MSD One vs NCQA Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MSD One
Enhance hybrid and in-person events with interactive features. Attendees receive personalized agendas, travel updates, and venue info. Facilitate audience engagement through Q&A, polls, and a secure social media wall.
- Personalized agendas
- Real-time travel updates
- Moderated Q&A panel
- Slide saving with annotations
- Audience polling and gamification
- Private social media wall
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Provide active engagement and promote reciprocal learning, boost productivity and efficiency of hybrid and in-person events with MSD One. Elevating the experience Built with the attendee experience in mind, MSD One is custom tailored for each meeting. Providing attendees with personalized agendas, real-time travel updates and notifications as well as venue information and dining recommendations. Optional features include a moderated Q&A panel that empowers attendees to directly engage with presenters. If allowed, attendees can select specific slides to save along with their personal annotations. Let’s learn from each other • Using MSD One during controlled open floor events such as Town Halls or workshops enables meeting organizers to glean invaluable insights from their audience. • A private and secure social media wall facilitates connections, engagement, and interactions among attendees. • Incorporating elements such as polling, gamification, word clouds, babblestream, and more, MSD One ensures allows us to assess presenter effectiveness and track useful metrics of attendee interest, engagement and knowledge retention. With MSD One every event is maximized to its fullest potential.
NCQA Events
Stay informed about healthcare quality best practices and innovations. Connect with industry peers at events hosted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
- Healthcare quality best practices
- Industry innovations
- Peer connection
- Event information
- Networking opportunities
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Stay ahead of the latest health care quality best practices, innovations and connect with your peers at NCQA events.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NCQA Events at 100% against MSD One's 0%. NCQA Events also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). MSD One's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NCQA Events holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MSD One's written reviews are positive against 100% of NCQA Events's.
MSD One ships an update every 6 months, NCQA Events fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSD One | NCQA Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 17+ |
| Developer | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | National Committee For Quality Assurance |
Customer experience
MSD One
NCQA Events
In-app purchases
MSD One
No in-app purchases
NCQA Events
No in-app purchases
