# NBDE 2 Dental Boards Mastery — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of NBDE 2 Dental Boards Mastery by Higher Learning Technologies, Inc., rated 4.82/5 from 3,117 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nbde-2-dental-boards-mastery/id657649173/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nbde-2-dental-boards-mastery/id657649173.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,763 · 4★ 231 · 3★ 67 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of NBDE 2 Dental Boards Mastery? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great study source - 👍 Helpful for passing boards - 👍 Covers a lot of relevant questions - 👍 Excellent customer service - 👍 User-friendly interface - 👍 Convenient for on-the-go studying - 👍 Useful for identifying strengths and weaknesses **Cons** - 🐛 Recurring charges despite no access - 🐛 Slow and crashes after updates - 🐛 Lack of detailed explanations for answers - 🐛 Insufficient visual aids and images - 🐛 Typos and grammatical errors in questions **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues after updates - Inability to copy text or questions **Most requested features** - Bring back daily goal progress bar - Remove image option for questions - Improve explanations for why answers are correct/incorrect - Add more visual aids like diagrams, charts, and illustrations ## Newest reviews (14 of 50) ### 4/5 — Changes *2020-11-25, version 8.40.7649* I would suggest you bring back the daily goal bar at the top of the questions so you are aware how many notecards you’ve done that day and if you’re close to reaching that goal. It’s annoying having to go search for that elsewhere in the app. Also, you should remove the images option for the question. For example in path, you have the option to open the image before submitting an answer but if you open the image the answer is on the picture so it doesn’t make sense to do that. ### 5/5 — Essential *2020-05-26, version 8.6.5954* Essential app to help studying for boards! ### 5/5 — Love it *2020-03-20, version 8.6.5954* Love the app ### 5/5 — I passed *2020-03-20, version 8.6.5954* All I used was this and I passed. ### 4/5 — Good overall *2019-12-28, version 8.6.5954* I feel this app is very versatile and helpful. Questions seem good and explanations are concise. The only thing I don’t like is that the explanation after the question doesn’t always give why certain answer options are wrong. Often they are explained but I think there could be some improvement. Overall, I recommend it. ### 5/5 — The best apps for NBDE *2019-07-05, version 7.0.5182* I did not have enough time to prepare NBDE1. I had only 2 weeks to study so I purchased dental board mastery apps and I solely used it for 2 weeks and I passed. I am going to get one for NBDE2 as well and also Their customer service is amazing. Maddie, consumer advisor was very friendly and responded right away through email. It is definitely worthy to get this apps. ### 4/5 — Nice app *2019-07-03, version 7.0.5182* It focuses well on weaknesses, we’ll see how it helps me on the test ### 5/5 — Eldar *2019-05-05, version 7.0.5182* Hello. Please answer, why can't I copy the text or the question in the application, did it work before, but not now? My English is not so good and it helped me a lot to translate the text by copying it. ### 5/5 — Great app!! *2019-04-16, version 6.8.4625* Their app helped me to pass my nbde part 1. I am in a process of studying for the second part with full excitement using this app!!! Highly recommended!! ### 5/5 — Great customer service *2018-12-08, version 6.4.4504* Not only is this app useful, but the customer service is wonderful. Matthew Messanger was very helpful solving my technical problems with the app! ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2018-10-29, version 6.0.4303* Fantastic customer service and great app with all the questions you need and the feedback to get you ready! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2018-10-12, version 5.26.0* This is an awesome app for Nbde2!!! The team behind it is spectacular!!!! I will highly recommend this app!! ### 4/5 — Lack implant questions *2018-09-06, version 5.22.0* The app have lot of good questions and it is nicely organized. However, it is time to update some of the contents like implants, pharm, and pros. ### 5/5 — Best app ever for NBDE 1&2 *2018-01-27, version 5.2.0* I had this app for NBDE Part 1, it was an awesome app and helped me tremendously! I also purchased this app for NBDE Part 2 and it was really helpful! I wish to get this app for ADAT ASAP!! I finished my exams an hour earlier because of this app!! If you got this app, you don’t need to waste your time on ASDA papers!!! This app has it all! These apps Rocks big time!