Comparison

UpToDate vs ISIN Events

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

Head to head
About

UpToDate

This clinical decision support tool provides healthcare professionals with evidence-based guidance to improve patient care. It features AI-powered conversational answers, continuously updated medical content, and tools for drug reference, calculations, and patient education.

Highlights
  • Expert AI conversational guidance
  • Gold standard clinical content
  • Practice-changing updates
  • Patient education materials
  • Drug reference and interactions
  • Clinical calculators
  • Kidney dosing guidance
Features
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UpToDate is the clinical decision support solution trusted by over 3M healthcare professionals to help improve care delivery and patient outcomes. Now powered by UpToDate Expert AI, a generative AI experience built on rigorously maintained UpToDate clinical intelligence to delivers fast, clinically grounded answers through a conversational interface. Expert AI, available in select packages and applications, brings together the latest evidence and real-world clinical expertise and provides transparent sourcing, embedded guardrails, and oversight, supporting clinical reasoning and helping clinicians make confident, informed decisions. Key features include: • Expert AI: Conversational guidance that mirrors how clinicians think. • Gold Standard Clinical Content: Clinician-authored clinical intelligence and graded recommendation, enriched with clinical algorithms, graphics, videos, and continuously updated to reflect the latest evidence and clinical care experience. • Practice-Changing Updates: Timely insights that reflect the latest evidence and how it impacts patient care. • Patient Education: Thousands of patient education leaflets in up to 19 different languages to improve patient understanding and support care plan adherence. • Key Points Panels: Quick, clinically actionable guidance to help clinicians avoid common diagnostic and treatment errors embedded in UpToDate search results. • Drug Reference & Interactions: Evidence-based drug monographs and interaction analysis to support safe and informed prescribing decisions. • Clinical Calculators: Over 200 tools to support dosing, risk scoring, and patient assessments. • Rx Transitions: Step-by-step support for switching antidepressants safely. • Kidney Dosing: Drug dosing guidance for patients with renal impairment. Available on mobile, desktop, and integrated into EHRs, ensuring you can access UpToDate’s trusted guidance where and when you need it. Access to features will vary depending on your UpToDate account. Expert AI is now available in personal trainee subscriptions and UpToDate Pro Plus subscriptions in the US, and through select Enterprise Edition accounts. To get access, explore personal subscription options on the UpToDate website or contact your Enterprise account lead. This app is designed for use by medical professionals. If you are not a medical professional, please consult a qualified healthcare provider before making any medical decisions.

About

ISIN Events

Features
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ISIN Events is the official app of ISIN for Medical Training & Development, the organiser of medical conferences and workshops across Iraq. YOUR TICKET, ALWAYS WITH YOU Register for a conference in the app, or scan the QR on a ticket you already have. The ticket stays on your phone and works at the door without internet. LIVE FROM YOUR SEAT Join the session that is on now, send a question to the speaker and take part in live polls. The hall screen shows the results as they come in. THE AGENDA, AS IT HAPPENS Follow the programme day by day and hall by hall, with the session that is happening now highlighted. Changes made by the organisers reach your phone at once. ANNOUNCEMENTS Updates from the organisers for your conference, with a notification when it matters. TRAVEL AND STAY Invited guests find their whole trip in one place: the arrival flight, the airport pickup with the driver's name, car and phone, and the hotel. Call or message the driver with one tap, and see every change the moment the organisers make it. CERTIFICATES After you attend, your attendance certificate is prepared by ISIN, sent to your email and ready to download in the app. FOR SPEAKERS Submit an abstract and follow its status from submission to decision. SIGN IN IN SECONDS Continue with WhatsApp, email, Google or Apple. Tickets bought with the same account come across by themselves. ISIN Events is built for the conference hall: fast to open, light on data, and designed for a thousand phones on one network.

Screenshots

UpToDate4 screens
ISIN Events4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ISIN Events at 16.4 against UpToDate's 18.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
UpToDate versus ISIN Events: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpToDateISIN Events
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (582 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings582 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB59 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUpToDate, Inc.ISIN

Bugs and requests

UpToDate

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to download offline content
  • Constant need to re-authenticate
  • Incompatibility with recent iOS updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Highlight and annotate content
  • Improved institutional login support
  • Dark mode and font size options

ISIN Events

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UpToDate

No in-app purchases

None

ISIN Events

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UpToDate free?
UpToDate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ISIN Events free?
ISIN Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UpToDate or ISIN Events have ads?
Neither UpToDate nor ISIN Events shows ads.

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