UpToDate vs EAACI Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Expert AI conversational guidance
- Gold standard clinical content
- Practice-changing updates
- Patient education materials
- Drug reference and interactions
- Clinical calculators
- Kidney dosing guidance
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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.
EAACI Events
Access the scientific program for allergy-related congresses and meetings. Browse by topic, create a personalized schedule, and find event and venue information. This app serves as a resource for professionals in the field of allergic diseases.
- Browse scientific program by topics
- Create personalized event schedule
- Find general event information
- Access venue details
- Information for allergy professionals
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EAACI is an association of clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals, dedicated to improving the health of people affected by allergic diseases. With over 9,000 members from 121 countries and 49 National Societies, EAACI is the primary source of expertise in Europe for all aspects of allergy. Thanks to this app, you can browse the scientific programme by topics and create your own personal programme for the EAACI Congress and Focused Meetings. It can also be used to find general information about the event and the venue. Visit www.eaaci.org for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UpToDate at 3.6 against EAACI Events's 3.0. UpToDate also leads on ratings volume (579 vs 2). EAACI Events's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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.
UpToDate holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpToDate has 579 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UpToDate | EAACI Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (579 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 579 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UpToDate, Inc. | European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
Customer experience
UpToDate
EAACI Events
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
EAACI Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UpToDate
No in-app purchases
EAACI Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
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