PMI Study Hall vs Ice Cert Engines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PMI Study Hall
This app serves as a supplementary learning tool to help users stay informed, focused, engaged, and motivated on their journey to obtaining the PMP certification. It is designed to support your preparation for the PMP exam.
- PMP certification preparation
- Supplementary learning tool
- Focus and motivation
- Engagement features
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PMI Study Hall® is a digital learning companion designed to help you prepare for PMI certification exams. It combines learning refreshers, case studies, practice questions and simulation exams to help you understand what to expect on exam day. PMI Study Hall® also includes gamified activities, progress tracking and study tools designed to help you stay motivated, focused and confident throughout your exam preparation. IMPORTANT: To use this app, you must have access to a PMI Study Hall® plan and sign in with your myPMI credentials.
Ice Cert Engines
Prepare for certification exams with a realistic testing experience. This application simulates actual exam conditions using .ICE files. It's designed to help you get accustomed to the pressure and format of certification tests.
- Realistic exam simulation
- Supports .ICE files
- Certification exam preparation
- Simulates real exam environment
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This is an app to help you test with .ICE files. ICE is an exam engine for certification exam preparation. As if taking a real exam.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PMI Study Hall at 3.3 against Ice Cert Engines's 2.0. PMI Study Hall also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). Ice Cert Engines's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PMI Study Hall holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of PMI Study Hall's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ice Cert Engines's.
PMI Study Hall ships an update every 2 months, Ice Cert Engines every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PMI Study Hall | Ice Cert Engines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC | 爱月 陈 |
Customer experience
PMI Study Hall
Ice Cert Engines
Bugs and requests
PMI Study Hall
Reported bugs
15 issues- Google Sign-In returns Error 403: disallowed_useragent
- App stuck on loading screen indefinitely
- Session expires frequently, requiring re-login each time app opens
- Courses purchased on website don't appear in app
- Touch input selects wrong answer (selecting B registers as A)
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- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
- Mixed Japanese and English text throughout content
- Progress and practice history lost on re-login
- Flashcards restart from beginning each time
- Question of the day feature fails to load
- White blank page after login
- App not compatible with iOS despite being available on App Store
- Duplicate questions appearing in practice exams
- Incorrect answers provided for practice questions
- App doesn't display purchased courses
Requested features
11 requests- Fix Google SSO authentication to comply with Google security policies
- Implement persistent login with biometric authentication (FaceID)
- Add language selection/toggle to remove unwanted content
- Allow selective category/section reset instead of full reset
- Improve app responsiveness and loading speed
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- Add ability to create custom practice question lists
- Implement offline mode for studying without internet
- Add settings menu for content preferences
- Improve touch input accuracy for answer selection
- Add dark mode option
- Provide better customer support channels
Ice Cert Engines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PMI Study Hall
No in-app purchases
Ice Cert Engines
No in-app purchases
Questions
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