CPC Prep vs MAC Check by NBCRNA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPC Prep
Prepare for the CPC exam with over 550 practice questions and detailed rationales. This study tool offers a comprehensive review of material learned in school, allowing for convenient study on the go.
- 55 ten-question quizzes
- Complete rationales for each question
- Comprehensive review of learned material
- Study anywhere, anytime
- Designed by experienced educators
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For more than 15 years, Prodigy Anesthesia has been designing exams and study materials that have helped over 30,000 students pass boards and now that same experience is available on your iPhone to help you prepare for the CPC exam. CPC Prep contains 55 ten-question quizzes with complete rationales to help you brush up on everything you learned in school (but may have forgotten). Study anywhere you are!
MAC Check by NBCRNA
This app allows CRNAs in a Maintaining Anesthesia Care program to complete self-paced, longitudinal assessments on their mobile devices. It tracks progress, allows review of rationale, and enables users to resume assessments where they left off within a designated quarter.
- Self-paced longitudinal assessments
- Track progress and performance
- Review rationale and marked questions
- Elect time off quarters
- Resume assessments from where left off
- Complete assessments within a quarter
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MAC Check is a self-paced, online platform that uses a longitudinal assessment approach. CRNAs currently enrolled in the Maintaining Anesthesia Care (MAC) program can complete their quarterly MAC Check questions in the MAC Check mobile app. The app also tracks a CRNA’s progress and performance, allows CRNAs to review rationale and marked questions, and elect time off quarters. MAC Check is dynamic and convenient, and the mobile app allows CRNAs to leave the assessment and come back at any time within a quarter and resume where they left off – as long as the assessment is completed within the designated three-month period.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CPC Prep at 100% against MAC Check by NBCRNA's 0%. CPC Prep also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). MAC Check by NBCRNA's advantage is price (Free vs $69.99) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). On 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
MAC Check by NBCRNA is free to download; CPC Prep costs $69.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CPC Prep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAC Check by NBCRNA has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CPC Prep's written reviews are positive against 0% of MAC Check by NBCRNA's.
| Parameter | CPC Prep | MAC Check by NBCRNA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $69.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Prodigy Anesthesia, Inc. | Internet Testing Systems (ITS) |
Customer experience
CPC Prep
MAC Check by NBCRNA
In-app purchases
CPC Prep
No in-app purchases
MAC Check by NBCRNA
No in-app purchases
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