AAD Meetings vs Dermpedia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AAD Meetings
This app is the official mobile guide for a major dermatology conference. It offers session details, exhibitor information, and allows for in-app CME claiming and attendance verification.
- Session information (location, time, speakers)
- Exhibitor details and floor plan
- Access to session handouts
- Online session evaluations
- In-app CME claiming
- On-site attendance verification
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The official mobile conference app for the American Academy of Dermatology. This application provides information and features to help you make the most of this meeting. Meeting App Features Include: * Session information including location, time, and speakers. * Exhibitor information and exhibit hall floor plan. * Access to session handouts and online session evaluations. * In app CME claiming * On-site attendance verification
Dermpedia
This professional educational tool provides medical professionals with access to a library of dermatopathology videos, live courses, and workshops. It offers CME-accredited content from leading experts in the field, delivered through a convenient streaming platform.
- Stream dermatopathology case videos
- Access live CME events
- On-demand courses and workshops
- Expert mentorship and "over-the-shoulder" learning
- Offline video viewing
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This app is a professional educational tool intended solely for medical professionals. It is a reader app which accompanies the Dermpedia website. It allows Dermpedia members to stream Dermpedia library of videos and gives them access to live and on-demand courses and workshops. Dermpedia is an online dermatopathology society. It has provided CME education since 2009. The purpose of Dermpedia is to provide American Medical Association-accredited CME courses, workshops and seminars for physicians specializing in the field of dermatopathology. CME content is delivered via live events using video streaming platforms and growing on-demand video recordings of live events hosted on the website. Dermpedia in combines convenience of Netflix-style streaming platform with rigor of life CME-accredited events giving the users access to the knowledge and expertise of dermatopathology masters. The key features of Dermpedia include: • The Archives: Stream hundreds of high-definition dermatopathology cases anytime, anywhere. • Live CME Events: Join interactive, accredited courses, workshops and learn directly from world-class faculty in real-time. • Expert Mentorship: Experience the "over-the-shoulder" learning style that only Dermpedia provides. The primary target audicene are board-certified dermatopathologists, pathologists and dermatologists. However, Dermpedia contents is also suitable for ambitious trainees including medical students, residents and fellows. Importantly, Dermpedia does not provide the options for the patients to seek medical advice, opinions about their medical problems or treatment options. The field of dermatopathology concerns the knowlege and skill of making pathological diagnoses and classification of disease based on examination of microscopic slides. Discussion on Dermpedia is conducted at a very high level which is not accessible to untrained members of the general public. Dermpedia provides content curated by recognized dermatopathology experts which are leaders in the field. These experts are invited by the Founder, Dr. Artur Zembowicz, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology at Tufts Medical School in Boston, to participate due to their reputation and contributions to the peer-reviewed literature. Some content and Dermpedia events are free. Dermpedia is supported by member subscriptions which can be purchased on the website. There are no in app purchases. The app allows the users to log in to the websites and browse their library, view the calendar and access live events. The app allows the users to download their videos and watch them offline. The users without subscription can create a free account and have access to free content and some live events. -- For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://dermpedia.org/terms -Privacy Policy: https://dermpedia.org/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dermpedia at 5.0 against AAD Meetings's 3.6. AAD Meetings's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Dermpedia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AAD Meetings has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AAD Meetings ships an update weekly, Dermpedia monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AAD Meetings | Dermpedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | American Academy of Dermatology | Dermatopathology Consultations LLC |
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AAD Meetings
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In-app purchases
AAD Meetings
No in-app purchases
Dermpedia
No in-app purchases
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