Milady Exam Prep vs M·A·C X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Milady Exam Prep
Prepare for your state board licensing exams with a comprehensive test prep tool. Covers a wide range of beauty and wellness professions to help you pass on your first attempt.
- State board exam preparation
- Cosmetology
- Esthetics
- Barbering
- Massage Therapy
- Nail Technology
- Student Instructor prep
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Preparing for your state board licensing exam doesn't have to be stressful when you use the #1 test prep tool from Milady. Whether you’re studying for Cosmetology, Esthetics, Advanced Esthetics, Barbering, Massage Therapy, Nail Technology, Eyelashes, Hair Removal, or Student Instructor, we have the information to help you pass your state board on your first try.
M·A·C X
This app provides a learning community and exclusive content for M·A·C employees and authorized retailers. It helps users build skills in artistry, service, social media, and product knowledge, while connecting with other M·A·C Artists globally.
- Exclusive behind-the-scenes information
- Build artistry skills
- Enhance service knowledge
- Improve social media skills
- Deepen product knowledge
- Connect with global M·A·C Artists
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FOR M·A·C EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES OF M·A·C-AUTHORIZED RETAILERS M·A·C X is a lifestyle and learning community for M·A·C Artists to: - Find exclusive, behind-the-scenes and insider information - Build artistry, service, social media and product knowledge skills - Connect to and learn from M·A·C Artists all over the world
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Milady Exam Prep at 4.7 against M·A·C X's 3.8. Milady Exam Prep also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 16). M·A·C X's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 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. Milady Exam Prep sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. M·A·C X asks for nothing beyond the download.
Milady Exam Prep holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Milady Exam Prep has 1.5K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Milady Exam Prep ships an update every 4 months, M·A·C X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Milady Exam Prep | M·A·C X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 3.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cengage Learning | The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. |
Customer experience
Milady Exam Prep
M·A·C X
Bugs and requests
Milady Exam Prep
Reported bugs
30 issues- Purchasing
- Slow and lacks easy navigation
- This new update is bad
- Great material but layout needs a little tinkering
- Purchased courses randomly disappear
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- Great for studying but SO BUGGY
- Worst login page
- Ok
- Fix it!!!!!
- App
- Robbed 😡
- Frequent issue
- Purchased Prep
- Scam
- Please give explanations for why the answers are right or wrong
- Questions are great. Functionality? Not so much
- PLEASE FIX! Great content horrible server issues!
- Fix it!!!!!
- PLEASE FIX! Great content horrible server issues!
- Glitchy
- This is easily the worst app I've ever used
- No funciona
- Doesn't work
- Functionality of app and editing of content left to be desired
- Got double charged on app and didn't get my test
- Purchased just for them to later on not allow me to use
- Bad app
- Bad App
- No la recomiendo ..
- Not Available in Spanish
Requested features
2 requests- Like
- Great for studying but SO BUGGY
M·A·C X
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Milady Exam Prep
- Massage 6th Edition$35.95
- Professional Educator$35.95
- Milady Advanced Services$35.95
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- Milady Standard Esthetics2 variants$39.95
- Standard Nail Technology$39.95
- Milady Standard Barbering2 variants$39.95
- Cosmetology 14th Edition$39.95
- Milady Advanced Services$39.95
- Milady Esthetics 3rd Edition$39.95
M·A·C X
No in-app purchases
Questions
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