# Themis Bar Review

> Mobile bar exam preparation with lectures, outlines, flashcards, and quizzes. (iPhone/iPad app by Themis Bar Review.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/themis-bar-review/id437372235 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Themis Bar Review](https://appshunter.io/developer/437372238)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.43/5 from 99 App Store ratings · 89 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 25 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2011-05-22
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/themis-bar-review/id437372235/reviews.md

## What is Themis Bar Review?

Themis Bar Review is a leader in bar exam preparation.  Offering a cutting-edge curriculum backed by decades of experience in bar exam preparation, Themis has revolutionized the way students prepare for the bar exam—and it has the pass rates to prove it. 

Now, Themis has revolutionized its mobile app, completely rebuilding it to offer students:  

- Added support for Flashcards—select courses have Themis generated flashcards. Want custom flash cards, please leave a review and let us know!

- Added support for outlines—no more eReaders, take them with you wherever you go!

- Simplified progress tracking with new completion filtering—see which chapters you have completed, which are in progress, and which you need to do next.

- Lectures and assessments accessible while on the go, with online and offline support—and now featuring the functionality to speed up the lectures by up to 2.0 times!)

- Customizable quizzes to continue to strengthen your skills after you’ve completed a subject.

All lectures you complete on the mobile app will synchronize with the Themis student portal, ensuring that you don’t miss a beat with your studies.

You must be an enrolled Themis student to access the lectures and assessment questions.

Wi-Fi internet access is necessary for initial login and recommended for downloading lecture content.

## Key features

- Bar exam preparation curriculum
- Flashcards and outlines
- Progress tracking with completion filtering
- Online and offline lecture access
- Speed up lectures up to 2.0x
- Customizable quizzes

## What do users think of Themis Bar Review?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 📚 Access to lecture videos for offline viewing
- ⚡ Variable playback speeds (1.25x, 1.75x)
- 🔄 Automatic syncing of quiz results to online account
- 💰 Free or affordable supplementary tool
- 📖 Ability to view lecture outlines in app
- 🎓 High-quality course materials and content

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- ❌ Missing core features compared to website
- 🔌 Requires internet connection to open app despite offline downloads
- 📵 No background audio playback
- 🗑️ Difficult or impossible to delete downloaded videos
- 🔄 Poor syncing between app and website progress
- 🌙 No dark mode option
- 📱 Limited iPad/split-screen functionality
- ⚠️ Unreliable download functionality
- 🔐 Frequent unexpected logouts
- 🔊 Low maximum audio volume
- ⏱️ Video playback speed resets when switching apps

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch or during use
- Blank white screen after login
- App freezes when downloading lectures
- Videos fail to play after download
- Download progress stalls or restarts
- Syncing issues between devices
- Quiz content fails to load
- Flashcards disappear unexpectedly
- App hangs with spinning loading wheel
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Network connection switching causes instability
- Videos lock up at certain points
- Selected file downloads different file instead
- Casting to Apple TV fails
- Quiz scrolling freezes at certain subjects
- Lectures not available for download despite being on website
- App requires reinstall to function after crashes

**Most requested features**

- Directed study mode access in app
- Multiple choice practice questions (MBE questions)
- Custom flashcard creation and syncing
- Daily study schedule/calendar view
- Dark mode
- Picture-in-picture mode for videos
- Split-screen functionality for iPad
- Closed captions/subtitles
- Background audio playback
- Video speed controls in app
- Ability to search within outlines
- Access to practice essays
- Flashcard flip functionality
- Default playback speed setting
- PDF export of outlines
- 10-second skip forward/backward buttons
- Streaming video without downloading
- Progress tracking and dashboard
- Communication center access

## Recent user reviews (10 of 89)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/themis-bar-review/id437372235/reviews.md

### 2/5 — App Needs an Update!!

*2025-07-23*

I've enjoyed using themis for bar prep and really wish they had a convenient mobile option but this app is way out of date. Access to resources is extremely limited and the format is nothing like that of the website. Themis should hire someone to update this app to include more contemt and be more user friendly!

