# NPTE-PTA Pocket Prep — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of NPTE by Pocket Prep, Inc., rated 4.74/5 from 1,151 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/npte-pta-pocket-prep/id1128960974/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/npte-pta-pocket-prep/id1128960974.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 943 · 4★ 151 · 3★ 34 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of NPTE? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great study tool - 👍 Helpful questions and explanations - 🚀 Convenient for on-the-go studying - 👍 Useful for passing board exams **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🐛 Laggy performance - 🐛 Loses user progress - 💰 Expensive for the issues **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes during quizzes - Question of the day takes too long to load - Unable to access full features after purchase **Most requested features** - Add image support for explanations - Improve question variety and difficulty - Fix login and purchase issues ## Newest reviews (11 of 43) ### 4/5 — I passed. *2019-04-12, version 6.7.1* Pocket Prep was the other one-third of my study material for the exam. I studied every Monday through Friday exactly a month prior to my April exam. Ther-ed book, 2 PEATs and this App. On average I did about 50 questions a day, 4-5 times a week. Every question I went over the 4 choices regardless of right or wrong, I went over them. Instead of making a long note of study materials, IMO I memorized better by just keep drilling through the questions from PEAT and Pocket Prep. I know it won’t cover everything but will definitely get you the basic info down that will count as your scored questions on the NPTE. If you’re a PTA student then you HAVE TO get this app. 4 stars because the app sometimes crashes and starts all over.. hence the reason why I only did 50 questions maximum every time. ### 4/5 — Nicely designed *2019-03-18, version 6.7.1* Some questions can be somewhat ambiguous but overall answers are substantiated with reliable literature. I purchased it as a testing tool in which I’ve read accounts of obtaining passing results in PTA board exams. ### 4/5 — So far so good! *2019-01-04, version 6.7.1* Love this app! If you’re on the go all the time, it’s a great app for studying! Only bad thing, is that when you do the Question of the day it’s glitches and doesn’t show you the answer you selected. ### 4/5 — Pretty good tool *2018-10-16, version 6.6* Sometimes the app is glitchy and kicks you out while taking a quiz. Then you have delete app and then restore it. The questions and content were very helpful. ### 4/5 — It works *2018-09-10, version 6.5.5* The app works. Doesn’t crash. Helps you study on the go. Buy it. ### 5/5 — Awesome study tool *2018-07-17, version 6.5.4* I did the daily question each day and took several exams on the app. It helped me pass the board exam. It helped me target what I needed to review and gave me confidence that I was prepared. ### 5/5 — 5 star *2018-07-02, version 6.5.4* It’s a great app ### 5/5 — You need this. *2018-06-21, version 6.5.3* If you can afford it, get it. ### 5/5 — Miriam *2018-06-19, version 6.5.3* This app is one of the best guideline to study. It is very helpful ### 4/5 — Good study tool *2018-04-27, version 6.5.2* Helpful questions. The app could use more applied knowledge questions ### 3/5 — Ughhh *2018-03-26, version 6.5.1* This application is just very frustrating it needs to be fixed ! Few problems .. once you start a quiz and than from half way decide to close it and get back to It later, it just automatically changes all the questions you got incorrect as correct so you never get to see the exact progress you’re making .. it randomly signs you out and for some reason my tests from a month ago are no longer available .. there are good questions very helpful with the explanations and also pages indicated Incase you need to look for the material in the book .. **Developer response:** Hi kristine1334567! Please send us a message through the app's new Message Center, which can be found in the Settings menu. We can help you understand what may be causing the issue as this is not typical app behavior. You may simply need to delete the app and reinstall a fresh copy from the App Store. Thanks! