MER PCC vs MedStudy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MER PCC
Access medical education resources and register for conferences on the go. Browse by date or topic, view agendas, and manage your professional profile.
- Search and register for conferences
- Browse by date or topic
- View conference agendas
- Manage user profile
- Access medical education resources
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Medical Education Resources (MER) is Primary Care’s leading provider of commercial-free CME. Join the hundreds of thousands of your medical professional peers who have enjoyed CME-getaways at locations around the globe. Revel in MER’s signature half-day format at over 120 conferences annually, covering 32 topics, during all times of the year. Within the new MER app search and register for a conference, browse by date or topic, view agendas, and manage your profile all from your mobile device.
MedStudy
Access a comprehensive suite of medical study tools, including practice questions, flashcards, video lectures, and audio pearls. Track your progress, bookmark key content, and customize study decks for any stage of your medical education or career.
- Thousands of practice Q&As and flashcards
- Board review videos with variable playback speed
- Bookmark lectures and take notes
- Detailed performance tracking
- Offline video and audio downloads
- Cross-platform web and mobile access
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Access QBank+, Flashcards, Video Board Review and Audio Pearls on your mobile devices. Features include: Thousands of practice Q&As and review flashcards Stream hours of laser-focused board review videos with variable playback speed Bookmark essential lectures and take notes using text or voice-to-text In-depth explanations of all Qbank+ answer options Detailed medical images and illustrations Set up unlimited Qbank+ question and flashcard review decks Generate unlimited Qbank+ test decks and sharpen your exam skills Customize question and flashcard decks to focus on specific topics or question sets Access question and flashcard decks seamlessly across web or mobile for anytime, anywhere study Highlight key points in Q&A using four color options for more focused practice and review—available in study and test decks! Detailed Qbank+ and flashcard performance tracking Visualize your progress across video and audio lectures Video and audio continue streaming while you multitask in other apps (now with picture in picture) Download video and audio topics for offline study From medical school to board prep to recertification to maintaining competency, we help you study strong—wherever you are on your medical journey. MEDSTUDY FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE For over 30 years, MedStudy has been trusted by Internal Medicine residents preparing for the ABIM Certification exam in ACGME-accredited allopathic and osteopathic programs, as well as by practicing physicians studying for the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam, LKA, and hospitalists taking the Focused Practice in Hospitalist Medicine exam. MEDSTUDY FOR PEDIATRICS MedStudy is the gold standard resource for Pediatricians studying for the ABP Certification exam in ACGME-accredited allopathic and osteopathic programs, as well as by practicing physicians studying for the ABP Maintenance of Certification Exam or MOCA-Peds. MEDSTUDY FOR MED SCHOOL Truly learn the foundations of medicine with everything you need to excel in medical school, the USMLE exams, and beyond.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MedStudy at 4.8 against MER PCC's 3.4. MedStudy also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (199 vs 38). MER PCC's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 22%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MedStudy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MedStudy has 199 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of MER PCC's written reviews are positive against 22% of MedStudy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MER PCC ships an update every 3 months, MedStudy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MER PCC | MedStudy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (38 ratings) | 4.8 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 199 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mer Primary Care Conferences | MedStudy |
Customer experience
MER PCC
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In-app purchases
MER PCC
No in-app purchases
MedStudy
No in-app purchases
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