Great Info -10 Interface
Information and professors etc are great. Show explanation in the moment in MBes. Wonderful. The actual use of the app - terrible. The integration into iPhone - HORRIBLE. the actual memory of where you left off to pick up. Garbage. They need to re do the whole app. Make it more aesthetic while they’re at it. More iPhone friendly. Able to play when iPhone locked like so many basic features lacking. I told them this 3 years ago and still nothing has changed. But BARBRI is just as awful so missed superiority opportunity Kap.
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Response from developer
Hi, Manny! Thanks for reaching out & letting us know of the issue you've encountered with the Kaplan Bar Review App. We'd love to help you get this resolved! When you get an opportunity, please reach out to us at kaplansocial@kaplan.com. We appreciate your support!
Not very reliable and very disappointing
So I am using this Kaplan program for bar review but the app is very glitchy when it comes to taking or using the QBank and I always get turned around try to play any audio that I download.
For the QBank- When you download your multiple choice quizzes it locks up and kicks you out when you are done with the quiz. Or if you manage to download them once you finish and sync it does not sync or update that you have completed them. It is extremely frustrating because you end up having to go online to do the quiz again since you have taken it but it doesn’t update or glitches. So either way, if it glitches it throws you out when you finish the quiz and doesn’t save your effort. Or if you manage to finish without a problem and close it well it screws up the sync and you end up doing the quiz twice to clear it from your tasks.
For the audio sync it is just not that user friendly. You have to find the day you want every time and go to the video and download but you can’t find your downloaded files quickly or access them easily without hunting. Then if you manage to download the audio it doesn’t keep track of what you have downloaded and watched or not. You have to keep track somehow on your own which is a bit of a pain when you are on the go and trying to use drive time to listen.
The iPad version is the same. Very disappointing.
For the QBank- When you download your multiple choice quizzes it locks up and kicks you out when you are done with the quiz. Or if you manage to download them once you finish and sync it does not sync or update that you have completed them. It is extremely frustrating because you end up having to go online to do the quiz again since you have taken it but it doesn’t update or glitches. So either way, if it glitches it throws you out when you finish the quiz and doesn’t save your effort. Or if you manage to finish without a problem and close it well it screws up the sync and you end up doing the quiz twice to clear it from your tasks.
For the audio sync it is just not that user friendly. You have to find the day you want every time and go to the video and download but you can’t find your downloaded files quickly or access them easily without hunting. Then if you manage to download the audio it doesn’t keep track of what you have downloaded and watched or not. You have to keep track somehow on your own which is a bit of a pain when you are on the go and trying to use drive time to listen.
The iPad version is the same. Very disappointing.
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Response from developer
Hi, Callie! Thanks for reaching out & letting us know about the issues you've encountered within the Kaplan Bar Review app and your concerns. We're sorry to hear that you've been experiencing issues with your app and we'd love to help you get this resolved! When you get an opportunity, please reach out to us at kaplansocial@kaplan.com. We appreciate your support!
Awesome On-the-Go Study Platform
This app makes it easy to maximize studying during the “gray time” between events (traffic, air travel, waiting rooms, etc.). The content is easy to navigate and accessible on my phone; all I need are headphones and I have what I need to stay on too of my studies. The access to the quizzes are amazing and extremely helpful. The only critique I have is the associated documents on Adobe Digital Editions app are difficult to navigate on an iPhone. Still, since this is a Kaplan App review, that is information that does not lower my 5-star rating.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! We’re so glad you found the Kaplan Bar Review app helpful. As we take all student feedback seriously, we'd appreciate any other feedback you have about our app. When you get an opportunity, please reach out to us at nxtsocial@kaplan.com. We appreciate your support!
Consistent performance issues
I love the app and the only problems are with syncing your tasks and unexpected crashes where it just disappears. Otherwise this would literally be a PERFECT application.
Help this app
To much freezing, volume goes out, give me trouble signing in. When it works it’s great but who needs to be frustrated while trying to study. Also it would be nice if you could split the screen while using an iPad. Great way to take notes while in live classes. This opinion reflects the app not Kaplan review. I’m loving Kaplan’s methods.
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Needs improvement
The app doesn’t sync well with desktop. My videos often crash. I can’t control the speed within the app like I can’t via desktop. The app automatically signs me out! I absolutely hate the app!
