ABS SCORE vs Maxillofacial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Maxillofacial
This app consolidates oral and maxillofacial surgery knowledge, offering a surgical atlas, coding reference, scholarly search engine, and a professional forum. It serves as a comprehensive resource for residents and attendings in the field.
- Surgical atlas of OMS procedures
- Coding reference (CDT, CPT, ICD-10)
- Scholarly search engine
- Professional community forum
- Board preparation resources
- Clinical query interface
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Maxillofacial integrates the body of oral and maxillofacial surgery knowledge into a single application, comprising a surgical atlas, coding reference, scholarly search engine, and the specialty's first dedicated professional forum. ATLAS A growing compendium of OMS procedures, structured for efficient reference before, during, or after operative care — designed as a working clinical resource for surgeons REFERENCE Organized across Anatomy, Perioperative Care, Emergency Management, Pathology, and Didactics, supporting concept review, board preparation, and protocol verification at the point of care. SCHOLAR A clinical query interface accepting natural language and standard OMS terminology, returning synthesized, citation-backed responses cross-referenced against major bibliographic indexes and current specialty guidelines, ranked according to evidentiary quality, with each claim traceable to its primary source. Scholar is intended as an educational and research reference tool and does not substitute for independent clinical judgment; all guidance should be verified against primary sources prior to clinical application. CODING Specialty-specific lookup across CDT, CPT, and ICD-10, facilitating direct progression from diagnosis to procedure to billing code within a single interface — addressing the persistent overlap between medical and dental coding in OMS practice. FORUM The first dedicated professional community for oral and maxillofacial surgery, supporting case discussion, residency and fellowship inquiry, practice management dialogue, and international collegial exchange among residents, attendings, and program directors. Maxillofacial serves as a unified repository of specialty knowledge and professional community — for residents preparing for board examination, attendings managing clinical practice, and program directors advancing surgical education. Download to join the conversation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Maxillofacial at 82% against ABS SCORE's 6%. Maxillofacial also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). ABS SCORE's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Maxillofacial holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of ABS SCORE's written reviews are positive against 82% of Maxillofacial's.
ABS SCORE ships an update every 2 months, Maxillofacial every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABS SCORE | Maxillofacial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (14 ratings) | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.3% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Board of Surgery, Inc | Maxillofacial Foundation LLC |
Customer experience
ABS SCORE
Maxillofacial
In-app purchases
ABS SCORE
No in-app purchases
Maxillofacial
No in-app purchases









