Surgery EPA vs ABS SCORE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surgery EPA
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Easily perform Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) Assessments with the Surgery EPA app! With this app you can: - For faculty members, fill out EPA Assessments for your residents - For residents, fill out self-assessments and view feedback from faculty members - Receive notifications when you have pending assessments to fill out
ABS SCORE
Access a comprehensive question bank for surgical specialties. This app provides scenario-based multiple-choice questions to aid in self-study for surgical residents. Future updates will include additional educational content and mobile-first features.
- Access SCORE Portal Question Bank
- 4,000+ scenario-based questions
- Six surgical specialties covered
- Supports self-study for residents
- Future content includes TWIS curricula
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The SCORE mobile app enables users to access content hosted on the SCORE Portal. This version includes access to the SCORE Portal Question Bank of ~4,000 scenario-based multiple choice questions across six specialties in surgery: General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Complex General Surgical Oncology, Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. Future versions of this app will incorporate other SCORE Portal content, including "This Week in SCORE (TWIS)" curricula and will carry mobile-first features to augment both the use of the SCORE Portal and residents' self-study.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ABS SCORE at 13.0 against Surgery EPA's 15.1. On price, update cadence, 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.
Surgery EPA ships an update every 6 weeks, ABS SCORE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surgery EPA | ABS SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 6.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps | American Board of Surgery, Inc |
In-app purchases
Surgery EPA
No in-app purchases
ABS SCORE
No in-app purchases
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Do Surgery EPA or ABS SCORE have ads?
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