MHE PA Exam Prep vs AAPA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MHE PA Exam Prep
Prepare for physician assistant certification exams with a comprehensive question bank. Practice questions mirror actual exam formats and are developed by experts. Track your progress and focus on weak areas with customizable features.
- 1,700+ practice questions
- Exam-like formatting
- Expert-written content
- Individualized skills reports
- Customizable study focus
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Questions just like you’ll see on the exam. PA Exam Prep™ is your most effective way to prepare for the PANCE® and PANRE®. Trusted by students and faculty alike, PA Exam Prep™ features more than 1,700 targeted practice questions written and reviewed by physician assistant educators and experts and formatted similarly to what you’ll see on exam day, as well as individualized skills reports and customizable feature that allow you to focus on the areas you need help with the most.
AAPA
Access conference materials, connect with other attendees, and engage with presentations. Take notes and draw directly on slides within the event apps.
- Access conference presentations
- Connect with attendees
- View exhibitors
- Take notes on slides
- Draw on presentation slides
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**FOR ATTENDEES ONLY** The AAPA mobile application allows you to access this organization's various conferences. Within the underlying event apps, users can access presentations, exhibitors, and connect with other attendees. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AAPA at 4.9 against MHE PA Exam Prep's 1.8. AAPA also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (39 vs 5). MHE PA Exam Prep's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). 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. MHE PA Exam Prep sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. AAPA asks for nothing beyond the download.
AAPA holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AAPA has 39 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MHE PA Exam Prep | AAPA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | McGraw-Hill | AAPA |
Customer experience
MHE PA Exam Prep
AAPA
In-app purchases
MHE PA Exam Prep
- PA Exam Prep Course$79.99
- PA Exam Prep Course$139.99
AAPA
No in-app purchases
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