Comparison

RealCME vs AudioDigest

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

Head to head
About

RealCME

This app provides continuing medical education (CME) activities for health professionals. It offers interactive learning modules across various specialties, allowing users to track credits, compare performance, and receive personalized reports. Access is available on iPhone and online, syncing progress between devices.

Highlights
  • Interactive CME/CE activities
  • Wide variety of specialty topics
  • Expert feedback and discussions
  • Personal CME credit tracking
  • Performance goal setting
  • Online and mobile syncing
  • Personalized CME Portfolio Report
Features
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The most convenient way to do continuing medical education (CME) is on your iPhone! Over 300,000 health professionals rely on RealCME mobile and online resources to make informed medical decisions and improve patient outcomes.  The innovative FREE RealCME Health Professional app is available to help practitioners fulfill continuing medical education requirements (CME/CE) requirements and stay up to date with the latest medical developments -- right on your iPhone. RealCME Health Professional offers the widest variety of unique, interactive continuing medical education activities across numerous specialty topics, with new activities added frequently. Activities are accredited by AMA, AAFP, AANP, AAPA, ACPE, ANCC, AOA, APA, COPE and others and supported by an advanced personal CME toolset. What sets RealCME Health Professional apart? - Wide variety of engaging activity formats, with instant built-in feedback from esteemed experts Choose from a wide variety of CME activity formats that reflect real-world experiences of health professionals. Patient-based activities integrate authentic decision-making opportunities, peer-to-peer interactions, and expert discussions. You’ll have the opportunity to manage patients over multiple visits and settings, and view how your selections compare with those chosen by the faculty and other participants. - Robust personal CME toolset to help you track credits and scores, compare your scores to other learners, and set and track goals All completed credits are tracked automatically in your personal CME toolset and copies of your certificates are directly emailed to you. In addition, you can use this app to track your mastery of a particular topic in real-time, compare your mastery levels with other learners, review scores of completed activities, review all previously answered questions and correct answers along with faculty commentary, set up and track performance goals, schedule follow-up activities, and more! - Personalized CME Portfolio Report Every three months you’ll receive a personal report summarizing all of the CME activities you’ve completed, activities that you’ve started but not completed, your progress against CME credit goals and performance goals, and a summary of your mastery levels by topic along with comparisons to all other learners. - Convenient online/mobile access Your activities are synched on both platforms to enable you to switch between your computer and mobile device while you work on a single activity. For example, start an activity on your iPhone, and finish it on your computer. You can also access RealCME Health Professional directly via an Internet browser at http://hp.realcme.com/cme. Download this FREE app now -> Please note:  RealCME Health Professional iPhone app requires an Internet connection to view and complete activities.  The app is not compatible with iPhone 1st generation or iPod touch 1st generation. However, if you use one of those devices, you can still use our online CME resource at hp.realcme.com/cms.

About

AudioDigest

Access high-quality audio continuing medical education content designed for physicians. Earn CME/MOC credits directly within the app, track your progress, and stay updated on the latest clinical advancements. Features enhanced content discovery and efficient navigation.

Highlights
  • Access digital CME content
  • Earn CME/MOC credits
  • Downloadable transcripts
  • Credit tracker dashboard
  • Content filtering and sorting
  • Discover new content
Features
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Newly enhanced features help you get even more from AudioDigest®. Save time accessing content - Use tabs to find content you last played, downloaded, or added from Search. - Quickly locate content with improved filtering and sorting features. - Discover new content as it becomes available. Stay on top of licensure and state requirements - Earn CME/MOC directly within the app, including downloading or emailing transcripts. - Map your progress toward state and topic requirements on the credit tracker dashboard. - Discover an all-inclusive solution to track multiple state requirements. - Automatically report your MOC points to your specialty board. About AudioDigest® AudioDigest is fully accredited by the ACCME® to provide continuing medical education for physicians. A premier provider of quality audio CME since 1952, AudioDigest conveniently delivers a steady stream of current content that’s relevant to your practice, keeping you up to date on the latest clinical advancements and improving patient outcomes. AudioDigest publishes unbiased scientific and clinical courses, presented by experts from world-class institutions. Each Audio Digest CME/CE audio course is carefully selected, recorded, and edited to ensure the highest quality educational and listening experience. Your feedback makes AudioDigest even better. Please share comments or suggestions on the in-app feedback form, or email feedback@audio-digest.org. If you’re having problems with login, please contact us at 800 423 2308.

