AceTest vs Aptly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AceTest
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Get ready for the online tests used by UK graduate employers, law firms and the Civil Service, plus the aptitude tests used by employers worldwide. AceTest has 870 practice questions with explanations, so you can practise little and often from your first application to your test invitation. UK GRADUATE TESTS Critical Thinking, in the style of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal • 142 practice questions across the five question types: inference, recognising assumptions, deduction, interpretation and evaluation of arguments • Practise one type at a time or mix them • A 37-question mock on one 28-minute clock, with your result in three areas: drawing conclusions, recognising assumptions and evaluating arguments • The answer scale stays in the same order every time, as in the real test Situational Judgement, in the style of the Civil Service Judgement Test • 84 actions to rate across 27 realistic workplace scenarios • Rate each action as Effective, Fairly Effective, Ineffective or Counterproductive • Each explanation names the Civil Service Success Profiles behaviour behind the rating • No clock, as in the real test Verbal True / False / Cannot Say • 84 statements on 28 short UK passages • Decide what the passage really supports, the core skill in UK graduate and Civil Service verbal tests GENERAL APTITUDE • 523 questions in 7 sections: Abstract Reasoning (IQ), Global Assessments, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Numerical Word Problems, Combinatorics and Probability, and Verbal Reasoning • 253 questions with charts, grids and figures drawn precisely from the question data, including 158 IQ figure puzzles: matrices, figure series and rotation • A mock test with one 35-minute clock for 30 questions, so you practise pacing HOW AceTest HELPS YOU PREPARE • Tell AceTest what you are preparing for (UK graduate schemes, the Civil Service or Fast Stream, or general aptitude tests) and that practice comes first on your home screen • Climb a five-level reasoning ladder from Warm-up to Challenge and grow your Reasoning Score • Two-step hints and step-by-step explanations for every question • Spaced repetition brings back the questions you missed • Your results show your own accuracy and progress, not a percentile, because real assessments compare you with a norm group • Works on iPhone and iPad, with no account needed FREE AND PREMIUM Free: 3 questions a day from any section, including the UK graduate tests, with a step-by-step explanation for every question you answer and the first hint. Premium: all 870 questions with no daily limit, full mock tests, and section practice, review and wrong answer drills without stopping. Premium is available as a weekly subscription or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Weekly subscription information: • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://www.ruok.jp/privacy About the formats: AceTest refers to other test formats only to help you check that the practice matches your test. Critical Thinking questions are written in the style of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Watson-Glaser is a trademark of Pearson. The Situational Judgement ratings follow AceTest's own marking guide based on the Civil Service Success Profiles behaviours and are not official scores. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. AceTest is an independent practice app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Pearson, the Civil Service or any employer. All passages, scenarios and questions are original and written by AceTest.
Aptly
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Practice for aptitude and psychometric tests with questions you can trust. Aptly covers numerical, verbal, logical, abstract, spatial, mechanical and diagrammatic reasoning, data interpretation and situational judgment, and every question comes with a step-by-step explanation and a time-saving shortcut. Timed mock tests, weak-area analytics and a daily habit, all working offline with no account. EVERY ANSWER EXPLAINED Each question has a worked solution in numbered steps that shows the method, not just the answer, plus a shortcut for doing it faster under time pressure and a formula card where one helps. Pick a wrong option and you see why, plus the common trap and a note on every option. Every question in the bank has been solved independently and checked against its answer key. If anything still looks wrong to you, report it from the question in one tap. TIMED MOCK TESTS THAT FEEL LIKE THE REAL THING Choose an exam-style preset (Graduate · CCAT-style, SHL-style, ASVAB / ADF-style military, Bank / Placement or Civil Service-style) or build your own with the sections, question count, time limit and negative marking you want. After every mock you get your score, an estimated percentile, a section-by-section breakdown and a full review with explanations. Then retry only the questions you missed. PRACTICE THAT FINDS YOUR WEAK SPOTS Untimed practice with instant feedback, by category and sub-topic. Questions new to you come first, then the ones you got wrong, and each run ends with your accuracy by sub-topic and a one-tap retry of the ones you missed. Over time, accuracy by topic, your score trend, a weak-area heatmap and mastery badges show where to focus, and "See weak areas" on the Home screen opens your progress, where the heatmap names your weakest sub-topic. Mistakes are collected automatically, "Retry my mistakes" turns them into a practice run, and you can bookmark any question to come back to. A DAILY HABIT BEFORE TEST DAY A fresh Daily Challenge and streak, an optional reminder, a countdown to your test date and a readiness score that climbs as you improve. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE No account, no sign-up and no internet needed to practice. Your progress stays on your device. Ads never interrupt a question or a timed test; a hint video plays only if you choose to watch one. FREE TO USE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UPGRADE All 322 questions, every mock test, every explanation and all the analytics are free. Ads support the app. Aptly Pro is a one-time purchase that removes ads and the daily hint limit. It does not add or unlock questions, because nothing is locked. WHAT'S INSIDE - 322 original questions across 10 categories and 64 sub-topics, including India-style reasoning: blood relations, coding-decoding, direction sense, seating arrangement, Venn diagrams, clocks and calendars and data sufficiency - Step-by-step explanations, shortcuts and 46 offline formula and tips cards - Hints that reveal the shortcut before you answer - Timed mocks with score, estimated percentile and full review - CCAT-, SHL-, ASVAB / ADF-, placement- and civil-service-style presets - Useful practice for cognitive ability tests such as the CCAT and Wonderlic - Weak-area analytics, score trend and mastery badges - Bookmarks, a mistakes log and retry-wrong sets - Daily Challenge, streaks, reminders and a test-date countdown - Calculator toggle, negative marking, light and dark themes - Interface in 16 languages; questions and explanations in English Aptly is not affiliated with or endorsed by SHL, Criteria Corp (CCAT), Wonderlic, the US Department of Defense (ASVAB), the Australian Defence Force or any other test provider. Its questions are original, written in the formats these tests use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AceTest at none against Aptly's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Aptly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AceTest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AceTest | Aptly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | RUOK LLC | Gunawan Santoso |
In-app purchases
AceTest
No in-app purchases
Aptly
- Aptly Pro$7.99
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