AAO eBooks vs easyGlaucoma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AAO eBooks
Access essential ophthalmology textbooks on your mobile device. Search, browse, and download purchased eBooks for offline use. Enhance learning with notes, highlights, and CME credit opportunities.
- Access purchased eBooks
- Offline reading capability
- Search and browse content
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Bookmark functionality
- Earn CME credits
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In the busy, demanding profession of ophthalmology, it is important to have access to up-to-date, reliable information at all times. With the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s eBook app, you get convenient access to essential Academy textbooks from your iPad or iPhone. Download this free app to: • Search, browse and access your purchased eBooks online, or download them for offline use • Quickly find relevant images and videos • Customize your learning with easy highlighting, note-taking and bookmarking • Participate in activities that provide opportunities for earning continued medical education (CME) credits (selected titles only, see individual publications for more information) Academy publications are written and reviewed by expert ophthalmologists and are designed to help you improve patient outcomes and practice efficiency. Academy eBooks must be purchased from the Academy before they can be accessed via the app. First, download this app to your device, then visit AAO Store to make your purchase. Return to the Academy eBook app anytime you want to read your eBooks. About the Academy: The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons with more than 32,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three "O's" – ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians. It is the ophthalmologist who has the education and training to treat it all: eye diseases, infections and injuries, and perform eye surgery. Ophthalmologists provide comprehensive eye care, ranging from optical to medical to surgical. The mission of the Academy is to advance the lifelong learning and professional interests of ophthalmologists to ensure that the public can obtain the best possible eye care. Academy members are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for every individual they treat by helping each to see his or her best and by protecting their patients' vision and eye health throughout life. Academy members are committed to responding compassionately to their patients' individual needs and to advancing the highest standards of comprehensive eye care. The American Academy of Ophthalmology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
easyGlaucoma
Build your knowledge about glaucoma through evidence-based quizzes. Track your progress, access updated information, and learn how to protect your vision. This tool is designed to enhance medical understanding for a healthier lifestyle.
- Evidence-based quizzing
- Progress monitoring
- Glaucoma knowledge base
- Vision protection tips
- Continuously updated content
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Use easyGlaucoma's intuitive interface to build your glaucoma knowledge using evidence based quizzing methods. Monitor your progress, read up on more glaucoma knowledge, and learn how to better protect your vision! easyGlaucoma provides a tool to keep building your medical knowledge with continually updated questions and related health topics. Studies have shown benefits to using quizzing as a learning strategy and easyGlaucoma provides the interface to improve your knowledge and glaucoma know-how! mHealth Wellness LLC provides medical education and health tool applications so that individuals can not only learn more medical knowledge, but also use that knowledge to make for a healthier lifestyle. Check out our other apps, including easyDiabetes! Learn more about mHealth Wellness LLC at mhealthwellness.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: easyGlaucoma at 5.0 against AAO eBooks's 3.8. easyGlaucoma also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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.
easyGlaucoma holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively.
| Parameter | AAO eBooks | easyGlaucoma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | American Academy of Ophthalmology, Inc. | mHealth Wellness LLC |
Customer experience
AAO eBooks
easyGlaucoma
In-app purchases
AAO eBooks
No in-app purchases
easyGlaucoma
No in-app purchases
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