ABEMPrep vs School Excuse Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABEMPrep
This educational app helps emergency physicians and medical students prepare for various certification exams. It offers a concise review of key concepts with award-winning faculty and a high pass rate.
- ABEM exam preparation
- In-training exam prep
- Shelf exam preparation
- Didactic review of concepts
- Peer-reviewed courses
- Award-winning faculty
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Welcome Emergency Physicians! Keeping up the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Requirements is easier than ever! Let us help you make it PAINLESS! Over 99% pass rate! For Medical Students - Shelf Exam Preparation for Medical Emergency Medicine Rotation For Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians - ABEM InTraining Exam Preparation For Emergency Medicine Written Board Exam - ABEM Qualifying Exam Preparation Why Use ABEMPrep? ABEMPrep provides emergency medicine physicians and medical students with a succinct, didactic review of key Emergency Medicine concepts for the different certification exams throughout a physician’s career. These elegantly designed peer-reviewed courses are intended to strengthen your Emergency Medicine knowledge and prepare you for all of your exams. Award winning faculty with 50+ years of combined experience are eager to help you improve your performance on all Emergency Medicine exams. Dr. Bose scored #1 in the nation on his ABEM In-Training Exam. Together, Dr. McManus and Dr. Bose have helped tens of thousands of emergency physicians through online board reviews for over 20 years.
School Excuse Note
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Create professional school excuses and send it directly via email or as a PDF. Perfect for sick notes, doctor's appointments and leaves of absence. With Excuso you can create professional ones quickly and easily School excuses for your child. FEATURES: - Professional templates for all occasions - Illness, doctor's appointment, leave of absence - Create PDF instantly - Print or email - All data is stored locally - Sync via your iCloud - No registration required HOW IT WORKS: 1. Enter name, date and reason 2. Create PDF 3. Print or email PERFECT FOR PARENTS: No time for complicated letters? Excuso created in a correctly formatted school apology in just a few seconds. All important information is inserted automatically. PRIVACY POLICY: Your data stays on your device and is securely synced via your iCloud. And of course no passing it on to third parties. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: School Excuse Note at every 3 days against ABEMPrep's every 3 months. ABEMPrep's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ABEMPrep ships an update every 3 months, School Excuse Note every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABEMPrep | School Excuse Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LLSA Prep, LLC | Tobias Schiek |
In-app purchases
ABEMPrep
No in-app purchases
School Excuse Note
No in-app purchases
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