Procedure Ready vs CLA NBME
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Procedure Ready
This flashcard app helps medical students prepare for clinical "pimping" sessions. It offers a comprehensive, current, and convenient study tool designed to reduce stress and improve performance during these challenging educational experiences.
- Flashcard-based study
- Clinical rotation prep
- Comprehensive content
- Current information
- Convenient study tool
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From the makers of the Procedure Ready podcast series. We've developed a highly curated study aid to help medical, PA, and NP students excel when being pimped on the wards. There are few resources to help stressed students truly prepare for the experience of getting pimped, and the ones that exist are often scattered, out of date, and inconvenient. We wanted a study tool that was comprehensive, current, and most of all, convenient — so we created Procedure Ready. At the surface, Procedure Ready is a flashcard-based medical study app. Dig deeper, and you'll discover it's purpose-built to help you shine during clinical pimping, making one of medical education's most stressful and controversial practices child's play. • High-yield flashcards mapped to the questions you actually get asked on rounds • Spaced repetition that brings the cards you find hard back sooner and the easy ones later • Full offline study — your cards work anywhere, and your progress syncs the moment you're back online • Organized by rotation, from OB/GYN to Surgery to Emergency Medicine • Optional study reminders to help you keep your streak going And now, Procedure Ready is completely free.
CLA NBME
This tool helps healthcare providers enhance their communication skills through video-based learning. It requires a username and password for access and features actor portrayals of patients.
- Communication skills improvement
- Video patient simulations
- Healthcare provider focused
- Requires login credentials
- Actor portrayals
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The Communication Learning Assessment (CLA) is a tool designed to help healthcare providers improve their communication skills. Note: A username and password is required to use this app. Please contact NBME (http://www.nbme.org) for details. Videos of patients are actor portrayals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Procedure Ready at 5.0 against CLA NBME's 2.8. Procedure Ready also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%). CLA NBME's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Procedure Ready sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CLA NBME asks for nothing beyond the download.
Procedure Ready holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CLA NBME has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Procedure Ready's written reviews are positive against 0% of CLA NBME's.
Procedure Ready ships an update every 4 months, CLA NBME monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Procedure Ready | CLA NBME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Heroic Ventures, LLC | National Board of Medical Examiners |
Customer experience
Procedure Ready
CLA NBME
In-app purchases
Procedure Ready
- One Month Access$11.99
- Six Months Access$29.99
- Twelve Months Access$49.99
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- Lifetime Access$69.99
CLA NBME
No in-app purchases









