Exam Prep vs Malmoi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exam Prep
This app offers interactive quizzes and daily challenges to help medical students prepare for the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 exams. It aims to make studying effective, enjoyable, and confidence-building by reinforcing key concepts.
- Interactive quizzes
- Daily challenges
- Detailed explanations
- Concept reinforcement
- Confidence building
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Step Exam Prep turns your study sessions into an interactive and enjoyable experience while preparing for the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 exams. With a variety of engaging quizzes, daily challenges, and detailed explanations, this app makes studying both effective and fun. Perfect for medical students looking to stay motivated, it helps reinforce key concepts and build confidence in an entertaining way. Disclaimer: This app is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or training.
Malmoi
Master Korean pronunciation and grammar with this comprehensive learning tool. It focuses on how words are actually spoken, offers conjugation drills, and includes a vast dictionary with multiple language translations. Prepare for exams with reading, listening, writing, and mock test modules.
- Pronunciation trainer with computed rules
- Irregular verb and adjective conjugation drills
- 44,000-word dictionary with multi-language meanings
- 296 grammar patterns with examples
- Reading, listening, and writing practice modules
- TOPIK mock tests and writing scoring
- Offline functionality
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Korean is not read the way it is written. 값이 is [갑씨], 국물 is [궁물], 좋다 is [조타]. Malmoi is built around that fact. • Pronunciation trainer — the standard pronunciation rules, computed. Wrong answers are plausible misreadings of the same word, not other words, so you cannot guess by shape. • Conjugation drills — ㅂ, ㄷ, ㅅ, 르, ㅎ irregulars sorted automatically, with the full conjugation table for every verb and adjective. • 44,000 words with meanings, hanja origins, examples and the standard pronunciation published by the National Institute of Korean Language. Meanings come in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese at beginner and intermediate levels. • 296 grammar patterns across six levels, each with attachment rules and two examples. • Reading — passages, sentence ordering, newspaper headlines, sentence insertion. • Listening — dialogues read aloud at study speed and exam speed. • Writing — character count, style consistency, spoken-language check, and the official scoring rubric with a model answer. • Mock tests for both exam types, with the level a total score would give. Everything runs on your device. No account, no server, and it works with no connection. Levels are an estimate. There is no official published word list, so levels start from the beginner/intermediate/advanced grading of the National Institute of Korean Language and are split further by corpus frequency. Mock scores are an estimate as well — the official conversion table is not published, and writing is self-scored. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NIIED or the TOPIK organisers. Dictionary data from the Korean Basic Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language (KOGL Type 1). Also Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and OpenSubtitles / FrequencyWords (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free: all of Level 1, the first words, grammar, reading and listening of every level, 15 drill questions a day per type, the TOPIK I mock test and writing tasks 51–52. No ads, no account. Malmoi Premium unlocks everything: Monthly (1 month) or Yearly (1 year) auto-renewing subscription, or the Lifetime Pass — a one-time purchase that never renews. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your account settings. Already using Malmoi? If you used it before version 1.0.5, every feature stays free on that device, for good. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://inphilchoi.github.io/malmoi-privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exam Prep at 100% against Malmoi's 0%. Exam Prep also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). Malmoi's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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.
Exam Prep ships an update daily, Malmoi every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exam Prep | Malmoi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Leyva Abrahantes | INPHIL CHOI |
Customer experience
Exam Prep
Malmoi
In-app purchases
Exam Prep
No in-app purchases
Malmoi
No in-app purchases









