Comparison

COMQUEST COMLEX vs CMDA Go

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

Head to head
About

COMQUEST COMLEX

Prepare for COMLEX and COMAT exams with practice questions and detailed explanations created by osteopathic physicians. Features include customizable exam modes, question filtering by status or specialty, and performance tracking against peers. Review past exams, add notes, and monitor answer changes to solidify your knowledge.

Highlights
  • Customizable exam modes (tutor, timed, untimed)
  • Question filtering by status and specialty
  • Performance review against peers
  • Note-taking on questions and explanations
  • Answer change tracking (ChoiceTrax)
  • Review of marked and guessed questions
Features
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COMLEX and COMAT assessments designed specifically by osteopathic physicians! Access questions with detailed explanations to assess and exhibit your knowledge of the COMLEX Level 1, COMLEX Level 2-CE, COMLEX Level 3, or any of the core COMATs. Here is what the app has: Exam mode: choose from tutor, timed, and untimed modes Question mode: choose from incorrect, correct, marked, used, or all questions Specialties and Tasks categories: narrow down your exam further by individual specialties and tasks in each shelf exam Review exams: review previous exams to see how you did compared to your peers in score and time (for individual questions and the entire exam). Marked questions: see how you’re doing on marked questions and review the questions to unmark them Notes: you can take notes on individual questions and explanations and refer back to them anytime Guessed score: mark questions as “guessed” to see if your guessed score ChoiceTrax: all of your changes are tracked so that you can see how often you’re changing the right answer to wrong, and vice versa Comments: submit comments to our staff to review and reply back to you *Must have a previous internal account to use app*

About

CMDA Go

Stay connected with a community of healthcare professionals and students. Access news, events, direct messaging, forums, and continuing education credits. Enhance your membership experience with easy access to resources.

Highlights
  • News Feed
  • Direct Messaging
  • Forums
  • Learning Center
  • Events Schedule
  • Customizable Profile
Features
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With CMDA Go you can take everything you love about CMDA wherever you go. Stay up to date with news and events. Connect with over 19,000 members through direct message or have meaningful group discussions through our forums platform. Even receive continuing education credits by accessing the CMDA Learning Center from your mobile phone. The new and improved CMDA app is designed to bring members together and maximize their membership experience through easy access to our abundant resources. Features Include: • News Feed • Customizable Profile • Events Schedule • Member-to-Member Messaging • Forums • Learning Center The Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) is made up of the Christian Medical Association (CMA) and the Christian Dental Association (CDA). CMDA provides resources, networking opportunities, education and a public voice for Christian healthcare professionals and students. By being the "hands of Jesus" to needy people, CMDA seeks to fulfill His Great Commandment (Matthew 22:39; 25:36) and His Great Commission (Matthew 28:19). The Christian Medical & Dental Associations® is a 501(c)3 and is governed by a Board of Trustees and House of Delegates. Policies of CMDA are interpreted and applied by the Board of Trustees, which also establishes the guidelines for the executive director and his staff. An elected House of Delegates assists the board with recommendations on courses of action. The House of Delegates is composed of graduate, student, resident and missionary members who are elected for three-year terms by district and meets annually at the CMDA National Convention. Approximately 75 employees currently make up the staff of CMDA in the national office and U.S. field offices. Changing hearts in healthcare.

Screenshots

COMQUEST COMLEX4 screens
CMDA Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CMDA Go at 4.9 against COMQUEST COMLEX's 4.0. CMDA Go also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and review sentiment (67% vs 42%). COMQUEST COMLEX's advantage is ratings volume (142 vs 16). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. COMQUEST COMLEX sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. CMDA Go asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CMDA Go holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COMQUEST COMLEX has 142 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of COMQUEST COMLEX's written reviews are positive against 67% of CMDA Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

COMQUEST COMLEX ships an update every 2 months, CMDA Go every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
COMQUEST COMLEX versus CMDA Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCOMQUEST COMLEXCMDA Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (142 ratings)4.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings142 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCOMQUEST Osteopathic Specialists, LLCCMDA

Customer experience

COMQUEST COMLEX

All ratings142 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral7.0%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral13.9%
Negative44.4%

CMDA Go

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

COMQUEST COMLEX

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Pausing/suspending exam messes up final score
  • Highlighting is variable, won't clear, or adds space
  • App lets users click and type over explanations
  • Exhibit covers question vignette
  • Cuts off half of the question stem
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  • Server crashes
  • App hardly opens, crashes, and doesn't load images
  • ExamGuru error 403

Requested features

10 requests
  • iPad version with landscape support
  • Strike through and highlight option
  • Ability to enlarge vitals box
  • Fix highlighting issues
  • Fix issues with typing over explanations
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  • Fix pausing/suspending exam bug
  • Improve readability of tables and exhibits on mobile
  • Improve graphics and interface
  • Add CDM case prompts
  • Update app to modern standards

CMDA Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

17 purchases

COMQUEST COMLEX

One-time17
  • Emergency Med COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Family Medicine COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Internal Med COMAT 1 month$87.90
Show 14 more
  • OMM COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Pediatrics COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Surgery COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Ob/Gyn COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Psychiatry COMAT 1 month$87.90
  • Internal Med COMAT 2 months$113.99
  • Family Medicine COMAT 2 months$113.99
  • COMLEX Level 2-CE 1 month$234.99
  • COMLEX 3 Level 1 month$234.99
  • COMLEX 3 Level 2 months$350.00
  • COMLEX Level 2-CE 3 months$429.00
  • COMLEX 3 Level 3 months$429.00
  • COMLEX 3 Level 6 months$509.00
  • COMLEX 3 Level 1 year$639.00
None

CMDA Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is COMQUEST COMLEX free?
COMQUEST COMLEX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CMDA Go free?
CMDA Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, COMQUEST COMLEX or CMDA Go?
CMDA Go is rated higher. COMQUEST COMLEX averages 4.0 out of 5 from 142 ratings, while CMDA Go averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do COMQUEST COMLEX or CMDA Go have ads?
Neither COMQUEST COMLEX nor CMDA Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, COMQUEST COMLEX or CMDA Go?
COMQUEST COMLEX ships an update every 2 months, and CMDA Go every 3 months. Most recently, COMQUEST COMLEX was updated on October 1, 2026 and CMDA Go on October 1, 2026.

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