Doc Social vs AOSSM 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.
AOSSM Events
This app provides attendees with access to conference schedules, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker information. Users can take notes alongside presentation slides and annotate directly on them within the application.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations
- Exhibitor details
- Speaker information
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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****FOR ATTENDEES ONLY**** The AOSSM mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from AOSSM conferences and meetings. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Doc Social at 5 against AOSSM Events's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Doc Social against 5.0 for AOSSM Events. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doc Social has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Doc Social ships an update every 5 weeks, AOSSM Events every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doc Social | AOSSM Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Doc Social, LLC | The American Orthopaedic Society For Sports Medicine |
Customer experience
Doc Social
AOSSM Events
In-app purchases
Doc Social
No in-app purchases
AOSSM Events
No in-app purchases
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