Comparison

BROKE vs Sketchy Learning

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

Head to head
About

BROKE

Experience the challenges of poverty through a realistic simulation. Make critical life decisions as various characters facing financial hardship, dealing with simulated communications that reflect the stress of limited resources.

Highlights
  • Multiple character scenarios
  • Realistic decision-making
  • Simulated communication updates
  • Stress simulation
  • Educational gameplay
Features
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Play Broke as a new college grad, a person experiencing homelessness, a rural farmer, an older adult, a migrant, or someone experiencing suburban poverty. Receive texts, emails, and news updates that force you to make real-life decisions in rapid-fire succession, simulating the brain-drain that comes from the stress of high-stakes decisions and not enough money to make ends meet.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Visual lessons for memorization
  • Interactive patient case simulations
  • High-yield exam content
  • Quizzes and custom tests
  • Customizable playlists
  • Mobile-friendly learning
Features
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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

Screenshots

BROKE4 screens
Sketchy Learning3 screens

Verdict

The call

BROKE and Sketchy Learning both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of BROKE's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sketchy Learning's. BROKE also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Sketchy Learning's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (874 vs 22). On price, rating 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. Sketchy Learning sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $289.99 per year. BROKE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BROKE against 4.9 for Sketchy Learning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketchy Learning has 874 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of BROKE's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sketchy Learning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BROKE ships an update every 31 months, Sketchy Learning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BROKE versus Sketchy Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBROKESketchy Learning
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (22 ratings) — better4.9 (874 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better52.8% of reviews
Number of ratings22874 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB68 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBroke the Game, Inc.Sketchy Group, LLC

Customer experience

BROKE

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sketchy Learning

All ratings54 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral13.9%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

BROKE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

BROKE

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sketchy Learning

Subscriptions4
  • 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

Questions

Is BROKE free?
BROKE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sketchy Learning free?
Sketchy Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BROKE or Sketchy Learning?
BROKE is rated higher. BROKE averages 5.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Sketchy Learning averages 4.9 from 874 ratings.
Do BROKE or Sketchy Learning have ads?
Sketchy Learning shows ads; BROKE does not.
Which is updated more often, BROKE or Sketchy Learning?
BROKE ships an update every 31 months, and Sketchy Learning every 3 weeks. Most recently, BROKE was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sketchy Learning on November 8, 2026.

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