Comparison

Quesmed vs FirstHome Prep

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

Head to head
About

Quesmed

Prepare for medical exams and advance your career with this comprehensive revision tool. Access thousands of articles, practice with various question types, and track your progress. Features include offline access, simulated exam modes, and Anki-style flashcards.

Highlights
  • Full range of question types
  • Progress trackers
  • Session filters
  • Offline functionality
  • Test mode simulation
  • Image-based questions
  • Knowledge Library access
  • Anki-style flashcards
  • Video revision for OSCE/PACES
Features
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Excel at your exams and medical career with Quesmed. Use the Quesmed App to revise for your medical exams, anytime and anywhere. You can use it on the wards, during your commute or whenever you find a spare moment to revise! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our dedicated offline function allows you to load hundreds of questions onto your device to access offline. Here's some of our key features: - Full range of question types for each exam - Dedicated progress trackers - Detailed session filters - Offline functionality - Dedicated 'Test' mode to simulate exam timing - Image based questions - Full coverage Knowledge Library access with thousands of articles per platform - Anki-style flashcards - Video functionality for OSCE/PACES revision Our app and associated web platform cover the following exams: - Anatomy - Medical Sciences - UKMLA AKT Qbank - UKMLA CPSA/OSCE Qbank - MRCP Part 1 Qbank - MRCP Part 2 Qbank - Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) Qbank - MRCP PACES Platform

About

FirstHome Prep

Features
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Buying your first home is exciting. It is also confusing, expensive and full of words nobody explains. FirstHome Prep changes that. It is your complete, plain-English guide to buying a home in the UK, from "can I even afford this?" all the way to picking up your keys. Learn it. Work it out. Compare every home you view. And walk into every decision with your eyes wide open. LEARN THE WHOLE JOURNEY 80 short, friendly lessons across 8 units: Foundations, Money & Deposits, Mortgages, The True Cost, Finding a Home, Making an Offer, The Legal Bit and Getting the Keys. Every lesson ends with a quick check so it really sticks. Streaks, badges and a Homebuyer Readiness Score keep you motivated, and a Daily 5 quiz keeps it fresh. A GLOSSARY THAT NEVER TALKS DOWN TO YOU 151 terms, from "gazumping" to "leasehold" to "apportionments", each with a simple definition, a real example and why it matters to your money. Free forever. PRACTISE THE BIG MOMENTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN 48 real-life scenarios put you in the hot seat: gazumped, a low valuation, a survey surprise, a suspicious email with new bank details. Choose what you would do, see what happens, and learn without risking a penny. Plus 32 myth-busters and 225 quiz questions. 20 GUIDES WRITTEN FOR REAL LIFE Solicitors and conveyancing, surveys, insurance, government schemes, shared ownership, moving day and your first month as an owner. Plus "What's Changing", keeping you up to date on the First Time Buyer ISA, leasehold reform, Right to Buy and the 2026 home-buying reforms. YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TRACKER Save every home you view and see them all side by side. - Paste a Rightmove or Zoopla link and pin it on the map - 20 checks with notes and photos, from damp to flood risk - Viewing mode and smart questions to ask the agent - Real costs per home: Stamp Duty, fees, monthly payments, running costs and repairs - Find the most you can afford to offer, and set your walk-away price - Sold-price check to see if the asking price looks fair - Area research links for flood risk, broadband, crime, schools and planning - Survey findings log, with a polite note to the seller ready to send - Store your legal packs, searches and survey reports - Compare homes on a scoreboard and share a one-page PDF summary MORTGAGE PLANNER AND CALCULATORS Walk through repayment, interest-only and part-and-part mortgages step by step, for first-time buyers or not, with a rate-rise stress test on the homes you have saved. Compare real mortgage deals by interest plus fees. Six calculators cover Stamp Duty (England, Scotland and Wales, with first-time buyer relief), deposit and LTV, monthly repayments, Lifetime ISA growth, total budget and affordability. NEVER MISS A KEY DATE Optional reminders for viewings, surveys, mortgage offer expiry, exchange, completion and your Stamp Duty deadline, plus a "Your next steps" card that always tells you what to do next. BUILT TO BE TRUSTED No account. No ads. No tracking. Your progress, homes, photos and documents stay on your phone. We do not sell mortgages, insurance or leads, and there is no broker upsell hiding in the lessons. Unit 1 and the Glossary are free forever. One single purchase unlocks everything else. No subscription, no recurring charge. Download FirstHome Prep and start your home-buying journey today. This app helps you learn. It is not financial advice. Rules and rates change, so check official sources before you act.

