Good study materials, app has notable problems
Four stars overall because the most important thing, the materials themselves, are fantastic. I did pass my test by quite a bit after being very borderline on my first practice exam before studying.
That being said, the app does have some notable problems. As other users have reported, the most important one is that if you leave your practice exam after completing it and want to go back and look at what you got wrong, it will often tell you that you indicated a completely different answer. Your score will be correct, the questions you got right and wrong are accurate, but the responses themselves are not. Additionally, the fact that login information is not shared with the counselingexam.com website is ridiculous, as the materials are the same in both places (the website does have more materials than the app) but you have to choose either the app or the website for your studying, rather than being able to do both. Whether or not the materials are worth the cost of $65/mo is a question of personal preference, financial stability, and how ridiculously expensive the NCBHCE actual test itself is to take and retake. You can probably get a study book for cheaper, but the convenience of having materials easily accessible everywhere you go is not irrelevant.
Extra note, cancelling your subscription to the app is in your Apple ID subscriptions, not within the app itself. I have a full-time job, 2 kids, a house to upkeep, run 2-3x per week, and still needed some self-care. I was able to go through all of the full practice exams and about 75% of the case studies in the one month billing period.
That being said, the app does have some notable problems. As other users have reported, the most important one is that if you leave your practice exam after completing it and want to go back and look at what you got wrong, it will often tell you that you indicated a completely different answer. Your score will be correct, the questions you got right and wrong are accurate, but the responses themselves are not. Additionally, the fact that login information is not shared with the counselingexam.com website is ridiculous, as the materials are the same in both places (the website does have more materials than the app) but you have to choose either the app or the website for your studying, rather than being able to do both. Whether or not the materials are worth the cost of $65/mo is a question of personal preference, financial stability, and how ridiculously expensive the NCBHCE actual test itself is to take and retake. You can probably get a study book for cheaper, but the convenience of having materials easily accessible everywhere you go is not irrelevant.
Extra note, cancelling your subscription to the app is in your Apple ID subscriptions, not within the app itself. I have a full-time job, 2 kids, a house to upkeep, run 2-3x per week, and still needed some self-care. I was able to go through all of the full practice exams and about 75% of the case studies in the one month billing period.
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Thankful for practice mode
I used this app to pass the exam. The practice mode help me to keep up with the timing of the test. The flash card about what is the diagnosis was also very helpful for me.
The Exam Questions Show Different Answers then what I put.
I have to frequently go back into the practice exam and manually score (I have to write my answer down on paper too). The software will tell you that you picked a different answer then what you hit.