Screenshots

RealCME4 screens
AudioDigest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RealCME at 90% against AudioDigest's 18%. RealCME also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). AudioDigest's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 17). On price, ads 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. AudioDigest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. RealCME asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AudioDigest holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AudioDigest has 2.5K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of RealCME's written reviews are positive against 18% of AudioDigest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealCME ships an update every 4 months, AudioDigest every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RealCME versus AudioDigest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealCMEAudioDigest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (17 ratings)4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews — better18.3% of reviews
Number of ratings172.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB200 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHealthCourse, Inc.LDI BCM LLC

Customer experience

RealCME

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews199 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.0%

AudioDigest

All ratings2,509 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive18.3%
Neutral12.2%
Negative69.5%

User reviews

RealCME

From 17 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Convenient on-the-go CME learning
  • 💰 Free CME credits available
  • 📚 High-quality, clinically relevant content
  • 🎯 Case-based learning format

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • 🐛 Blank white screen on login
  • 🐛 Audio not working in video clips
  • ⚠️ Limited course selection and variety
  • ⚠️ Many expired courses still listed

AudioDigest

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📚 Excellent content and lectures
  • ⏱️ Convenient way to earn CME credits
  • 🔍 Diverse range of topics covered

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
  • 🤔 Confusing and unintuitive user interface
  • 🕰️ Outdated content and lectures
  • 🔍 Poor search and navigation functionality
  • 🔌 Unreliable performance and connectivity issues

Bugs and requests

RealCME

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Blank white screen on login with valid credentials
  • App crashes or becomes unresponsive
  • Sorting and filtering options non-functional
  • Audio not working in video content
  • Navigation issues when exiting and re-entering activities
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  • Next button navigation errors
  • App doesn't remember last page when closing
  • Incompatibility with iPad
  • Portrait-only orientation on iPad 2
  • Accidental button clicks causing navigation away from content
  • Post-test questions covering material not presented
  • Pre-test questions asked before material covered

Requested features

14 requests
  • iPad-optimized version
  • More specialty topics (surgery, pediatrics, OB/GYN, psychiatry, neurology)
  • Video rotation capability
  • Ability to download slides as PDF
  • Better navigation to resume activities
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  • More frequent course updates
  • Ability to remove completed courses from list
  • Dynamic text sizing for readability
  • More concise post-test questions
  • Multiple retake attempts for failed tests
  • Landscape orientation support
  • Better categorization by specialty
  • Midwife category for CME claims
  • More obstetrics content

AudioDigest

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Inability to complete pre and post-tests
  • Lectures not loading or playing correctly
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • CME credits not properly tracked or awarded

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improve app stability and reliability
  • Redesign user interface for better usability
  • Provide more up-to-date and relevant content
  • Enhance search and browsing capabilities
  • Optimize app performance for seamless experience

In-app purchases

None

RealCME

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

AudioDigest

One-time10
  • Lecture Valid for 0.25 Credits$9.99
  • Lecture Valid for 0.5 Credits$9.99
  • Lecture Valid for 0.75 Credits$9.99
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  • Lecture Valid for 0 Credits$9.99
  • Lecture Valid for 1 Credit$12.99
  • Lecture Valid for 1.25 Credits$15.99
  • Lecture Valid for 1.5 Credits$19.99
  • Lecture Valid for 1.75 Credits$24.99
  • Lecture Valid for 2 Credits$24.99
  • Board-Review Credit Lecture$34.99

Questions

Is RealCME free?
RealCME is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AudioDigest free?
AudioDigest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RealCME or AudioDigest?
AudioDigest is rated higher. RealCME averages 4.1 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while AudioDigest averages 4.7 from 2.5K ratings.
Do RealCME or AudioDigest have ads?
Neither RealCME nor AudioDigest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealCME or AudioDigest?
RealCME ships an update every 4 months, and AudioDigest every 6 weeks. Most recently, RealCME was updated on November 1, 2026 and AudioDigest on November 6, 2026.

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