Comparison

NextStep vs MedTrack

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

Head to head
About

NextStep

This app helps pre-med students organize their academic and extracurricular activities. It allows users to log hours, track progress towards goals, and manage application milestones efficiently. Designed by former students, it aims to reduce stress in the med school application process.

Highlights
  • Experience logging for various activities
  • Hour tracking and statistical visualization
  • Customizable goals and reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • AI-powered insights (coming soon)
  • Built by pre-med students
Features
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Ready for med school? NextStep helps pre-med students log hours, track experiences, and hit application milestones—without the stress. Whether you're shadowing, volunteering, doing research, or prepping for the MCAT, NextStep keeps you organized and on track. Key Features: • Experience Tracker – Log clinical, research, volunteer, and extracurricular activities • Hour Tracking & Stats – Visualize your time, find your gaps, stay balanced • Guided AI Insights – Coming soon! • Custom Goals & Reminders – Set targets, get notified, stay accountable • Offline First – Works without Wi-Fi, syncs when you're back online • Built for Pre-Meds – Created by students who’ve been there Stop guessing. Start progressing. Download NextStep and take control of your med school journey today.

About

MedTrack

This app helps aspiring medical students organize and track their academic and extracurricular activities. It provides tools to monitor GPA, MCAT scores, and various types of experience hours, offering insights to compare against accepted student profiles and target school admissions data.

Highlights
  • All-in-one pre-med journey tracker
  • Log GPA, science GPA, MCAT, coursework
  • Track shadowing, clinical, and research hours
  • Compare profile against accepted students
  • Measure stats against school admissions data
  • Personalized guidance on strengths and gaps
  • Cross-device data synchronization
Features
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Applying to medical school is overwhelming. Between GPA, science GPA, MCAT, coursework, shadowing, clinical hours, and research, it’s hard to know if you’re on track. MedTrack makes it simple — with a subscription, you unlock all features to organize and track your entire pre-med journey. What You Get With a MedTrack Subscription: • All-in-One Tracker – Log GPA, science GPA, MCAT, coursework, shadowing, clinical hours, and research. • MedTrack Score – Instantly compare your profile against accepted medical school students. • School Matching – Select target schools and measure your stats against real admissions data. • Smart Insights – Identify strengths and gaps in your application with personalized guidance. • Progress Sync – Your data stays up to date across devices. Subscription Details MedTrack requires a subscription to access all features. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. No more scattered notes, messy spreadsheets, or guesswork. MedTrack is your personal pre-med application tracker, giving you a clear, data-driven path to medical school success. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NextStep3 screens
MedTrack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextStep at none against MedTrack's 7. NextStep also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). MedTrack's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MedTrack sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. NextStep asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NextStep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NextStep's written reviews are positive against 82% of MedTrack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextStep ships an update fortnightly, MedTrack every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NextStep versus MedTrack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextStepMedTrack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings419 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh HoffmanMEDTRACK LLC

Customer experience

NextStep

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MedTrack

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

NextStep

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

MedTrack

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • 1 Practice Interview$2.99
  • 5 Practice Interviews$12.99
  • 10 Practice Interviews$19.99
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  • LifeTime$59.99

Questions

Is NextStep free?
NextStep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedTrack free?
MedTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NextStep or MedTrack?
NextStep is rated higher. NextStep averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while MedTrack averages 4.6 from 19 ratings.
Do NextStep or MedTrack have ads?
NextStep shows ads; MedTrack does not.
Which is updated more often, NextStep or MedTrack?
NextStep ships an update fortnightly, and MedTrack every 8 days. Most recently, NextStep was updated on June 10, 2026 and MedTrack on September 18, 2026.

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