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Recurring charges despite no access to application *2021-04-01, version 8.40.7649* I signed up through my university with a 3 month plan that terminated automatically. Although I no longer had access to the premium subscription, they continued to charge me through my card on file every 3months for about a year. I admit it is my fault for not catching the charges earlier, but to charge and not provide the product is absurd. The program wasn’t that helpful to me. The actual exam is more like board vitals which I used more. ### 1/5 — Stop asking for reviews *2020-06-15, version 8.6.5954* Stop putting ads on heavily priced app ### 1/5 — Latest update is slow and app crashes a lot *2019-05-08, version 7.0.5182* The app automatically updated on May 3rd and now it's slow and consistently crashes when I answer any question. Please fix it!! My test is coming up! ### 1/5 — Overpriced *2018-12-22, version 6.8.4625* Overpriced 😡 ### 1/5 — Annoying *2018-05-25, version 5.11.0* Because they keep asking for a review ### 3/5 — Not 100% happy *2019-06-04, version 7.0.5182* You should have better supporting images. Most of them are not explicit enough. Also. Some of your answer choices might be a little ambiguous or could be discussed (just a few) ### 3/5 — Good but.. *2016-12-22, version 3.21* For those who want to know why an answer is correct, the explanations here are very sub par when compared to dental decks. For example they'll say pupils will dilate because innervation of CN 3, but they won't explain why CN3 gets the trigger. Overall a thorough app allowing you to separate what you know and dont. Or buy dental decks and make 3 stacks of "know, sorta know and don't know"... I'd recommend this app If you can study on your phone as you go. ### 3/5 — Crashes *2016-09-20, version 3.18.6* The app is really good when it works and people have told me they repeat questions from the app, but it crashes a lot. It seems to crash when you need it then most, like the week of my boards. It will kick you out and ask you to sign back in and even if you put in your CORRECT login information it tells you to check your internet connection (even though you have internet connection) and so you can't login. So frustrating. ### 3/5 — Good but seriously compromised due to lack of pictures *2016-05-27, version 3.17* The app is pretty comprehensive but I'm giving 3 stars for a few reasons: there was a frustrating lack of visual aids given which there's really no excuse for given the price point and the fact that it would not have been terribly challenging to include illustrations/diagrams/etc into the app platform. There were plenty of visual aids on the app for part 1, so kind of left feeling like they dropped the ball in a big way for the part 2 app. When dealing with highly visual material/concepts like perio grafts, occlusal interferences, oral pathology - a picture is worth a thousand words. Instead, by not including representative illustrations, I had to either leave the app to look up pics which slowed me down considerably. Really disappointed in that regard. ### 3/5 — Numerous errors *2014-12-16, version 3.4.0* The app is good overall. I used the first one during part I boards and did fine. Back then, the app seemed to be more under the control of the dental students that ran it. The current one has tech support reply if you email which is fine but attention doesn't seem to be paid to all of the mistakes in the app. More so than the Part I app, this one has lots of grammatical errors, spelling errors, poorly written questions, confusing answers, and no means to suggest a correction like they used to have. The app has been out for a while and there seems to be no sign of these errors being corrected ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best resource to begin your study. *2022-01-23, version 8.74.9478* While things will be changing with the Integrated boards, I could not recommend this or the part 1 app more. While I believe that the pharmacology section is way more difficult than the actual board exam, this app has lots of relevant clinical questions with explanations to all. I would recommend anybody taking the exam to begin your studying with this app. ### 5/5 — Great study source *2022-01-12, version 8.74.9478* Mastery app was a really great source to review my study notes at the end of the day and gauge how I was retaining the material. It covers a lot of questions and definitely helped me pass boards! ### 5/5 — PASS *2021-11-28, version 8.71.9347* It's a PASS for me. I never used a different source, I did the app three times and took the test and I pass in the first attenpt. You can trust this app 100%. Best news ever for me ### 5/5 — Great for Practice *2021-08-13, version 8.61.8972* I used the Mastery App for both NBDE I and II. It was a key part of my studying that helped me pass. It had relevant information and helped me connect concepts in a test question-like format. Customer service support is great, too. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2021-01-11, version 8.40.7649* I used mastery app for both the part 1 and 2. I passed in 1st attempt both the times. Highly recommended. Thank you. Great way to learn or review your knowledge. ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-12-31, version 8.40.7649* Just studied this app and did mosby practice exam. Passed on first try!! ### 5/5 — I love this app! *2020-10-22, version 8.6.5954* It is great! Helpful, dynamic and encouraging ### 5/5 — Best practice for boards *2020-09-18, version 8.6.5954* Used the app for NBDE I and loved it! ### 5/5 — Dental Mastery *2020-09-15, version 8.6.5954* This app is excellent. The app makes learning very easy by allowing students to see what topics they excel at and which ones they need to spend more time with. Worth the money, for sure! ### 5/5 — Absolutely great *2020-07-09, version 8.6.5954* A very useful practical way to review the part 2 high yield facts with wonderful helpful tools. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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