COMQUEST COMLEX vs CMDA Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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*
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.
- News Feed
- Direct Messaging
- Forums
- Learning Center
- Events Schedule
- Customizable Profile
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. COMQUEST COMLEX sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. CMDA Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
COMQUEST COMLEX ships an update every 2 months, CMDA Go every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | COMQUEST COMLEX | CMDA Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (142 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | COMQUEST Osteopathic Specialists, LLC | CMDA |
Customer experience
COMQUEST COMLEX
CMDA Go
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
COMQUEST COMLEX
- Emergency Med COMAT 1 month$87.90
- Family Medicine COMAT 1 month$87.90
- Internal Med COMAT 1 month$87.90
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- 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
CMDA Go
No in-app purchases
Questions
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