NACFC vs MedStudy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NACFC
Access event schedules, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details for NACFC events. Enhance your learning by taking notes directly on presentation slides, posters, and exhibitor information. Connect with other attendees through in-app messaging, tweeting, and emailing.
- View event schedule
- Access presentations and speaker details
- Take notes on slides, posters, and exhibitors
- Draw directly on presentation slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
- Share information via tweeting and emailing
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****FOR ATTENDEES ONLY**** The NACFC mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors and speaker details from NACFC events. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors modules. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
MedStudy
Access a comprehensive suite of medical study tools, including practice questions, flashcards, video lectures, and audio pearls. Track your progress, bookmark key content, and customize study decks for any stage of your medical education or career.
- Thousands of practice Q&As and flashcards
- Board review videos with variable playback speed
- Bookmark lectures and take notes
- Detailed performance tracking
- Offline video and audio downloads
- Cross-platform web and mobile access
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Access QBank+, Flashcards, Video Board Review and Audio Pearls on your mobile devices. Features include: Thousands of practice Q&As and review flashcards Stream hours of laser-focused board review videos with variable playback speed Bookmark essential lectures and take notes using text or voice-to-text In-depth explanations of all Qbank+ answer options Detailed medical images and illustrations Set up unlimited Qbank+ question and flashcard review decks Generate unlimited Qbank+ test decks and sharpen your exam skills Customize question and flashcard decks to focus on specific topics or question sets Access question and flashcard decks seamlessly across web or mobile for anytime, anywhere study Highlight key points in Q&A using four color options for more focused practice and review—available in study and test decks! Detailed Qbank+ and flashcard performance tracking Visualize your progress across video and audio lectures Video and audio continue streaming while you multitask in other apps (now with picture in picture) Download video and audio topics for offline study From medical school to board prep to recertification to maintaining competency, we help you study strong—wherever you are on your medical journey. MEDSTUDY FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE For over 30 years, MedStudy has been trusted by Internal Medicine residents preparing for the ABIM Certification exam in ACGME-accredited allopathic and osteopathic programs, as well as by practicing physicians studying for the ABIM Maintenance of Certification Exam, LKA, and hospitalists taking the Focused Practice in Hospitalist Medicine exam. MEDSTUDY FOR PEDIATRICS MedStudy is the gold standard resource for Pediatricians studying for the ABP Certification exam in ACGME-accredited allopathic and osteopathic programs, as well as by practicing physicians studying for the ABP Maintenance of Certification Exam or MOCA-Peds. MEDSTUDY FOR MED SCHOOL Truly learn the foundations of medicine with everything you need to excel in medical school, the USMLE exams, and beyond.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MedStudy at every 2 months against NACFC's every 11 months. MedStudy also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). NACFC's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
MedStudy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 208 and 199 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of NACFC's written reviews are positive against 22% of MedStudy's.
NACFC ships an update every 11 months, MedStudy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NACFC | MedStudy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (208 ratings) | 4.8 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 199 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | MedStudy |
Customer experience
NACFC
MedStudy
In-app purchases
NACFC
No in-app purchases
MedStudy
No in-app purchases
