Comparison

ESDR 2025 vs Derm SCE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ESDR 2025

Features
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The content of the annual ESDR meeting includes guest lectures from internationally recognised scientists, cutting-edge β€œfrontier” 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.

About

Derm SCE

Features
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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.

Screenshots

ESDR 20254 screens
Derm SCE4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ESDR 2025 versus Derm SCE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterESDR 2025Derm SCE
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 β€” better15.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size64 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerkey4eventsAhmed Zwain

In-app purchases

None

ESDR 2025

No in-app purchases

None

Derm SCE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ESDR 2025 free?
ESDR 2025 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Derm SCE free?
Derm SCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ESDR 2025 or Derm SCE have ads?
Neither ESDR 2025 nor Derm SCE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ESDR 2025 or Derm SCE?
ESDR 2025 ships an update weekly, and Derm SCE every 4 days. Most recently, ESDR 2025 was updated on October 9, 2026 and Derm SCE on October 24, 2026.

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