Comparison

COMQUEST COMLEX vs Resident Pocketbook

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

Resident Pocketbook

A quick-access tool for internal medicine residents on inpatient service. It provides common bedside scoring tools, conversion charts, and algorithms for medical calculations and references.

Highlights
  • Bedside scoring tools
  • Conversion charts
  • Medical algorithms
  • Quick access favorites
  • Inpatient service assistance
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This app is designed to assist internal medicine residents on inpatient service. It is meant to be a quick-access tool for common calculations and references on inpatient service. The app contains commonly used bedside scoring tools such as CHADS2-VASc, HEART, Well's Scores etc... There are also commonly used conversion charts for steroids, opioids, statins, beta blockers and algorithms for ACLS, sodium, acid/base and pre-op cardiovascular risk. Users can store favorites for quick bedside access.

Screenshots

COMQUEST COMLEX4 screens
Resident Pocketbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Resident Pocketbook at 100% against COMQUEST COMLEX's 42%. Resident Pocketbook also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 17). COMQUEST COMLEX's advantage is ratings volume (142 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Resident Pocketbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Resident Pocketbook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COMQUEST COMLEX has 142 ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of Resident Pocketbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

COMQUEST COMLEX ships an update every 2 months, Resident Pocketbook every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
COMQUEST COMLEX versus Resident Pocketbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCOMQUEST COMLEXResident Pocketbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (142 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings142 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCOMQUEST Osteopathic Specialists, LLCDmitriy Scherbak

Customer experience

COMQUEST COMLEX

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

Resident Pocketbook

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Resident Pocketbook

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

Resident Pocketbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is COMQUEST COMLEX free?
COMQUEST COMLEX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Resident Pocketbook free?
Resident Pocketbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, COMQUEST COMLEX or Resident Pocketbook?
Resident Pocketbook is rated higher. COMQUEST COMLEX averages 4.0 out of 5 from 142 ratings, while Resident Pocketbook averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do COMQUEST COMLEX or Resident Pocketbook have ads?
Neither COMQUEST COMLEX nor Resident Pocketbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, COMQUEST COMLEX or Resident Pocketbook?
COMQUEST COMLEX ships an update every 2 months, and Resident Pocketbook every 5 weeks. Most recently, COMQUEST COMLEX was updated on October 14, 2026 and Resident Pocketbook on October 9, 2026.

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