CloudCME™ vs Thalamus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudCME™
Manage continuing medical education tasks on your mobile device. Record attendance, track credits, access transcripts, complete evaluations, and view online courses. This platform is utilized by leading universities and medical organizations worldwide.
- Record CME attendance
- Instant credit recording
- Access transcripts
- Complete evaluations
- View online courses
- Manage CME activities
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Use the CloudCME® app to complete most of your everyday CME tasks directly on your iPhone or iPad. Record your own attendance at a continuing medical education activity and instantly have your credits recorded, get transcripts, complete evaluations, view online courses, presentations and more. The CloudCME® platform is used by many premiere universities, hospital systems and medical societies around the globe to manage their activities and membership. Visit us to learn more!
Thalamus
This app offers a real-time system for scheduling interviews and coordinating travel for medical residency and fellowship applicants. It streamlines communication and allows applicants to self-schedule, manage confirmations, cancellations, and waitlists, giving them control over their interview dates.
- Real-time interview scheduling
- Travel coordination
- Self-scheduling for applicants
- Automated confirmations and cancellations
- Waitlist management
- Streamlined communication
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Thalamus is developed through a collaboration of trainees, administrators, coordinators, directors and GME leadership to provide comprehensive online interview scheduling and travel coordination via a real-time scheduling system – online and mobile. Thalamus streamlines communication and interview scheduling for medical residency and fellowship applicants by facilitating self-scheduling, thereby eliminating unnecessary phone calls and emails. The software manages all confirmations, cancellations, rescheduling, and wait lists, so that applicants can instantaneously confirm interview dates and take full control of their schedules. Now featured nationally at 125+ institutions and used by >75% of applicants, Thalamus is the most comprehensive and preferred interview management solution in GME.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thalamus at 3.8 against CloudCME™'s 2.3. Thalamus also leads on ratings volume (480 vs 29). CloudCME™'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Thalamus holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thalamus has 480 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CloudCME™'s written reviews are positive against 6% of Thalamus's.
CloudCME™ ships an update every 2 months, Thalamus every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudCME™ | Thalamus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (29 ratings) | 3.8 (480 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 6.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 480 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Multiweb | SJ MedConnect, Inc. |
Customer experience
CloudCME™
Thalamus
Bugs and requests
CloudCME™
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Thalamus
Reported bugs
4 issues- App won't load or open
- Frequent logout issues
- Compatibility problems with newer OS versions
- Unreliable notification system
Requested features
4 requests- Allow access via mobile browser
- Improve login persistence
- Add more calendar and scheduling features
- Provide better visibility into interview details
In-app purchases
CloudCME™
No in-app purchases
Thalamus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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