BoardEffect vs ACEP Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoardEffect
This app provides a secure, paperless boardroom experience for volunteer leaders. Access meeting packets, annotate documents offline, and view contact information. It syncs with a web-based portal for comprehensive board management.
- Paperless boardroom
- Download meeting packets
- Offline annotation
- Contact directory
- Resource library access (iPad)
- Board handbook management
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The Leading Board Portal for Volunteer Leadership Worldwide. Make your boardroom truly paperless. BoardEffect’s iOS App connects to your BoardEffect board portal. The App allows your board members to: - Download meeting packets - Fully annotate meeting materials including “sticky notes,” drawing, highlighting, underlining, and strike-through - Read and annotate meeting packets both online and offline - Print or email their meeting packets from the App (optional) - View the full contact directory including members’ head shots, biographies, and contact details - View files from your BoardEffect portal’s Resource Library (iPad only) - Download and annotate your Board Handbook, including bylaws, policies, and other documents The BoardEffect iOS App is free and works in conjunction with your secure BoardEffect web-based portal. For more information about BoardEffect, contact us at (866) 672-2666.
ACEP Events
Access comprehensive schedules, maps, and faculty bios for live events. Manage your personal schedule, view course presentations, and stay updated on emergency medicine events. This app enhances your event experience on the go.
- Access event schedules
- View event maps
- Search faculty bios
- Access course presentations
- Manage personal schedule
- Up-to-date event information
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This on-the-go companion to ACEP's live event allows you to access complete and up-to-date course schedules; see maps; search faculty bios; access course presentations, and more! Simply log in with the credentials you used to register, then view, update or change your personal schedule in the app. Reignite your passion for the specialty with ACEP's emergency medicine events!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ACEP Events at 4.7 against BoardEffect's 3.5. ACEP Events also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). BoardEffect's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 25%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ACEP Events holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 115 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of BoardEffect's written reviews are positive against 25% of ACEP Events's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BoardEffect ships an update every 2 months, ACEP Events every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoardEffect | ACEP Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (48 ratings) | 4.7 (115 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 276 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Diligent Corporation | American College of Emergency Physicians |
Customer experience
BoardEffect
ACEP Events
In-app purchases
BoardEffect
No in-app purchases
ACEP Events
No in-app purchases