Great app!
Has made it really easy for me to transition between my iPad and iPhone and computer. I just keep going with my modules and it keeps track. Glad I have this app for on the go study vibes
Crashes
Keeps crashing on both the iPad and iPhone after four minutes of play. Great material provided I could actually watch it.
Sync problems
If you finish a quiz on the app and then log into the computer version, the system overwrites you’re results (i.e. erases) and there is no way to recover them. This happens even if you don’t open up the quiz on the computer. This means that you can’t analyze your results. Also, you can’t start a quiz on the app unless you’ve started it first on the computer and then suspended it.
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Would be perfect with a few tweeks!
During my studies I have really enjoyed having access to the mobile app! The reason I gave it 4 stars was for two reasons. First, it would be awesome to be able to start quizzes on the app. I’ve noticed I have to start the quiz on the desktop site in order to do a quiz on the mobile app. I have also noticed if I pause the quiz I’m taking on the mobile app, my answers do not get saved.
Second, after starting my final study plan, I saw that I do not have access to it on the mobile app which is a total bummer.
Other than that it is pretty user friendly and a great resource when I need to do some studying but can’t take my laptop with me.
Second, after starting my final study plan, I saw that I do not have access to it on the mobile app which is a total bummer.
Other than that it is pretty user friendly and a great resource when I need to do some studying but can’t take my laptop with me.
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Some quizzes disappeared...
Some of my quizzes suddenly disappeared from my the “review past quizzes tab” I wonder why this happened. I did everything recommended by the tech support, but it continued to happen. Also, the more I used the app, it started to auto-submit quizzes without letting me finish, or sometimes the minute I submitted, it showed as if submitted without any questions answered. When you message tech support they cannot recover they quiz because it does not appear anywhere, so you end up sounding crazy...”like, I was doing it right now, it was in front of me etc.” Also you will not able to even review the essays graded. Cannot do anything related to the essays. In addition, the questions do not have the percentage of students who picked each choice as in the website, so you won’t have this feedback working from the app.
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Helpful on the go, but minor annoyances
This app is relatively easy to use and generally great for bar review on the go. I like to use it while I do cardio at the gym and run through flash cards BUT if you exit out of the app for even just a couple minutes it logs you out completely! I have to constantly log back in and then re-download all the topics. Super annoying, I wish they could figure out a way to fix this!
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Overall a good app... when it works
Constantly crashes on iPad and iPhone during videos.
Would not recommend
Would not recommend this course. No live instructors and course covers more topics than necessary instead of highly tested subjects. Videos are also very lengthy and not great since professors are literally reading from a book. Also, not enough examples are given in video lectures.
App doesn’t work
App doesn’t work. Is there anything I can do to improve it? I have not been able to watch the videos as they get interrupted
Quizzes improperly scored
I have had to request two quiz resets, because the app either doesnt record my responses and mis-number the questions. I was hoping this would be a great tool for bar prep on the go, but it is not. Do NOT complete any checkpoint quizzes in the app. The MBE question banks are hit or miss. This apps need major updating.
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Great app
The app works great! I find it especially useful for listening to the lectures in my car while sitting in traffic.
Could be better for the price paid for bar prep
The title says it all! My app will be in the middle of a video and close for no reason. It doesn’t link up with what I’ve completed online so I have to go through stuff again to get the box checked or pick to solely do my prep on my phone OR computer. Additionally, I don’t like that if I have to exit a video halfway through (or the app quits on its own), the video doesn’t save my spot, I have to try to remember when I left off or watch the whole thing again. Also, the video sound and lips don’t match up (I have this issue on desktop too). Some pretty annoying glitches given how much is paid for the program.
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Alex Gwynn
I loved the fact that I could complete questions and watch videos from the app.
Don’t use for anything important
Good luck using this for QBank questions. More than once I have spent a good deal of time answering a series of questions only to have the app register NONE of my responses. Makes it impossible to keep track of how I’m doing quiz-to-quiz and very frustrating considering how long it takes to work through the questions. The browser-based Kaplan program is buggy, too, but not quite this bad. If you are looking for a bar review course, be warned that the Kaplan tech is sub-par.
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