NYIB vs Milady Exam Prep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYIB
Explore educational opportunities in the beauty industry. This app provides insights into a dynamic field, offering learning resources for aspiring professionals.
- Beauty industry education
- Learning opportunities
- Dynamic field insights
- Professional development
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At the New York Institute of Beauty, we are delighted to offer educational opportunities in this dynamic field!
Milady Exam Prep
Prepare for your state board licensing exams with a comprehensive test prep tool. Covers a wide range of beauty and wellness professions to help you pass on your first attempt.
- State board exam preparation
- Cosmetology
- Esthetics
- Barbering
- Massage Therapy
- Nail Technology
- Student Instructor prep
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Preparing for your state board licensing exam doesn't have to be stressful when you use the #1 test prep tool from Milady. Whether you’re studying for Cosmetology, Esthetics, Advanced Esthetics, Barbering, Massage Therapy, Nail Technology, Eyelashes, Hair Removal, or Student Instructor, we have the information to help you pass your state board on your first try.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NYIB at none against Milady Exam Prep's 11. NYIB also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Milady Exam Prep's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Milady Exam Prep sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. NYIB asks for nothing beyond the download.
NYIB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Milady Exam Prep has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NYIB ships an update every 3 months, Milady Exam Prep every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYIB | Milady Exam Prep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Babylon Beauty School Of Smithtown Inc | Cengage Learning |
Customer experience
NYIB
Milady Exam Prep
Bugs and requests
NYIB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Milady Exam Prep
Reported bugs
30 issues- Purchasing
- Slow and lacks easy navigation
- This new update is bad
- Great material but layout needs a little tinkering
- Purchased courses randomly disappear
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- Great for studying but SO BUGGY
- Worst login page
- Ok
- Fix it!!!!!
- App
- Robbed 😡
- Frequent issue
- Purchased Prep
- Scam
- Please give explanations for why the answers are right or wrong
- Questions are great. Functionality? Not so much
- PLEASE FIX! Great content horrible server issues!
- Fix it!!!!!
- PLEASE FIX! Great content horrible server issues!
- Glitchy
- This is easily the worst app I've ever used
- No funciona
- Doesn't work
- Functionality of app and editing of content left to be desired
- Got double charged on app and didn't get my test
- Purchased just for them to later on not allow me to use
- Bad app
- Bad App
- No la recomiendo ..
- Not Available in Spanish
Requested features
2 requests- Like
- Great for studying but SO BUGGY
In-app purchases
NYIB
No in-app purchases
Milady Exam Prep
- Massage 6th Edition$35.95
- Professional Educator$35.95
- Milady Advanced Services$35.95
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- Milady Standard Esthetics2 variants$39.95
- Standard Nail Technology$39.95
- Milady Standard Barbering2 variants$39.95
- Cosmetology 14th Edition$39.95
- Milady Advanced Services$39.95
- Milady Esthetics 3rd Edition$39.95
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