Comparison

SIE Exam Center vs SIE Practice Test Prep

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

Head to head
About

SIE Exam Center

Prepare for your Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam with a comprehensive study tool. Access thousands of practice questions, detailed explanations, and simulated exams created by experienced FINRA instructors. Study offline and track your progress to ensure exam readiness.

Highlights
  • Thousands of practice questions
  • Detailed question explanations
  • Question I Got Wrong feature
  • Simulated final exams
  • Chapter-specific exams
  • Offline support
  • No ads
Features
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Pass your FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam with the help of the new SIE Exam Center app! Thousands of SIE questions, and their detailed explanations are now available at your fingertips. Prepare for your SIE exam by answering thousands of questions written by veteran FINRA instructors. SIE Exam Center covers all the chapters you need to review in order to succeed in your Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam: * Investment Companies and Insurance Products * Taxes and Retirement Plans * Equity Securities * Securities Markets * Municipal Securities and MSRB Rules * SEC and FINRA rules and Regulations * Investment Banking * Debt Securities * Securities Analysis * Margin * Limited Partnerships * Options

 Features:
 * Detailed question explanations 
* FREE Question of The Day
 * Question I Got Wrong area that helps you revisit the questions you got wrong 
* 5 final SIE exams each with 75 questions 
* Created by veteran FINRA instructors with over 25 years of experience 
* Dedicated exam for each SIE chapter 
* Tens of SIE exams each with tens of questions 
* Offline support: After installing you don't need an internet connection 
* Native app optimized for speed and ease of use 
* No ads
 * Clear right/wrong answer indications
 * Exam summary with exam grades and more stats
 Our mission at the SIE Exam Center is helping students pass their next FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam. Please send us feedback or questions at: sie@tulieducation.com SIE Exam Center Subscription Pricing & Terms
 SIE Exam Center offers the following subscription: 
1 month: $9.99

 This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country of residence.

 SIE Exam Center subscription will be charged through your iTunes account. At the end of the term, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.

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About

SIE Practice Test Prep

Prepare for your Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam with this app. It uses a proprietary learning technique called "chunking" to help you study and memorize information more effectively. Access a large question bank and a daily free question.

Highlights
  • Over 1000 practice questions
  • Proprietary ELS™ learning strategy
  • Chunking technique for memorization
  • Daily free questions
  • Pass or its free guarantee
Features
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Your new best friend in learning an SIE Practice Test takes test preparation to a new level. Studying and passing your Securities Industry Essentials Test will never be easier. WE PROMISE! In fact, our amazing apps are developed by educators and utilize our proprietary learning technique ELS™ or Effective Learning Strategy. Learning, studying and memorizing requires you to use your short term memory! ELS uses a technique called “chunking.” In cognitive psychology, chunking is a process by which individual pieces of information are bound together. It is believed that individuals create higher order cognitive representations of the items on the list that are more easily remembered as a group than as individual items themselves. The bottom line… It works! SIE Practice Test comes with over 1000 questions. Download the app and try it. We give you 10 free questions a day for 5 days, plus question of day is always free. You will have to upgrade to enjoy its full features. If you like it, you can upgrade to a paid version. Get started now and take advantage of our PASS OR ITS FREE GUARANTEE.

Screenshots

SIE Exam Center4 screens
SIE Practice Test Prep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SIE Exam Center at 94% against SIE Practice Test Prep's 0%. SIE Exam Center also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (576 vs 5). SIE Practice Test Prep's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. SIE Exam Center sells 24 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and SIE Practice Test Prep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SIE Exam Center holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIE Exam Center has 576 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of SIE Exam Center's written reviews are positive against 0% of SIE Practice Test Prep's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SIE Exam Center versus SIE Practice Test Prep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIE Exam CenterSIE Practice Test Prep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (576 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings576 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTuli Education, incMOON MOUNTAIN INC

Customer experience

SIE Exam Center

All ratings576 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%

SIE Practice Test Prep

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

SIE Exam Center

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect content regarding open-ended funds and share issuance
  • Multiple questions containing inaccurate information

Requested features

3 requests
  • More full-length 75-question practice exams
  • More detailed explanations for answers
  • Clarification on whether free tests rotate/change

SIE Practice Test Prep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

24 purchases

SIE Exam Center

Subscriptions1
  • All Exams Subscription$9.991 Month
One-time23
  • Equity Securities$2.99
  • Options #1$2.99
  • SEC & FINRA Rules #1$2.99
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  • Debt Securities #1$2.99
  • Securities Analysis$2.99
  • Margin$2.99
  • Municipal Securities & MSRB #1$2.99
  • SEC & FINRA Rules #2$2.99
  • SEC & FINRA Rules #3$2.99
  • SEC & FINRA Rules #4$2.99
  • Debt Securities #3$2.99
  • Debt Securities #2$2.99
  • Taxes and Retirement Plans #2$2.99
  • Limited Partnerships$2.99
  • Securities Markets$2.99
  • Investment Banking$2.99
  • Taxes and Retirement Plans #1$2.99
  • Options #2$2.99
  • SIE Exam #1$4.99
  • SIE Exam #2$4.99
  • SIE Exam #3$4.99
  • SIE Exam #4$4.99
  • SIE Exam #5$4.99
1 purchases

SIE Practice Test Prep

One-time1
  • SIE Practice Test Premium$11.99

Questions

Is SIE Exam Center free?
SIE Exam Center is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SIE Practice Test Prep free?
SIE Practice Test Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SIE Exam Center or SIE Practice Test Prep?
SIE Exam Center is rated higher. SIE Exam Center averages 4.8 out of 5 from 576 ratings, while SIE Practice Test Prep averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do SIE Exam Center or SIE Practice Test Prep have ads?
Neither SIE Exam Center nor SIE Practice Test Prep shows ads.

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