BUP Initiation vs NAEMSP Events
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.
NAEMSP Events
This conference app allows attendees to access schedules, presentations, and exhibitor information. Users can take notes directly on slides, engage in in-app messaging, and share content via social media or email.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Take notes on slides
- Draw directly on presentation slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
- Share information via tweeting and emailing
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***FOR ATTENDEES ONLY*** The NAEMSP Events app provides conference apps that allow you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from the conferences. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors modules. 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: NAEMSP Events at every 4 months against BUP Initiation's every 30 months. NAEMSP Events also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 1). BUP Initiation's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NAEMSP Events has 96 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BUP Initiation ships an update every 30 months, NAEMSP Events every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BUP Initiation | NAEMSP Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (96 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 4 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 | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Amston Studio LLC | National Association of EMS Physicians, Inc. |
Customer experience
BUP Initiation
NAEMSP Events
In-app purchases
BUP Initiation
No in-app purchases
NAEMSP Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
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