BUP Initiation vs AAEM Meetings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BUP Initiation
This app provides healthcare professionals with assessment tools and guidance for initiating buprenorphine treatment in emergency settings. It simplifies the process of buprenorphine initiation for acute care environments.
- Buprenorphine initiation guidance
- Assessment tools
- Brief negotiation interview
- Emergency department use
- Acute care setting application
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The Buprenorphine (BUP) Initiation app is an informative mobile application that guides healthcare professionals on how to initiate treatment with Buprenorphine in the emergency department (or other acute care setting) using a series of assessment tools and a brief negotiation interview.
AAEM Meetings
This app provides attendees with access to abstracts, presentations, speakers, and exhibitors for a specific annual event. Users can take notes, draw on slides, and message colleagues directly within the application.
- View abstracts and presentations
- Access speaker and exhibitor information
- Take notes on slides
- Draw directly on presentation slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
- Share information via tweet and email
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*** FOR MEETING ATTENDEES ONLY *** The AAEM Meetings mobile application allows you to view abstracts, presentations, speakers, and exhibitors from the annual AAEM event. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the exhibitor module. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AAEM Meetings at every 7 months against BUP Initiation's every 30 months. AAEM Meetings also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 1). BUP Initiation's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BUP Initiation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AAEM Meetings has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BUP Initiation ships an update every 30 months, AAEM Meetings every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BUP Initiation | AAEM Meetings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Amston Studio LLC | AAEM Young Physicians Section |
Customer experience
BUP Initiation
AAEM Meetings
In-app purchases
BUP Initiation
No in-app purchases
AAEM Meetings
No in-app purchases
