Comparison

SurgeOn vs RTQA Surgical CVS

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

Head to head
About

SurgeOn

A private, encrypted social platform exclusively for verified surgeons worldwide. Connect with peers, share knowledge, and access a vast library of surgical content in a secure, 24/7 virtual conference environment.

Highlights
  • Verified surgeon-only community
  • Private and secure encrypted platform
  • Subspecialty communities with peer moderators
  • Extensive video library
  • Advanced tagging and search system
  • Encrypted peer-to-peer messaging
  • Curate and save posts
Features
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SurgeOn connects surgeons from all subspecialties worldwide to help them learn, network, and share knowledge using a purpose-built, private, and fully encrypted social media platform. Our world, reimagined. SurgeOn is everything surgical. A single app only for verified surgeons, like a virtual conference running 24/7/365, with integrated vendor booth spaces, limitless library of videos, and best in class post tagging system. Built for surgeons by surgeons, SurgeOn is centered around the unique needs and demands of the surgical patient / profession. We've designed this to be centered around surgical subspeciality communities, where each community is lead by an elected group of same-speciality moderators, chosen by their peers. Since SurgeOn has been built from the ground up with us, the surgeon-user in mind, we’ve taken great care to deliver a refined and tailored experience. This includes: - 100% verified surgeon-userbase - Private and secure enviornment, where no personal data is collected so it cannot be sold, brokered, or lost - End-to-end encryption - Users retention of post ownership - Fast and powerful search using a best in class tagging, categorizing, scoring, and voting system - Encrypted peer to peer messaging - Ability to curate / save posts (Collections) for either personal (private) use or in-app public sharing As well as much, much more. We've built all this on the backbone of the most scalable software architecture because, just like surgery, things change and so must we. Stop being the product and join SurgeOn!

About

RTQA Surgical CVS

Features
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This application is designed to help train medical students in evaluating Laproscopic Cholesystectomy preparations and potentially other surgical preparations by allowing them to score the preparation from a captured high resolution image or images compared with the score from a panel of experts grading the same image. Notifications and real time scoring facilitate immediate peer QA feedback. This application allows surgeons to record and grade critical view of safety images during laparoscopic cholecystectomy cases. Users can upload images from a case for review by other surgeons. Additionally, users will be able to grade other cases posted to the application.

Screenshots

SurgeOn4 screens
RTQA Surgical CVS2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SurgeOn at every 10 days against RTQA Surgical CVS's every 4 weeks. RTQA Surgical CVS's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

SurgeOn ships an update every 10 days, RTQA Surgical CVS every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SurgeOn versus RTQA Surgical CVS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurgeOnRTQA Surgical CVS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB26 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSurg-eOn LLCWake Forest Baptist Health

In-app purchases

None

SurgeOn

No in-app purchases

None

RTQA Surgical CVS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SurgeOn free?
SurgeOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RTQA Surgical CVS free?
RTQA Surgical CVS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SurgeOn or RTQA Surgical CVS have ads?
Neither SurgeOn nor RTQA Surgical CVS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SurgeOn or RTQA Surgical CVS?
SurgeOn ships an update every 10 days, and RTQA Surgical CVS every 4 weeks. Most recently, SurgeOn was updated on November 3, 2026 and RTQA Surgical CVS on November 4, 2026.

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