Screenshots

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FirstHome Prep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Quesmed at 3 against FirstHome Prep's 1. Quesmed also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Quesmed sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and FirstHome Prep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quesmed ships an update monthly, FirstHome Prep every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Quesmed versus FirstHome Prep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuesmedFirstHome Prep
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSysmed LTDJulietta Mikolajczyk

Bugs and requests

Quesmed

Reported bugs

44 issues
  • App bugs and crashes
  • Constantly logs you out
  • Unable to format to landscape mode on an iPad
  • App struggling since last iOS update
  • App is a total mess, constantly logs me out and doesn’t save progress
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  • Unable to gain access to account
  • No replies to customer support emails
  • Getting cardio questions when renal questions are requested
  • Significant issues with formatting of words on the website
  • App doesn’t work at all, shuts down as soon as it opens
  • Knowledge library is broken, displays code
  • App isn’t opening on iPhone and iPad
  • Can’t access clinical questions on the app
  • No option for offline download
  • App won’t even open onto dashboard
  • Keeps crashing every time an answer is wrong
  • Diagrams don’t show
  • Marks questions answered correctly as incorrect
  • Can’t view any diagrams since update
  • Recent interface update is awful, makes it difficult to read questions/obtain lab values
  • App only supports one orientation on iPad
  • Bug that doesn’t let you select/deselect difficulty
  • App is sooo buggy
  • Very poorly designed app, keeps crashing
  • App doesn’t save your progress and times you out
  • Takes so long to load
  • App inconsistent and often down
  • App doesn’t work 9/10 times
  • App is awful, better to use desktop version
  • Loads for too long, randomly times out and logs you out, doesn’t save question answers sometimes
  • Used to be able to do quizzes without being online, offline mode taken away?
  • Timed tests automatically mark when you hit go
  • OSCE function won’t load
  • Unable to login after changing password
  • Takes so long to load exams
  • Problematic login, unable to login despite no change of password
  • App keeps crashing when trying to change password
  • App doesn’t work great, randomly logging you out at times, jumping around quizzes and randomly showing the correct answer on unanswered questions
  • App does not work offline, constantly crashes if there is no internet
  • Persistent problems with login
  • Terrible search feature
  • Stretched out on iPad
  • App says please wait and nothing happens
  • No glitches/lags (contradicted by many other reviews)

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improve user interface of the app
  • Add offline download option
  • Make an iPad app
  • Add offline mode

FirstHome Prep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

27 purchases

Quesmed

Subscriptions17
  • AMS Anatomy$9.991 Month
  • AMS Bundle$14.991 Month
  • Cm Ukmla Qbank 1 Month$14.991 Month
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  • Cm Ukmla Bundle Monthly$19.991 Month
  • AMS Anatomy$29.991 Year
  • AMS Medical Sciences$29.991 Year
  • Cm Ukmla Osce 1 Year$39.991 Year
  • AMS Bundle$39.996 Months
  • MRCP Part 2$39.991 Month
  • AMS Bundle$49.991 Year
  • Cm Ukmla Qbank Annual$50.001 Year
  • Cm Ukmla Bundle 6 Months$65.006 Months
  • MRCP Part 2$69.993 Months
  • Cm Ukmla Bundle Annual$75.001 Year
  • MRCP Part 1$84.993 Months
  • MRCP Part 2$99.996 Months
  • MRCP Part 1$119.996 Months
One-time10
  • MSRA$59.99
  • MSRA Questions$59.99
  • MRCP PART 2$69.99
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  • MSRA$79.99
  • MSRA Questions$79.99
  • MRCP PART 1$80.00
  • MRCP PART 2$99.99
  • MRCP PACES$119.99
  • MRCP PART 1$125.99
  • MRCP PACES$199.99
1 purchases

FirstHome Prep

One-time1
  • Full Access$5.99

Questions

Is Quesmed free?
Quesmed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FirstHome Prep free?
FirstHome Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quesmed or FirstHome Prep have ads?
Neither Quesmed nor FirstHome Prep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quesmed or FirstHome Prep?
Quesmed ships an update monthly, and FirstHome Prep every 5 weeks. Most recently, Quesmed was updated on October 24, 2026 and FirstHome Prep on October 20, 2026.

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