Elsevier eBooks+ vs Alcon Experience Academy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Offline book access
- Note-taking and highlighting
- Flashcard creation
- Cross-device syncing
- In-book search
- Figure viewing and zooming
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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+
Alcon Experience Academy
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Access thousands of ophthalmology and optometry courses, resources and events, led by subject matter experts and thought leaders in eye care from around the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Alcon Experience Academy at 15.5 against Elsevier eBooks+'s 17.6. 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.
Elsevier eBooks+ ships an update every 2 months, Alcon Experience Academy every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elsevier eBooks+ | Alcon Experience Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elsevier Inc. | Alcon Labs, Inc. |
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
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- Page turning instead of scrolling
- Ability to write on pages
- Interactive features
Alcon Experience Academy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks+
No in-app purchases
Alcon Experience Academy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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