Comparison

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh vs FSOT Practice Test

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh

Prepare for the ACT with comprehensive lessons, practice questions, and full-length tests. Access video explanations for every question and track your progress with a personalized study plan. Study offline and get support from tutors to achieve your target score.

Highlights
  • 1,300+ practice questions
  • Video explanations for all questions
  • 250+ video lessons
  • Progress tracker
  • 4 full-length adaptive practice tests
  • Offline study mode
Features
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Prepare for the Enhanced ACT on your iPhone or iPad with official practice, expert instruction, and study tools that help you make steady progress. Magoosh makes it easy to prepare wherever you study. Practice on your iPhone or iPad, track your progress, and continue on the web with the same account. PRACTICE WITH OFFICIAL ACT CONTENT • Work through 2,000+ official ACT questions across Math, English, Reading, Science, and Writing • Take up to 11 full-length, official practice tests • Learn from a video or text explanation for every question • Create custom practice sessions based on the subjects and skills you want to improve LEARN FROM ACT EXPERTS • Watch 250+ video lessons covering every section of the ACT • Break down difficult concepts with clear, step-by-step instruction • Learn pacing, guessing, and test-day strategies • Get help from expert ACT tutors when you need it STAY ON TRACK • Follow expert-curated study schedules • Track questions answered, study time, and progress by subject • Use performance insights and score predictions to identify where to focus next • Build a consistent study routine that works with your schedule STUDY ANYWHERE • Move between your iPhone, iPad, and the Magoosh website with synced progress • Download lesson videos to study offline • Prepare at your own pace, wherever your day takes you READY FOR THE ENHANCED ACT Magoosh’s lessons, practice questions, and practice tests have been updated for the Enhanced ACT. Premium access includes the complete ACT prep library, Magoosh’s AI Tutor, expert support, and all available practice tests. Eligible students are also backed by Magoosh’s 4-point score-improvement guarantee. Terms and eligibility requirements apply. Start preparing for the ACT with Magoosh today.

About

FSOT Practice Test

Prepare for the Foreign Service Officer Test with a comprehensive practice exam. This app uses a proprietary "chunking" learning technique to aid memorization and understanding. It offers a limited number of free questions daily, with an option to upgrade for full access.

Highlights
  • Over 800 practice questions
  • Proprietary "chunking" learning technique
  • Daily free questions
  • Question of the day
  • Pass or its free guarantee
  • Developed by educators
Features
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Your new best friend in learning a FSOT Practice Test takes test preparation to a new level. Studying and passing your Foreign Service Officer Test will never be easier. WE PROMISE! In fact, our amazing apps are developed by educators and utilize our proprietary learning technique ELS™ or Effective Learning Strategy. Learning, studying and memorizing requires you to use your short term memory! ELS uses a technique called “chunking.” In cognitive psychology, chunking is a process by which individual pieces of information are bound together. It is believed that individuals create higher order cognitive representations of the items on the list that are more easily remembered as a group than as individual items themselves. The bottom line… It works! FSOT Practice Test comes with over 800 questions. Download the app and try it. We give you 10 free questions a day for 5 days, plus question of day is always free. You will have to upgrade to enjoy its full features. If you like it, you can upgrade to a paid version. Get started now and take advantage of our PASS OR ITS FREE GUARANTEE.

Screenshots

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh4 screens
FSOT Practice Test4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh at 85% against FSOT Practice Test's 7%. ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 27). FSOT Practice Test's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FSOT Practice Test sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh has 2.9K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh's written reviews are positive against 7% of FSOT Practice Test's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh versus FSOT Practice Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACT Prep & Practice by MagooshFSOT Practice Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.9K ratings) — better1.7 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2.9K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagooshMOON MOUNTAIN INC

Customer experience

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh

All ratings2,842 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative13.0%

FSOT Practice Test

All ratings27 ratings
Positive14.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative77.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative78.6%

Bugs and requests

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Playback speed feature not working
  • Can't exit out of videos
  • White screen issues
  • Mobile usability issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Updated practice tests for new Enhanced ACT
  • Daily ACT practice with randomly chosen questions
  • Linking to College Board

FSOT Practice Test

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh

One-time1
  • Magoosh ACT Premium$129.00
1 purchases

FSOT Practice Test

One-time1
  • FSOT Practice Test Premium$9.99

Questions

Is ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh free?
ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FSOT Practice Test free?
FSOT Practice Test is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh or FSOT Practice Test?
ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh is rated higher. ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while FSOT Practice Test averages 1.7 from 27 ratings.
Do ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh or FSOT Practice Test have ads?
Neither ACT Prep & Practice by Magoosh nor FSOT Practice Test shows ads.

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