Comparison

PANCE PREP vs Anaphy

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

Head to head
About

PANCE PREP

Prepare for medical certification exams with over 13,200 clinically-based practice questions. The app identifies your weak areas and provides a personalized study plan with detailed explanations, clinical pearls, and test-taking strategies. It offers multiple modes to simulate exam conditions and enhance learning.

Highlights
  • 13,200+ clinically-based practice exams
  • Identifies and targets weak areas
  • Personalized study plans
  • Detailed answer explanations
  • Clinical pearls and test-taking strategies
  • Timed, tutor, and improve modes
  • Customizable exam creation
Features
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Over 13,200 clinically-based practice examinations specifically formulated to enhance clinical skills and improve performance on examinations, such as the PANCE, PANRE, OSCES, USMLE, end of rotation examinations and comprehensive medical examinations. This app will intuitively know your areas of weakness and give you a plan to improve your overall performance. Special clinical pearls, disease review, explanation of the answers, test-taking strategies and much more. 3 modes, Timed mode to simulate the exams, tutor mode that allows you to review the disease states in addition to the questions and improve mode to enhance your weak areas. For every question in tutor mode, there is a feature for a hint to see if you are going in the right direction, answer explanation, a clinical pearl, and bonus questions. Create your own examination based on organ systems or task areas. The ultimate study and exam preparation app! In-App Purchase Product Detail: 1) Title of publication or service - PANCE PREP APP 2) Length of subscription (time period and content or services provided during each subscription period) - 12 MONTHS 3) Price of subscription - $69.99 for everything on the app Terms of Use: http://panceprepapp.io/terms.html

About

Anaphy

Explore human anatomy through engaging color-by-numbers puzzles. This app combines stress-relief with learning, offering immediate feedback on accuracy. Ideal for students, healthcare professionals, or anyone curious about the human body.

Highlights
  • Color-by-numbers anatomy puzzles
  • Tap-to-fill for quick study
  • Hand coloring for mindful learning
  • Immediate accuracy feedback
  • Stress-reducing coloring
  • Location association learning
Features
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Discover the incredible world of human anatomy using Anaphy, an anatomy color-by-numbers app! Anaphy makes learning anatomy engaging and fun, whether you are a student, healthcare professional, or simply curious about the human body. Anaphy combines the stress-reducing properties of coloring with the competency-increasing benefits of location association and color recognition. Anaphy users have the added advantage of immediate personalized feedback regarding accuracy that paper coloring books do not offer. Use Anaphy’s tap-to-fill feature for quick studying, or color the regions by hand for a mindful learning experience. Science by Numbers LLC is a small business owned and operated by a pre-med student and anatomy TA, who is very familiar with the stresses of studying for anatomy and physiology. We take our user’s feedback seriously, so users are encouraged to utilize the "contact us" feature within Anaphy to make suggestions or request a specific diagram that is not yet included in the app. Download Anaphy today to change up your studying routine and see just how relaxing studying for anatomy can be!

Screenshots

PANCE PREP4 screens
Anaphy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PANCE PREP at Free against Anaphy's $5.99. PANCE PREP also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (129 vs 15). Anaphy's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PANCE PREP is free to download; Anaphy costs $5.99 up front. PANCE PREP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. Anaphy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anaphy holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PANCE PREP has 129 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of PANCE PREP's written reviews are positive against 40% of Anaphy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PANCE PREP ships an update monthly, Anaphy every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PANCE PREP versus Anaphy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPANCE PREPAnaphy
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating2.5 (129 ratings)3.4 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.9% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings129 — better15
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB82 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerallure before and after corpClaire Farrell

Customer experience

PANCE PREP

All ratings127 ratings
Positive31.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative60.6%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive20.9%
Neutral11.9%
Negative67.2%

Anaphy

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

PANCE PREP

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Account locked out after logging into multiple devices
  • App stuck on loading screen
  • App won't load
  • Redirected to subscription page
  • Network connection lost after payment
Show 32 more
  • App says 'not pay' after successful payment
  • App logs out user and asks for new subscription
  • App blocks account when logging into new phone
  • App asks to subscribe again after purchase
  • App blocked after deleting and reinstalling
  • App freezes constantly
  • App crashes
  • Cannot scroll most of the time
  • Scrolling for question, answer, explanation
  • App freezes for 1+ minutes when starting exam
  • Tutor mode doesn't show answer explanations
  • Answers scroll off the bottom of the screen
  • White text on white background
  • Timer mode doesn't work correctly
  • Improve mode stopped working
  • Cannot log in
  • App keeps telling user session finished early
  • App resets in the middle of a test
  • Dark mode shows white text on white background
  • Cannot read questions
  • Cannot see question explanations
  • Cannot log in to the app
  • App constantly asks to subscribe then says already subscribed
  • Cannot connect to iTunes
  • Cannot get past subscribe now page
  • Timed mode gives incorrect time
  • Improve mode doesn't exist
  • Cannot view different features (Hint, Pearl, Answer)
  • App freezes after selecting category and launching test
  • App freezes even after restarting
  • App doesn't connect most of the time
  • Repeatable questions

Requested features

18 requests
  • Ability to select subcategories
  • Better options for selecting number of questions
  • Ability to type number of questions
  • Option to review correct answers
  • Quick way to find correct answers
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  • Ability to save different question sets
  • Option to see used/unused/wrong questions
  • Ability to go back to previous questions
  • Ability to flag questions
  • Cumulative performance tracking
  • Dark mode option
  • Tutorial on how to use features
  • Reference PPP pages for explanations
  • Add explanations for incorrect answers
  • Improvement mode functionality
  • Fix timing in timed mode
  • Make text size adjustable
  • Improve UI/UX

Anaphy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PANCE PREP

Subscriptions2
  • Student - 1 Year Subscription$69.991 Year
  • Teacher - 1 Year Subscription$69.991 Year
None

Anaphy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PANCE PREP free?
PANCE PREP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anaphy free?
Anaphy costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PANCE PREP or Anaphy?
Anaphy is rated higher. PANCE PREP averages 2.5 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while Anaphy averages 3.4 from 15 ratings.
Do PANCE PREP or Anaphy have ads?
Neither PANCE PREP nor Anaphy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PANCE PREP or Anaphy?
PANCE PREP ships an update monthly, and Anaphy every 4 months. Most recently, PANCE PREP was updated on November 3, 2026 and Anaphy on November 3, 2026.

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