MedSynapse vs ACP Audio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MedSynapse
Access the latest medical updates and engage in clinical discussions relevant to your specialty. This app offers online webinars and CME/CEU courses for convenient professional development. Connect, collaborate, and communicate with peers through a single mobile platform.
- Latest medical updates
- Clinical discussions
- Online webinars
- CME/CEU courses
- Connect with peers
- Collaborate and communicate
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The latest medical updates and clinical discussions on MedSynapse help you stay on top in your specialty, without the hassle of sorting through tons of medical journals. You can also take webinars and online CME/CEU from the comfort of your home. Connect, Collaborate and Communicate by downloading one single app on your mobile phone.
ACP Audio
Access hundreds of hours of medical education content, including clinical lectures and Q&A sessions from national experts. Listen to audio tracks and playlists on various medical topics, create custom playlists, and download content for offline listening.
- Audio versions of ACP educational products
- Hundreds of hours of medical content
- Clinical lectures and Q&A
- Listen to tracks and playlists
- Download tracks for offline listening
- Create favorite track lists
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Expand your clinical knowledge with select audio versions of ACP educational products, such as Internal Medicine Board Review Course Recordings and recordings from ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting. The ACP Audio app features hundreds of hours of medical education content including clinical lectures and associated Q&A. Listen to tracks and playlists in a variety of topic areas from national experts as they review clinical information and answer targeted questions. You can play audio lectures in any order, create a list of favorite tracks, view your listening history, and download tracks to listen offline. A paid subscription is required to access the content of the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.acponline.org/about-this-site/acp-privacy-policy Terms and Conditions: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/who-we-are/get-engaged/acp-member-forums/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MedSynapse at 67% against ACP Audio's 0%. MedSynapse also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and ratings volume (76 vs 4). ACP Audio's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ACP Audio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MedSynapse has 76 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of MedSynapse's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACP Audio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MedSynapse ships an update every 2 months, ACP Audio every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MedSynapse | ACP Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MedSynapse | American College of Physicians |
Customer experience
MedSynapse
ACP Audio
In-app purchases
MedSynapse
No in-app purchases
ACP Audio
No in-app purchases
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