Pastest vs TTE PoCUS Simulator
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
TTE PoCUS Simulator
Master echocardiography with a virtual patient and interactive echo probe. Explore high-fidelity simulated heart echoes with anatomical labels and automatic recognition of 30 standard views. Refine your skills anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.
- Virtual patient practice
- Interactive echo probe control
- High-fidelity simulated heart echoes
- Anatomical labels
- 30 standard echocardiographic views
- Real-time echo generation
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The TTE Pocket Simulator with Cardiac PoCUS training modes offers an immersive, hands-on experience for learning echocardiography, including both traditional and cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) techniques. Practice with a virtual patient, using an intuitive interface to control the virtual echo probe. Explore high-fidelity simulated heart echos, generated in real time, with anatomical labels and automatic recognition of 30 standard echocardiographic views. The interactive guidance helps you master the assessment of heart structure and function at your own pace and without time constraints. Whether you're a medical student or a healthcare professional in emergency, critical care, or cardiology, this app can help you refine your echocardiography skills anytime and anywhere. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy http://ttesimulator.com/privacy/ DISCLAIMERS A. The goal of this app is to help the user learn the skill of performing transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), by means of an 'interactive anatomy book', with a user interface emulating an echo probe and a patient. The app uses synthetic echo images based on an artificial 3-dimensional human heart model, with interactive labeling to show what anatomic structures are being displayed. This app is NOT able to actually perform a real ultrasound examination on a real patient, neither is it able to transform your device into a real ultrasound machine, nor is this app intended to provide any medical diagnostic or therapeutic guidelines whatsoever. Always seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app, and before making any medical decisions. B. This app makes an artificial heart model move by means of digital animation technology. This function is intended for illustration purposes only, and does not reproduce a clinically realistic motion of the heart wall or any of the heart valves. C. All information contained within this app has been researched to the best of our knowledge and belief. The app has been reviewed and tested extensively by experts in the fields of cardiology, echocardiography and physics. However, we cannot, and we do NOT assume liability of any kind for anything contained within this app and neither for any liabilities or harms that might result from using this app. By using this app you explicitly agree to these conditions of use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: TTE PoCUS Simulator at free with in-app purchases against Pastest's subscription. TTE PoCUS Simulator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (50% vs 29%). Pastest's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pastest sells 53 one-off in-app purchases and TTE PoCUS Simulator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TTE PoCUS Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pastest has 69 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Pastest's written reviews are positive against 50% of TTE PoCUS Simulator's.
Pastest ships an update every 3 weeks, TTE PoCUS Simulator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pastest | TTE PoCUS Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PasTest Ltd | Eltjo Haselhoff |
Customer experience
Pastest
TTE PoCUS Simulator
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
TTE PoCUS Simulator
- One week subscription$9.997 Days
- One month subscription$14.991 Month
- One year subscription$59.991 Year
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