Comparison

Elsevier eBooks+ vs ISAPS 2024

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Elsevier eBooks+

Access your medical textbooks offline and enhance your learning with tools for note-taking, highlighting, and flashcard creation. Sync your progress and annotations across devices for a seamless study experience.

Highlights
  • Offline book access
  • Note-taking and highlighting
  • Flashcard creation
  • Cross-device syncing
  • In-book search
  • Figure viewing and zooming
Features
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The Elsevier eBooks+ Bookshelf companion app provides on and offline access to the books in your eBooks+ account on the Content Library page. Enhance your reading experience with tools designed to build and improve your medical knowledge; making and sharing notes, highlighting key text, and creating flashcards. Elsevier eBooks Features: • Download books to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading. • Simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience. • Search inside your current book or across your full library. • Select text to create notes or highlights from your mobile device. • Tap to open figures, view captions, and pinch to zoom. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read, and all of your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based eBooks+ apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks+ account • One or more books available in your eBooks+ Bookshelf account • iOS 17+

About

ISAPS 2024

Features
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Welcome to the ISAPS World Congress Cartagena 2024 June 11 - June 15, 2024 The app will allow you to sign-in and favorite sessions or presentations allowing you to create your own custom itinerary. Filter the sessions, presentations, or participants to drill down and find the information you are looking for. Post on the social feed for the conference to engage with your community and presenters.

Screenshots

Elsevier eBooks+4 screens
ISAPS 20243 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ISAPS 2024 at every 2 weeks against Elsevier eBooks+'s every 2 months. ISAPS 2024 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elsevier eBooks+ ships an update every 2 months, ISAPS 2024 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elsevier eBooks+ versus ISAPS 2024: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElsevier eBooks+ISAPS 2024
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperElsevier Inc.The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Bugs and requests

Elsevier eBooks+

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Figures placed at the end of chapters
  • Search function only works for single words
  • Inability to clear search history
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • More highlighting and note-taking options
  • Ability to write, draw, or paste images on pages
  • Separate flashcard option integration with Anki/Quizlet
  • More font size options
  • Streamlined text selection for voiceover
Show 3 more
  • Page turning instead of scrolling
  • Ability to write on pages
  • Interactive features

ISAPS 2024

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Elsevier eBooks+

No in-app purchases

None

ISAPS 2024

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elsevier eBooks+ free?
Elsevier eBooks+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ISAPS 2024 free?
ISAPS 2024 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elsevier eBooks+ or ISAPS 2024 have ads?
Neither Elsevier eBooks+ nor ISAPS 2024 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elsevier eBooks+ or ISAPS 2024?
Elsevier eBooks+ ships an update every 2 months, and ISAPS 2024 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Elsevier eBooks+ was updated on October 18, 2026 and ISAPS 2024 on October 12, 2026.

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