Practical Reviews vs ACP Audio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Practical Reviews
Stay current with medical advancements through concise summaries of top journal articles. Earn CME credits by reading summaries, listening to commentary, and taking quizzes. Access content offline and sync your progress across devices.
- Evidence-based article summaries
- Online CME credit earning
- Audio commentary
- Offline access to content
- Cross-device syncing
- Favorite bookmarking
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Practical Reviews helps you keep up with the most significant developments reported in top medical journals. Each month, 200 clinicians scour nearly 500 journals in 23 specialties to deliver unbiased, evidence-based summaries of curated articles. Subscribers get summaries of relevant journal articles, medical advances, research and trends, and the latest treatment guidelines for chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease. Practical Reviews is a fast, effective way to stay on top of new medical information and earn online CME. 15 minutes is all you need to • Read the summary • Listen to commentary • Take a quiz • Earn CME credit With the Practical Reviews app you can: • Sync your account for seamless listening. Pause on desktop; resume on mobile. • All completed pre and post-tests, credits and lectures will be visible on your account in both mobile and desktop. • Claim credits straight from the app. • Easily download articles, audio, and quizzes for offline use so you can listen in your car, while working out, or anywhere else you'd like to go! • With a single touch, bookmark your favorites and listen to them later. If you have any questions about Practical Reviews or experience any technical problems while using the app, please email OakstoneService@ebix.com.
ACP Audio
Access hundreds of hours of medical education content, including clinical lectures and Q&A sessions from national experts. Listen to audio tracks and playlists on various medical topics, create custom playlists, and download content for offline listening.
- Audio versions of ACP educational products
- Hundreds of hours of medical content
- Clinical lectures and Q&A
- Listen to tracks and playlists
- Download tracks for offline listening
- Create favorite track lists
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Expand your clinical knowledge with select audio versions of ACP educational products, such as Internal Medicine Board Review Course Recordings and recordings from ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting. The ACP Audio app features hundreds of hours of medical education content including clinical lectures and associated Q&A. Listen to tracks and playlists in a variety of topic areas from national experts as they review clinical information and answer targeted questions. You can play audio lectures in any order, create a list of favorite tracks, view your listening history, and download tracks to listen offline. A paid subscription is required to access the content of the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.acponline.org/about-this-site/acp-privacy-policy Terms and Conditions: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/who-we-are/get-engaged/acp-member-forums/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ACP Audio at 5.0 against Practical Reviews's 1.9. Practical Reviews's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and ratings volume (18 vs 4). 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.
ACP Audio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Practical Reviews's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACP Audio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Practical Reviews ships an update every 2 months, ACP Audio every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 3, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Practical Reviews | ACP Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oakstone Publishing | American College of Physicians |
Customer experience
Practical Reviews
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In-app purchases
Practical Reviews
No in-app purchases
ACP Audio
No in-app purchases
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