Pastest vs Found Your Place
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pastest
Prepare for medical exams with a comprehensive question bank and study materials. Access bite-sized videos, podcasts, and detailed explanations to deepen your understanding. Customize study sessions and review past performance anytime, anywhere.
- Accurate question types for UK medical exams
- Customizable study sessions with filters
- Timed tests and mock exams
- Bite-sized videos and podcasts
- Expanded explanations for key concepts
- Offline access to questions and media
- Bookmarking and note-taking
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Use the Pastest Written app to study for your medical exams anytime, anywhere. Pastest has many decades of experience and expertise in providing test prep materials that enable medical students and doctors to achieve exam success. The Pastest Written app is designed with your convenience in mind, so whether you’re commuting to work or have a spare 10 minutes between class, the app will help you to fit your prep around a busy schedule. In order to use the app, an active Pastest subscription is required (written exams only). Here’s a long list of why the Pastest Written app is so great: QUESTIONS Full range of accurate question types – in terms of style, content and functionality – for all UK medical exams we provide resources for Comprehensive sessions filters, including specialty, question type, difficulty, familiarity, images and keyword search Create a fully customised session of up to 100 questions, against the clock if required Show clues to highlight the most pertinent parts of the vignette Submit feedback on questions to be reviewed and responded to by our experts Practice using timed tests, mock exams and past papers (where applicable) Great ability to review questions in recently completed and earlier sessions MEDIA Full library of bite-sized videos and podcasts to deepen your understanding of key concepts Play at double speed for quick review and queue up for longer, seamless study sessions ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY Strengthen your knowledge with our unique Expanded Explanations - an extensive library of searchable, topic-based content Customise the order in which explanations are displayed Download questions and media to access offline Improved bookmarking of content and note-taking A streamlined navigation allowing for quick resumption of sessions in progress and session review More detailed and accurate performance data
Found Your Place
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Manage your career with the Found Your Place app, a one stop careers information hub for foundation doctors in the Northern Foundation School. Find information on your choices after F2, specialty recruitment information, F3 roles and get notifications from your local careers adviser so you don’t miss out on any regional opportunities. Our top Found Your Place app features include: -An extensive information hub including career and learning opportunities -A calendar including all key recruitment dates and regional career events -A section on mental health support -Links to HR policies and procedures With the Found Your Place app, you get access to invaluable notifications giving you the most up to date information on a range of careers topics including changes and updates in specialty recruitment, opportunities to develop your skills such as conferences or courses and links to our regional F3 opportunities that you might pursue after F2. Developed in partnership with Find Your Place and the Health Education England North East and North Cumbria’s careers team, the app has pulled together careers information from various resources and gathered it together into one, easily accessible place. You can now access free regional careers support at any time, from any place, to fit in around the busy life of a foundation doctor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Found Your Place at none against Pastest's 57. Pastest's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pastest sells 53 one-off in-app purchases. Found Your Place asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pastest ships an update every 3 weeks, Found Your Place every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pastest | Found Your Place |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (69 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PasTest Ltd | Inspired Agency Ltd |
In-app purchases
Pastest
- PLAB 1 - 6 months$9.99
- PLAB 1 - 12 months$12.99
- PLAB 1 - 12 Months$12.99
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- MRCEM Primary - 3 Months$39.99
- Med Students - 12 months$49.99
- Med Students - 12 Months$49.99
- MSRA - Sep 2024 Exam$59.99
- MSRA - Jan 2025 Exam$59.99
- MRCPCH FOP - 3 months$59.99
- MRCEM Primary - 6 Months$59.99
- MSRA - 6 months$59.99
- Dentistry - 3 months$79.99
- MRCEM Intermediate - 12 Months$79.99
- MRCEM Primary - 12 Months$79.99
- 49827728425239$79.99
- MRCPCH FOP - Feb 2024 Exam$89.99
- MRCPCH TAS - Feb 2024 Exam$89.99
- Primary FRCA - Feb 2024 Exam$89.99
- MRCPCH FOP - Jun 2024 Exam$99.99
- MRCPCH TAS - Jun 2024 Exam$99.99
- MRCGP (AKT) - Apr 2024 Exam$99.99
- Primary FRCA - Sep 2024 Exam$99.99
- MRCGP (AKT) - Jul 2024 Exam$99.99
- MRCPCH FOP - Oct 2024 Exam$99.99
- MRCPCH TAS - Oct 2024 Exam$99.99
- MRCP Part 2 - 3 Months$99.99
- MRCS Part A - 3 months$99.99
- Dentistry - 12 Months$99.99
- MRCP Part 1 - 3 months$99.99
- MRCPCH FOP & TAS - 3 months$99.99
- Primary FRCA - 6 months$99.99
- Primary FRCA (MCQ) - 6 Months$99.99
- MRCGP (AKT) - 12 months$119.99
- MRCPCH FOP - 12 Months$119.99
- MRCPCH TAS - 12 Months$119.99
- MRCPCH FOP/TAS - Feb 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCP Part 1 - Jan 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCP Part 2 - Nov 2023 Exam$129.99
- MRCPCH AKP - May 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCP Part 1 - Apr 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCP Part 2 - May 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCP Part 1 - Aug 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCP Part 2 - Sep 2024 Exam$129.99
- MRCS Part A - May 2024 Exam$149.99
- MRCPCH FOP/TAS - Jun 2024 Exam$149.99
- MRCPCH AKP - Sep 2024 Exam$149.99
- MRCPCH FOP/TAS - Oct 2024 Exam$149.99
- MRCS Part A - Sep 2024 Exam$149.99
- MRCS Part A - 6 months$149.99
- MRCPCH AKP - 12 months$179.99
- MRCPCH AKP - 12 Months$179.99
- MRCP Part 1 - 12 Months$199.99
- MRCPCH FOP & TAS - 12 months$199.99
Found Your Place
No in-app purchases









