American Seminar Institute vs Kois Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
American Seminar Institute
Access and save registered CME and CE audio, video, and PDF courses for offline viewing and listening on your iOS device. Download entire topics or individual files for convenient access during travel or without an internet connection. Manage your downloaded content as you complete courses.
- Download CME/CE audio and video courses
- Save PDF files
- Offline access without internet
- Download all or single topics
- Manage and remove completed courses
- Access on iOS devices
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The American Seminar Institute mobile app allows users to download and save all registered CME and CE audio and video courses to their iOS devices. Saving audio, video and PDF files to your device allows you to access your courses without the need for internet or streaming feeds. Users have the ability to download all topics or single topics from within the application. Files will be saved on device memory for travel and offline viewing and listening. All files can be managed and removed as courses are completed.
Kois Reader
Access Kois Course materials, including manuals, checklists, and videos. Features live polling, automatic note backup and syncing across devices, and the ability to share notes with other participants. Requires course attendance for full access.
- Access course manuals and videos
- Live in-course polling
- Automatic note backup and sync
- Share notes with participants
- Browse page thumbnails
- Navigation history
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The Kois Reader is the new and improved method for viewing Kois Course Materials. Access your course manuals, always pages, procedure checklist, videos, etc. ** Note: Course attendance required for materials access. New Features Include: + Live in-course polling from directly within the manual while at the Kois Center. + View document size before downloading. + Notes are automatically backed up and sync across devices. + Notes can be shared between participants within a course. + The notes list displays location of, date/time created, context of the note(s). + Browse through page thumbnails. + Forward and Back buttons, returns you to previous location(s) after jumping around content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kois Reader at 3.6 against American Seminar Institute's 2.3. American Seminar Institute's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (29% vs 20%). 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.
Kois Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of American Seminar Institute's written reviews are positive against 20% of Kois Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
American Seminar Institute ships an update monthly, Kois Reader every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | American Seminar Institute | Kois Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Seminar Institute Inc. | Kois Center |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
American Seminar Institute
No in-app purchases
Kois Reader
No in-app purchases
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