Catch the Sig vs PTCB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catch the Sig
Practice identifying prescription abbreviations commonly found on medication directions. This game is designed for pharmacy and healthcare students to improve their recognition of these essential terms.
- Identify prescription abbreviations
- Practice for healthcare students
- Focus on prescription directions (sig)
- Learn common abbreviations
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This game is designed to provide pharmacy students and other health care professional students with practice identifying abbreviation which may be included in a prescription sig, i.e. directions. Not all the abbreviations included in this game might recommended but may still found on prescriptions presented to a pharmacist.
PTCB
Prepare for your Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam with a personalized study plan. Practice with over 500 questions covering key knowledge domains and track your progress with detailed statistics. Boost your confidence to pass the exam on your first attempt.
- Personalized study plan
- 500+ practice questions
- Track strengths and weaknesses
- Detailed test statistics
- Compare scores to community average
- Covers key pharmacy knowledge domains
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Pass your Pharmacy Technician exam with flying colors! Boost your confidence in passing the first time with our mobile app and a personal study plan based on your current skill and requirements. The pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) is used by The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) as one of the four requirements for certification as a Pharmacy Technician. The test was designed as a result of a job analysis study conducted by the PTCB that determined the knowledge and skills needed to work as a pharmacy technician. It consists of multiple-choice questions with four answer choices. Our app trains you in the required “knowledge domains” in the area of pharmacy: – Medications (40%) – Federal Requirements (12.5%) – Patient Safety and Quality Assurance (26.25%) – Order Entry and Processing (21.25%) Key features: - Choose from different topics required to become a certified pharmacist - Practice with 500+ questions - Track your strengths and weaknesses within Stats section of the app - Study detailed statistics of every test you take - Compare your score to the community average for almost any type of exam PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician™, PTCB™, PTCE™, Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam™ and CPhT™ are registered trademarks of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board™ (PTCB®) and are administered exclusively by the PTCB®. This material is not endorsed or approved by the PTCB®. - - - - Purchases, subscriptions and terms You need to buy a lifetime access or subscribe to get access to all features, courses and questions. The cost of the purchase is charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions are auto-renewable and are billed at the rate and period selected depending on the subscription plan. Users’ accounts are charged for auto-renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of use: https://mastrapi.com/terms Privacy policy: https://mastrapi.com/policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catch the Sig at none against PTCB's 2. Catch the Sig also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). PTCB's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (557 vs 1). On price, 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. PTCB sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Catch the Sig asks for nothing beyond the download.
Catch the Sig holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PTCB has 557 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Catch the Sig ships an update every 10 months, PTCB every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Catch the Sig | PTCB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (557 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 557 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Bourne | MastrAPI |
Customer experience
Catch the Sig
PTCB
Bugs and requests
Catch the Sig
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PTCB
Reported bugs
3 issues- App does not update questions
- App does not work after purchase
- Charged for free trial
Requested features
2 requests- Update app questions regularly
- Improve formatting of math explanations
In-app purchases
Catch the Sig
No in-app purchases
PTCB
- PTCB Pharmacy Technician7 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Lifetime$99.99
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