ESDR 2025 vs Derm SCE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ESDR 2025
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The content of the annual ESDR meeting includes guest lectures from internationally recognised scientists, cutting-edge βfrontierβ talks in skin science, oral presentations from peer-reviewed abstracts, educational symposia on a wide-range of topics, electronic and paper presentations of posters and interactive workshop-type sessions. With an attendance of over 1000 delegates, ESDR annual meetings attract basic and clinical scientists from all over the world with an interest in dermatology to discover the latest lab-based, clinical, and translational research findings.
Derm SCE
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Derm SCE is the companion app for Derm SCE members preparing for the dermatology Specialty Certificate Examination. Sign in with your existing account to revise wherever you are: QUESTION BANK Work through more than 1,500 single best answer questions written for the dermatology SCE, with detailed explanations for every answer. Practise by topic or run mixed decks across the whole bank, resuming exactly where you left off. TIMED MOCK EXAMS Sit Paper 1 and Paper 2 under exam conditions, take the full 200-question mock back to back, or run a 30-question mini mock when time is short. Answers are revealed at the end, exactly like the real exam. REVISION BOOK Eighteen chapters of condensed dermatology covering the conditions that matter for the exam, with key points, investigations and management at a glance. Searchable by chapter and condition. PROGRESS TRACKING See your accuracy, coverage of the bank and topic-by-topic breakdown. Earn milestones as you work through the bank and unlock your completion certificate when you finish it. SAVED QUESTIONS Bookmark questions to revisit and build your own revision list. OFFLINE FRIENDLY Your recent questions and book chapters stay available when your connection drops, and your progress syncs when you are back online. Derm SCE is designed for dermatology specialty trainees, but is equally useful for GPs with an interest in dermatology, associate specialists and anyone sitting a dermatology postgraduate exam. A Derm SCE account is required to sign in.
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Verdict
ESDR 2025 and Derm SCE are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ESDR 2025 ships an update weekly, Derm SCE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESDR 2025 | Derm SCE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 β better | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | key4events | Ahmed Zwain |
In-app purchases
ESDR 2025
No in-app purchases
Derm SCE
No in-app purchases









