Dentaltown vs Spear Talk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dentaltown
Connect with dental professionals globally. Engage in discussions, share clinical tips, and exchange insights with peers. This redesigned app makes staying connected with the dental community effortless.
- Connect with dental professionals
- Join lively discussions
- Exchange clinical tips
- Share practice insights
- Redesigned message board
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At Dentaltown, we honor great dentists who do great dentistry. That’s who we are. That’s what we’re about. And now, with the redesigned Dentaltown app, staying connected has never been easier. The Dentaltown app brings the dental community right to your fingertips. Join lively discussions, exchange clinical tips and connect with peers from around the world, all in one place. With a fresh, redesigned message board experience, it’s now easier than ever to follow conversations, share insights and find the information that matters most to your practice.
Spear Talk
A members-only community for dental professionals to connect, share expertise, and discuss topics in clinical dentistry and practice management. The mobile app brings this dental community to users on the go.
- Members-only forum
- Networking for dental professionals
- Expert advice sharing
- Clinical dentistry topics
- Practice management discussions
- Mobile access to community
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Spear Talk is a members-only forum community for dental professionals to network, get expert advice, and share successes together. Join the conversation with a variety of topics across clinical dentistry, practice management, and more. With the new mobile app, now clinicians and team members can have their dental community with them anywhere they go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spear Talk at none against Dentaltown's 10. Spear Talk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). Dentaltown's advantage is ratings volume (226 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Dentaltown sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Spear Talk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spear Talk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dentaltown has 226 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dentaltown ships an update every 6 weeks, Spear Talk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dentaltown | Spear Talk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (226 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dentaltown.com LLC | Spear Education, LLC |
Customer experience
Dentaltown
Spear Talk
Bugs and requests
Dentaltown
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes when opening attachments or viewing pictures
- App crashes when typing long posts, losing unsaved content
- Random freezing and stalling
- Text overlapping or cutting short on certain devices
- Pull-to-refresh accidentally resets thread position to page 1
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- Features work inconsistently day to day
- App crashes and malfunctions frequently
- Overall platform instability and glitchiness
- Severe usability issues following recent major update
Requested features
8 requests- Adjustable text size settings
- Thread reading order like Reddit (OP down instead of most recent reply)
- Ability to bookmark position in long threads
- Page navigation for long threads (jump to specific page)
- Zoom in/out capability with fingers
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- Improved pull-to-refresh mechanism
- CE courses organized by date and location
- Better organization for CE course browsing
Spear Talk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dentaltown
- CE Course Video including CEUs [594]$36.99
- CE Course Video including CEUs [422]$36.99
- CE Course Video including CEUs [629]$36.99
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- Dentaltown CE Course Video including CEUs [694]$36.99
- Dentaltown CE Course Video including CEUs [759]$36.99
- Dentaltown CE Course Video including CEUs [718]$36.99
- CE Course with CEUs [803]$36.99
- CE Course with CEUs [815]$36.99
- CE Course with CEUs [883]$36.99
- CE Course with CEUs [927]$36.99
Spear Talk
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dentaltown free?
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