Board Buddy USMLE vs ZeBro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Board Buddy USMLE
This app transforms studying for the USMLE Step 1 into an engaging experience with interactive games. It offers free games for high-yield topics and a premium subscription for over 20 medical games, practice questions, and 3D anatomy.
- Interactive study games
- Active recall learning
- High-yield topic focus
- 3,000+ practice questions
- 3D anatomy modules
- AI-powered explanations
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Pass USMLE Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 with active recall, AI tutoring, and interactive medical games. Stop passively reading explanations. Board Buddy helps you retain high-yield concepts through spaced repetition, board-style questions, anatomy, ECGs, pathology images, and AI-powered tutoring. Terms of Use (EULA): https://ivymed.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://ivymed.net/privacy
ZeBro
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Train your clinical eye with ZeBro — a gamified medical learning app that turns visual diagnosis into a daily habit. Swipe through real-world cases across three core modalities: • Chest X-rays • Skin lesions • 12-lead ECGs Each swipe sharpens your pattern recognition. Correct calls earn XP, build streaks and unlock achievements. Wrong calls become teachable moments. WHAT'S INSIDE • Hundreds of labeled cases from open, peer-reviewed medical datasets • Detailed disease pages with causes, key findings and clinical pearls • Live streak, XP and level progression while you swipe • Daily goals that rotate between card counts, streak targets and specific topics • 10 long-term achievements across bronze, silver and gold • Mini Games: Endless (one wrong and it's over) and Rush (60 seconds on the clock) • Liquid Glass design across the entire app BUILT FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS ZeBro was made by medical students, for medical students. Whether you're prepping for an OSCE, brushing up before a rotation or just want to keep your eye sharp between shifts, ZeBro gives you focused, high-quality practice in a few minutes a day. PRIVACY-FIRST No accounts. No tracking. No data ever leaves your device. Period. ZeBro is for educational purposes only and does not provide medical advice or diagnosis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ZeBro at none against Board Buddy USMLE's 4. Board Buddy USMLE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Board Buddy USMLE sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. ZeBro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Board Buddy USMLE ships an update every 2 weeks, ZeBro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Board Buddy USMLE | ZeBro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 566 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Blake Young | Georg Riepe |
In-app purchases
Board Buddy USMLE
- Monthly7 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Monthly Plan (Promo)$29.991 Month
- 6-Month7 Days trial$149.996 Months
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- Yearly7 Days trial$199.991 Year
ZeBro
No in-app purchases
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