ASCRS Events vs ABS SCORE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASCRS Events
Access conference schedules, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details. Take notes directly on slides and engage with other attendees through in-app messaging and sharing features.
- View conference schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Browse exhibitors
- Take notes on slides
- Draw directly on slides
- In-app messaging
- Share information
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The ASCRS Events mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors modules. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
ABS SCORE
Access a comprehensive question bank for surgical specialties. This app provides scenario-based multiple-choice questions to aid in self-study for surgical residents. Future updates will include additional educational content and mobile-first features.
- Access SCORE Portal Question Bank
- 4,000+ scenario-based questions
- Six surgical specialties covered
- Supports self-study for residents
- Future content includes TWIS curricula
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The SCORE mobile app enables users to access content hosted on the SCORE Portal. This version includes access to the SCORE Portal Question Bank of ~4,000 scenario-based multiple choice questions across six specialties in surgery: General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Complex General Surgical Oncology, Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. Future versions of this app will incorporate other SCORE Portal content, including "This Week in SCORE (TWIS)" curricula and will carry mobile-first features to augment both the use of the SCORE Portal and residents' self-study.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ASCRS Events at 4.6 against ABS SCORE's 1.5. ABS SCORE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
ASCRS Events holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of ASCRS Events's written reviews are positive against 6% of ABS SCORE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ASCRS Events ships an update every 5 months, ABS SCORE every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ASCRS Events | ABS SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (57 ratings) — better | 1.5 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 6.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) | American Board of Surgery, Inc |
Customer experience
ASCRS Events
ABS SCORE
In-app purchases
ASCRS Events
No in-app purchases
ABS SCORE
No in-app purchases
