Doc Social vs AAOP Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doc Social
This platform connects healthcare professionals for learning and teaching. It facilitates knowledge sharing and professional development within the medical community.
- Connect with healthcare professionals
- Learn from peers and experts
- Teach and share knowledge
- Digital platform for medical community
- Professional development
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doc.social is a clinical podcast and lecture catalog for physicians, surgeons, and the people who work alongside them. Browse over 30 medical podcasts and 5,000+ episodes, spanning specialties from orthopedics to digital health. Every episode plays in the background with full lock screen and Control Center support — start a case review on your commute and keep listening with the screen off. Beyond podcasts, doc.social carries a library of recorded lectures and multi-part courses from working clinicians and faculty, searchable by topic or author. No account required to browse or listen. Optional sign-in is available for a personalized experience. — Background audio with lock screen and Control Center transport — 30+ podcasts, thousands of episodes, searchable and filterable by show — Recorded lectures and courses from clinical faculty — Browse by topic or by author doc.social is built for an audience that already knows the clinical fundamentals — no explainers, just the field's own voices.
AAOP Events
Access conference schedules, speaker details, and exhibitor information for AAOP events. Take notes directly on presentation slides and engage with attendees through in-app messaging.
- View event schedules
- Access speaker and exhibitor details
- Take notes on presentations
- Draw directly on slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
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This mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details from select AAOP conferences and/or meetings. Users can take notes on adjacent presentations when they are available for each presentation as well as draw directly onto the slides themselves, all from within the app. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with the in-app messaging features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Doc Social at every 5 weeks against AAOP Events's every 12 months. AAOP Events's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 5) and iOS requirement (14 vs 16.4). On price, rating, 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.
Doc Social holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AAOP Events has 39 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Doc Social ships an update every 5 weeks, AAOP Events every 12 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Doc Social | AAOP Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (39 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doc Social, LLC | The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists |
Customer experience
Doc Social
AAOP Events
In-app purchases
Doc Social
No in-app purchases
AAOP Events
No in-app purchases
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