Convenient!
I love how it's integrated into apple's new interface! I can review without having to have my laptop around. Highly recommend
Love the app - modern UI update please?
This app is obviously a must for learners...just wondering if the developer team is ever planning to update the UI so that controls in the top left corner aren’t so high up? It will literally be blended in with the toggle for switching to the previous app you used and you have to press it in a very specific way to return to the previous screen or the menu. It’s been like that for years now and I’m wondering if that can be update - small but definitely makes it tough when trying to review things quickly!
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Excellent Review Material
For me, this app has the perfect formatting for a concise, yet detailed review of important clinical and basic science topics. I really enjoy the ability to not only practice with flash cards, but to have the option to refresh my understanding by reading the respective paragraphs provided for individual topics. For me, it boils a lot of information down to “need to know” blips, which is a great way to remind myself of important things when I haven’t looked at it in a while! Thanks, Firecracker for making studying enjoyable!
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Good product
I love the daily case question. Firecracker is a great companion for my coursework and provides an additional angle on everything we are learning. It is clean and organized and has a lot of supplementary material. Sometimes the pictures don’t correlate perfectly to the flash card. The web version is better in my opinion, but the app is great for the convenience.
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Ok product. Awful customer service.
Firecracker as a product contains good, relevant information, but as they themselves admit, it is information you can easily find at other sources. They believe that their flash cards are what makes the app most useful. Well, the flash cards are overly detailed, and don’t have the same ability to space repetition that other flash card apps offer. Their learning experience is very text based, so if you are a visual learner look elsewhere. Finally, their customer service is absolutely awful. Once they have your money it appears that they don’t care to respond to messages or emails. I’ve been trying to get a very simple issue sorted for 2 weeks now (change email address and school associated with the account), and they have not responded to any communication I’ve sent them for well over a week. Given the plethora of resources available today, I’d say save your money and spend it on something else.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your honest feedback, and sorry for any inconvenience or frustration you may have experienced recently. Please feel free to send me an email directly when you get a chance (to david.guertin@wolterskluwer.com) including your school, the login email address associated with your Firecracker account, and the email you'd like it changed to. I will be happy to help you out with these updates ASAP, and to answer any other questions you might have. Sincerely, David Guertin Firecracker
Best board study tool
Firecracker is the most comprehensive Q-bank I’ve encountered in board study materials. The spaced repetition and rating system are incredibly efficient and effective for getting those details into your brain. Worth every penny 👌🏻
Highlight
Would be better if I could highlight easier. It’s not that interesting to open each paragraph in another page to highlight and then come back and select another paragraph.... needs to improve so we can highlight in the main page.
The best flashcards content for both step 1 and 2
Love this app. Repetitive stores into long term memory and that is what I need for a great score. Been using since 1st sem of med school. Highly recommended.
User friendly
Easy to navigate. Syncs progress well when using on multiple devices (something it was lacking before). Great app overall!
Really effective studying
I'll read the textbook through once, and then spend the rest of my time working through questions on firecracker. I've been feeling more prepared for class, and I definitely have a better command of the material.
First year Med student
I’m a first year med student and my university purchased this for the whole class. The Firecracker rep tailors the quiz information with what we are learning. Additionally, we can select topics to work through with the spaced repetition flash cards that make Anki so popular. I will be using this consistently, along with Anki, and update the review after Step 1.
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Medical students best friend
Current M3. I've been using firecracker since day 0 of medical school. It's been my go to resource throughout. I will admit that I fell short and didn't keep up with it for a few months during first and second yearbut that is one of biggest regrets. 10:10 recommend to all incoming first years
So far so good
I’m an MS1, and this app is easy to use and presents the material in a memorable format, with cases/pathological examples of what you’re learning. Example: learning about the anatomy of the spine, they’ll give you an example of what can happen to the spine in a case of whiplash.
Only if the app supported highlighting...
I really like the app, but I REALLY wish I was able to highlight and have it sync to my account. I feel like I can’t use Firecracker how I normally do via the browser app since I am unable to highlight.
Overall the app works great, but I wish they would add this feature!
Overall the app works great, but I wish they would add this feature!
M1
Hey, new M1 here this app is greatttt 9/10. Been using this to study my integrated curriculum. My only request is that they add more pictures especially when it comes to anatomy like blood vessels in the colon during chronic ischemia. Very much more efficient & helpful. With more pictures this app would be a 10/10. Visual stimuli would only make this app more impactful for medical students studying hard for NBME exams.
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It has it all
I’ve been very happy studying with Firecracker! The app and the desktop version seem to have better communication these days, and the developers are always making things better.
Great resource for board studying
I have used this nearly everyday since I started med school and I feel more prepared for my block exams as well as boards. I don’t find discrepancies or misinformation hardly ever. The only thing I would change is a max amount of questions per day. If you don’t stay on top of it, it can get overwhelming with the number of questions it wants you to do.
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Excellent extra resource
I initially wasn’t a fan, but I have grown to appreciate it. Finding out about being able to narrow the questions to a particular field only also helped. Def an app worth looking at it, you can tell a lot of work has been put into it.
Overall good app
I definitely appreciate this app and it works pretty well. A little glitchy sometimes but not too bad. An offline mode would be nice so I could download the questions ahead of time with WiFi.
RossMedStudent
It was great for shelf study, after 2 shelf’s and using this and recommended shelf books, I switched to only FireCracker and U-World questions only and did quite well on my other 4 remaining shelves! Used it for a big chunk of Step 2 study too!