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bugs bugs bugs *2020-07-07, version 6.7.9* I would love to give this app a good rating as I think the information is great but the app closes all the time on its own and there are WAY too many bugs. My App Store shows it did an update a couple days ago and whatever the update is it makes this otherwise good app impossible to use. ### 1/5 — Keeps freezing/crashing *2019-07-29, version 6.7.3* It used to work fine but it keeps freezing and exiting the app! This has been going on for a week... and now I haven’t been doing anything. Smfh. ### 1/5 — Question for the day is more than a day to load. I quit waiting *2019-06-15, version 6.7.3* Question of the day takes more than a day to load. It’s been day two and it’s still loading.... QOTD is just one question. I quit waiting. Very laggy app for $35.00. ### 1/5 — Started off great, now just crashes and lags *2019-03-19, version 6.7.1* I started with having the app for free and upgraded it later on to supplement my studies with something convenient and right at the touch of my finger tips. It was great and had nice features, however, the more I began to complete all the questions the more I started to notice how much it would lag, crash, and just not respond to any of the commands I tried to set. I have about 50 questions left that I haven’t done yet, and every time when I try to create a custom exam it either crashes, lags and tells me that there’s no questions to choose from. When I try to see what I’m lacking in, it takes forever. I’ve tried to close the app and start it over, delete it and reinstall it, and just wait it out. There has not been a consistent solution to my problem. I understand that it’s my own responsibility to study different materials and not solely focus on this, but if I’m paying a substantial amount of money for something that seems like should’ve been addressed already based on some of these other reviews I’ve read, then I feel like I’m getting completely ripped off. The people in charge have written in their FAQ section that they do not want their questions to circulate due to keeping their integrity of their app, if you guys care so much about the quality of the app please address it. This app is a potential 5 stars in my opinion, but the bugs that need to be fixed brings it down because it does not provide the service I have paid for. Thank you for you time. ### 1/5 — Not Working *2017-04-21, version 6.3* It fails to log in, "data in wrong format". ### 2/5 — Unable *2020-06-11, version 6.7.6* Hello. For some reason, it is not letting me purchase or updgrade to the ultimate option. Someone please help me. ### 2/5 — App shuts down *2018-11-06, version 6.6* Sometimes in the middle of a quiz it will kick you off and you will have to start all over. ### 2/5 — It keeps erasing my progress *2018-03-24, version 6.5.1* I love the questions and it’s very informative but I keep losing all of my progress. For something I paid $30 for, which is a bit much in the first place, I expect it to work properly. **Developer response:** Hi JohnnyRocket83! Please send us a message through the app's new Message Center, which can be found in the Settings menu. We can help you understand what may be causing the issue as this is not typical app behavior. Thanks! ### 3/5 — Bittersweet *2019-03-28, version 6.7.1* Great app but freezes WAY too much! The content is similar to what is found in TherapyEd and can be challenging. ### 3/5 — It’s a good app to use! *2018-06-13, version 6.5.3* Can you add a tab for pictures on the show explanation part of the app where pictures might help? Like for example, a tab I can click that shows mallet finger, swan neck, or Colle’s vs Smith’s. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect for on the go! *2020-02-18, version 6.7.6* I I am ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-12-16, version 6.7.6* Great tool for studying ### 5/5 — Get it *2019-07-21, version 6.7.3* This app is awesome. I would definitely recommend it, helped me pass my board exam no doubt it. ### 5/5 — My favorite pta app but..... *2019-07-16, version 6.7.3* Recently it keeps getting stuck and it’s slow. Please fix. Other than that, I love it! Update.... I passed!!! ### 5/5 — I wish I had been Using this for the 10 question quiz every day since I was in school. *2019-05-27, version 6.7.3* My wife is in physical therapy assistant school and we have been doing one of the 10 question quiz is every day and then keeping score of who does better every time. I wish I had been doing this ever since I was in school and it probably would’ve even helped when I was a tech. ### 5/5 — Love! *2018-10-03, version 6.5.6* Love this app really nice. Helps you study at anytime any place! Love it’s convenience! Also can help focus on a particular subject! Makes me feel more confident for test day! ### 5/5 — Great Study Tool& Worth the Buy! *2018-09-28, version 6.5.6* This app has really helped prepare me for boards & has the references to the book to look up the information yourself. ### 5/5 — Review *2018-08-21, version 6.5.4* Excellent for star studying meylim ### 5/5 — Great App! *2018-08-19, version 6.5.4* I downloaded the app a year into my program. Being able to answer the Question of the Day and take practice exams early on really got me started on the right track. ### 5/5 — Preguntas nuevas *2018-08-01, version 6.5.4* Compre y las mismas preguntas --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*