Comparison

MedStudy vs Take a Bite Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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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Take a Bite Timer

Features
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Some kids need reminding. Every. single. bite. "Take A Bite" is the mealtime timer that does the reminding for you, in your kids own voice, so dinner can stop being an endurance test. Have them record one short message — "take a bite, please!" — pick how often it should play, and then start the meal. When the countdown runs out, your child hears their message. When they take a bite, they tap the timer itself, and the countdown starts again. If they beat the timer, they get a celebration and some "banked time". No in app purchases and no advertising. HOW IT WORKS • Record your reminder in your own voice. Or a grandparent's, or a favorite cartoon impression. • The timer IS the button. The countdown ring fills most of the screen, and tapping it records a bite along with a fun "chomping" animation. • Beat the clock and bank bonus seconds. A bite before the reminder plays earns whatever was left on the timer, with confetti and a cheer to go with it. • Reminders needed is the score, a number a five-year-old can act on. Set an allowance (three by default), and the screen turns from green to orange to red as they are used. • Silly Mode, if you want it. Turn it on and each unanswered reminder comes a little sooner, a little louder and a little faster, until it is comically insistent. AFTER THE MEAL • Pause any time (potty break? need to pour some more milk?), then carry on with one tap — the countdown picks up exactly where it left off. • Every finished meal is saved: reminders needed, bites, bonus seconds, how long it took, and average response time. • A chart shows the trend meal after meal, plotted against the goal each one was actually judged by. • Finished a meal too early? Easily resume it on the main screen for up to fifteen minutes. • Edit, delete or merge past meals — a sitting split across two entries becomes one, with the math done properly. MORE THAN ONE KID For families with more than one child that need a little nudge, you can log meals per child, switch between them with a tap, and see each one's own chart and history. Kids are just names — there is no account to set up and nothing to sync a profile with. Your data is stored privately and securely in your own iCloud storage and synced across all your devices logged in with that Apple ID. MAKE EVERY SOUND YOURS The reminder, the countdown warning, the time's-up "oh no!", the chomping sound and the celebration can all be replaced with your own recording, right inside the app. The built-in sounds are there if you would rather not. PRIVACY Your recordings stay on your device. Your children's names never leave it. There is no account, no sign-in, and nothing to subscribe to. Meal history syncs privately through your own iCloud account, so the same meals appear on your iPhone and iPad. Custom sounds stay local to each device. BUILT PROPERLY Designed for iPhone and iPad, with full support for Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and dark mode. Take A Bite was made by a parent who was tired of saying the same four words all through dinner. It will not make your child love broccoli. It will make dinner shorter, easier, and — some nights — a game they are trying to win.

Screenshots

MedStudy4 screens
Take a Bite Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Take a Bite Timer at every 3 days against MedStudy's every 2 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MedStudy ships an update every 2 months, Take a Bite Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MedStudy versus Take a Bite Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedStudyTake a Bite Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (199 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings199 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMedStudyPuzz Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

MedStudy

No in-app purchases

None

Take a Bite Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MedStudy free?
MedStudy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Take a Bite Timer free?
Take a Bite Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MedStudy or Take a Bite Timer have ads?
Neither MedStudy nor Take a Bite Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MedStudy or Take a Bite Timer?
MedStudy ships an update every 2 months, and Take a Bite Timer every 3 days. Most recently, MedStudy was updated on October 9, 2026 and Take a Bite Timer on September 28, 2026.

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