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2025-07-14*

I could echo what many other negative reviews said, but I’ll just add my top three gripes:  no dark mode and. I background play for videos.  Why in the name of all that is holy haven’t these simple features been implemented?  This is basic stuff for UI these days.  

Also,  no directed study is a huge wiff.

### 1/5 — Trash app

*2025-06-18, version 4.9.1*

App freezes whenever I try to download lectures and then quits on me

### 1/5 — Choose Barbri

*2025-06-04*

This app does not work at all. If you haven’t purchased Themis yet and you think you can use this app if you get Themis. It crashes 10 seconds after opening every single time I try to use it. If you aren’t planning to study 100% on a laptop with active Wi-Fi Themis is not going to work for you

### 1/5 — App just crashes

*2025-05-30*

App is fine, however it hasn’t worked and keeps crashing without being able to load anything. Hard to rate an app that doesn’t function.

### 1/5 — Has crashed 20+ times on me in the last 48 hours

*2025-05-30*

I tried downloading the lectures for contacts. I was able to download the first videos one at a time, but every time I try to download lecture #13, the app crashes and freezes my phone for ~1 minute.

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2025-05-28, version 4.9.1*

One of the worst apps I’ve ever had the misfortune of relying on (detrimentally)

### 1/5 — Crashes my phone all the time.

*2025-05-25*

This app is truly terrible, Themis. All it is designed to do is download videos and assessments for users to take later and it can’t even do that. Instead, the app crashes my entire phone. And it takes me 10 minutes to turn off and turn back on my device before it starts working again. I’ve tried downloading the app twice now, and I have come to conclusion that this app is unusable.

### 1/5 — doesn’t work at all

*2025-05-05, version 4.9.1*

after i log in it wont let me pull up any content :( use uworld app instead!

### 1/5 — App won’t load

*2025-03-24*

Terrible. I login to the app and it tells me in order to launch my study program, I need to login to Themis on the web, start the course and then reload or relaunch the app. I’ve completed these instructions multiple times and the app just won’t start. I sent Themis three emails asking for assistance and nothing in three weeks. Absolute garbage.

## Frequently asked questions about Themis Bar Review

### What does Themis Bar Review offer?

This app provides a comprehensive mobile platform for bar exam preparation. It includes access to lectures, outlines, flashcards, and customizable quizzes. The app also features progress tracking and allows for offline study of downloaded content.

### What are the key features of the mobile app?

Key features include access to Themis-generated flashcards, downloadable outlines, simplified progress tracking, lectures and assessments with online/offline support, and customizable quizzes. Lectures can be sped up to 2.0x, and progress synchronizes with the student portal.

### Is this app free to use?

The app itself is free to download and use for enrolled Themis students. However, access to the lectures and assessment questions requires enrollment in a Themis Bar Review course.

### What are the system requirements for this app?

Wi-Fi internet access is necessary for initial login and recommended for downloading lecture content. The app is designed for mobile devices and requires an enrolled Themis student account to access its features.

### Who is the target audience for this app?

This app is specifically designed for law students who are enrolled in Themis Bar Review courses and are preparing to take the bar exam. It aims to provide a convenient and effective study tool on the go.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.9.1 — 2025-02-05

Upgraded app internals and updated app icon.

### 4.7.0 — 2021-06-11

- Updates to the core system
- Improvements to stability
- Addressed multiple bugs
- Improved support for offline vide
- Addressed issue with flashcards

### 4.6.0 — 2020-08-19

New linking-module
New status-bar module and cleanup the sidebar logic in all screens
New updates module and replace deprecated method
New file-system; video downloads now work when the app is in background
Solved some animation warnings
Solved some orientation warnings

### 4.5.0 — 2020-05-05

- Added support for Themis generated flashcards
- Improvements to the codebase 
- Updated the app layout to maximize screen space
- Moved Account nav icon
- Added swipe to delete on subjects

### 4.4.0 — 2020-03-20

Updated core framework to latest supported version.
Addressed a number of stability issues and applied fixes.

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