Comparison

Quesmed vs Unfried

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

Unfried

Features
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Your brain isn't fried from scrolling. It's fried from never having to explain anything. Unfried gives everyone the same topic each day. Learn it in 2 or 5 minutes, then explain it back in your own words, out loud or by typing. You get a score for what you actually understood, not for how long you looked at the screen. Try today’s topic before you make an account. HOW A DAY GOES • The Daily Fry: one topic, same for everyone. How ants organize a colony without a leader. Why the sky is blue but sunsets are red. How vaccines teach the immune system. • Pick 2 or 5 minutes. Five earns a commitment bonus. • Serve It Back: when the timer ends you have 30 seconds to start explaining what you learned. Record it or type it. • Results: Understanding out of 100, a depth bonus, and one line on what you nailed or missed. • Brain Food adds up. Keep your streak, pick your breakfast buddy and see where you land on today’s podium and the all-time leaderboard. • Optional reminders in the morning, or before the day ends. WHY IT WORKS Trying to explain something is the quickest way to find out whether you understood it. Unfried makes you do that once a day, on a topic you didn't pick, in less time than one video. TOPICS Biology, physics, history, psychology, technology, economics, music and art. Short, checked against sources, and written to be explained. UNFRIED PLUS (optional) • More topics: practice any library topic, any day • Deeper feedback: what you missed, and one way to fix it • The Scrambler: a follow-up question that tests whether you really understood, for +20 Brain Food Monthly or annual, with a free trial where eligible. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Unfried is for ages 13 and up. Privacy Policy: https://getunfried.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://getunfried.app/terms

Screenshots

Quesmed4 screens
Unfried4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Quesmed at none against Unfried's shown. Quesmed also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Unfried's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Unfried sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quesmed ships an update monthly, Unfried weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Quesmed versus Unfried: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuesmedUnfried
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB24 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSysmed LTDOnyeka Nwamba

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

Unfried

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Quesmed

Subscriptions10
  • AMS Bundle$14.991 Month
  • Cm Ukmla Qbank 1 Month$14.991 Month
  • Cm Ukmla Bundle Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • AMS Anatomy$29.991 Year
  • AMS Medical Sciences$29.991 Year
  • Cm Ukmla Osce 1 Year$39.991 Year
  • Cm Ukmla Qbank Annual$50.001 Year
  • Cm Ukmla Bundle Annual$75.001 Year
  • MRCP Part 1$84.993 Months
  • MRCP Part 1$119.996 Months
3 purchases

Unfried

Subscriptions3
  • Unfried Plus Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Unfried Plus Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Unfried Plus Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Quesmed free?
Quesmed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unfried free?
Unfried is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quesmed or Unfried have ads?
Unfried shows ads; Quesmed does not.
Which is updated more often, Quesmed or Unfried?
Quesmed ships an update monthly, and Unfried weekly. Most recently, Quesmed was updated on November 7, 2026 and Unfried on October 31, 2026.

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