Examplify vs Sketchy Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Examplify
Securely deliver and take exams on your iPad without internet access. This app prevents access to other applications and the internet during tests, supporting accessibility requirements and offering various testing tools.
- Offline exam delivery
- Restricted access to other apps
- Activity tracking
- Zoom in/out on multimedia
- Answer choice elimination
- Customizable mid-exam alarms
- Question filtering and flagging
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Examplify is the world’s only secure, offline testing application for iPad. With Examplify from ExamSoft, assessments can be delivered to students securely via iPad, without the concern of exam takers accessing other apps or the Internet during the exam. More than 1,200 educational programs worldwide use Examplify as an easy-to-use exam platform that supports the American Disability Act’s testing requirements and offers a robust lineup of testing-environment features and options including: ● Offline exam delivery, eliminating connectivity issues during the exam ● Restricted access to other applications ● Activity tracking throughout the exam ● Zoom in/out on attached multimedia ● Answer choice elimination ● Customizable mid-exam alarms ● Question filtering and flagging ● Basic and scientific calculator options This application is free to download. Students who attend schools/universities who have licensed the use of ExamSoft, with iPad accessibility enabled, may use the application.
Sketchy Learning
This app transforms complex medical subjects into memorable visual lessons and interactive patient scenarios. It's designed to help students learn faster, master exams, and build clinical confidence. Engage with high-yield content and practice real-world reasoning.
- Visual lessons for memorization
- Interactive patient case simulations
- High-yield exam content
- Quizzes and custom tests
- Customizable playlists
- Mobile-friendly learning
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Sketchy turns tough medical content into unforgettable visual lessons and interactive patient cases, so you learn faster, ace exams, and feel ready in the clinic. Built for how medical, PA, NP, and premed students actually learn, Sketchy helps you make sense of high-yield topics fast and recall them when it counts. Watch engaging visual lessons that lock in tough topics like pharm, micro, path, and more. Apply what you’ve learned to a clinical scenario with interactive patient cases that build real clinical reasoning skills. Whether you are squeezing in a quick review between classes or deep in exam and board prep, Sketchy goes where you go and helps concepts stick for the long haul. What you’ll love about Sketchy: * Unforgettable visual lessons that make hard concepts easy to remember * Interactive symbol explorer for quick visual lesson review * Interactive patient case sims to practice thinking like a clinician * High-yield content for exams, boards, and clinical rotations * Quizzes and custom tests that reinforce memory and reveal weak spots * Customizable playlists to organize lessons and cases your way * Mobile-friendly learning for quick reviews or deep dives Loved by over half a million students and created by expert clinicians, Sketchy helps learners feel more confident in class, on rotations, and on exam day. Terms: https://www.sketchy.com/terms Privacy: https://www.sketchy.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sketchy Learning at 53% against Examplify's 9%. Sketchy Learning also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Examplify's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Sketchy Learning sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $289.99 per year. Examplify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sketchy Learning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Examplify has 638 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Examplify's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sketchy Learning's.
Examplify ships an update every 2 months, Sketchy Learning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Examplify | Sketchy Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (638 ratings) | 5.0 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.0% of reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 638 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. | Sketchy Group, LLC |
Customer experience
Examplify
Sketchy Learning
User reviews
Examplify
From 638 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤔 Well-designed app
- 💻 Works well on iPad
- 📝 Exam history and score tracking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🤯 Frustrating user interface
- 🤖 Unreliable software updates
- 🕰️ Slow and unresponsive
- 🔒 Security and privacy concerns
Sketchy Learning
From 32 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for visual learners
- 👍 Makes learning fun and memorable
- 👍 High-yield material relevant to exams
- 👍 Excellent for retaining information
- 👍 Valuable for medical students
Room to improve
- 🐛 Videos stop in landscape orientation
- 🐛 Can't give feedback on mobile app
- 🐛 Closed captioning settings don't save
- 🐛 Zoom/pan not available in landscape mode
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
Bugs and requests
Examplify
Reported bugs
4 issues- Exam upload failures
- Capitalization issues when editing text
- Inability to log in on certain devices
- Exam questions not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- Allow clearing of completed exams list
- Add highlighting and annotation features
- Integrate exam scores directly into the app
- Improve calculator functionality
Sketchy Learning
Reported bugs
14 issues- Video stops playing and closes in landscape orientation
- Keyboard covers submit button when giving feedback on mobile app
- Closed captioning settings do not save
- App crashes when videos are full-screened and phone is turned sideways
- App crashes frequently
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- App becomes laggy and unusable after an update
- Video controls (pause, rewind) do not work after update
- Videos randomly stop playing without explanation
- Videos always crash on iPhone X
- Videos close by themselves on iOS
- Can't watch videos horizontally
- New layout makes symbols tiny and difficult to view
- Can't scroll on the side panel to see other videos in a course subsection
- Full screen symbol mode forces device orientation switch
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to create customized tests in the app
- Save closed captioning settings
- Improve zoom and pan functionality in landscape mode
- Bring back bookmarking feature
- Allow scrolling on the side panel within video courses
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- Make video speed and caption settings persistent across videos
In-app purchases
Examplify
No in-app purchases
Sketchy Learning
- Sketchy NP 12 month7 Days trial$289.991 Year
- MCAT Science Review 12 month7 Days trial$399.991 Year
- Sketchy PA 12 month7 Days trial$399.991 Year
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- Medical 12 month7 Days trial$459.991 Year
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