of the Hand | Synaptiq Learning Inc. |
Customer experience
ASSH Exams
Synaptiq
In-app purchases
ASSH Exams
No in-app purchases
Synaptiq
No in-app purchases
