Comparison

SIE Exam Prep vs SIE Exam Prep Practice Test

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

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About

SIE Exam Prep

Prepare for the FINRA SIE exam with comprehensive practice questions and timed mock exams. Features include topic-specific drills, mastery tracking, and offline access. Unlock the full question bank with a subscription or one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • 300 original practice questions
  • Topic-based drills
  • Full-length timed mock exams
  • Per-topic mastery tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Prepare for the FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam with outline-weighted practice—not random flashcards. SIE Exam Prep: Practice Test includes 300 original practice questions organized across all 30 topics in the publicly published FINRA content outline. Every question includes a written explanation after you answer. WHAT YOU GET • 300 original practice questions across all 30 outline topics • Four sections weighted 16% / 44% / 31% / 9% • Full-length mocks with 75 questions, a 105-minute timer, and a 70% in-app passing threshold • Practice by section or drill a single topic such as Options, Municipal Securities, or AML • Per-topic mastery tracking to identify weak areas • A Missed list that clears a question after you answer it correctly • Bookmarks and full-text search across questions and explanations • Post-exam answer review with a missed-question filter • Exam flags and a question grid for quick navigation • Automatic recovery of an interrupted examBUILT FOR FOCUSED STUDY • Choice order is shuffled on each attempt • Works offline after installation • No account, no sign-up, no ads, and no tracking • Progress stays on your device TRY IT FIRST 40 practice questions and a 20-question timed Quick Quiz are included at no charge. Unlock the complete question bank and unlimited full-length mocks with a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. IMPORTANT The official SIE exam contains 75 scored questions and 10 additional unscored pretest questions. This app's full-length mock focuses on the 75 scored-question portion. The SIE can be taken without sponsorship by a FINRA member firm. Passing it alone does not register or license you to conduct securities business. Unofficial study aid. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FINRA or any government agency. Questions are original and are not actual exam questions. Exam success is not guaranteed. FINRA and SIE are used only to identify the exam this app helps users prepare for. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/stdeula/

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SIE Exam Prep Practice Test

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Most finance jobs want you licensed before they will talk to you. The Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) is the one exam that does not wait for a hire. Every other representative exam, the Series 6, 7, 79 and 82, needs a firm to sponsor you, which means landing the job first. The SIE does not. Anyone 18 or older can register, and passing it is how you show a desk you are serious before you have an offer. BUILT ON THE REAL BLUEPRINT 500 questions across the four sections, weighted the way FINRA weights them: knowledge of capital markets, understanding products and their risks, understanding trading and customer accounts, and the regulatory framework. Your readiness score is weighted by that same blueprint, so it means something. A number that averages every section equally tells you nothing about an exam that does not. BUILT SO IT ACTUALLY STICKS Every question has a written explanation that says why the right answer is right AND why the tempting wrong one is wrong. Distractors are written to be defensible, not absurd, because an obviously silly option teaches nothing. Spaced review brings questions back exactly when you are about to forget them. Difficulty adapts as you improve. Six ways to work: a diagnostic that finds your starting level, untimed study by section, a full 75 question timed exam in 105 minutes, the spaced review queue, 100 flashcards for the products and account rules worth knowing cold, and 50 timed scenarios where a client asks for something and you decide: execute it, hold until something happens first, or decline. If an explanation does not land, ask for it another way: in plainer language, as an everyday analogy, why your answer was wrong, or a way to remember it. NO TRIAL. NO SURPRISE CHARGE. Most exam prep apps give you three free days, take your card up front, and charge it automatically if you forget to cancel. We do not do that. There is no trial and no card up front. There is a free tier that stays free, and a weekly or yearly subscription when you want the full question bank, unlimited mock exams and the study assistant. WORKS OFFLINE. NO ACCOUNT. Your questions, progress and review queue live on your device. Study on a train, between shifts, on a plane. No sign up, no login, no data collected. Available in English and Spanish, with the securities vocabulary a representative actually uses in each. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://practicetest.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://practicetest.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by FINRA. Securities Industry Essentials and SIE are registered trademarks of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, used here only to describe what this study aid prepares you for.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SIE Exam Prep Practice Test at 15.1 against SIE Exam Prep's 17.0. 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. SIE Exam Prep sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and SIE Exam Prep Practice Test sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SIE Exam Prep versus SIE Exam Prep Practice Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIE Exam PrepSIE Exam Prep Practice Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB40 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer福赐 林Search Ventures Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SIE Exam Prep

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Full Access$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Full Access$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Full Access$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Full Access$59.99
2 purchases

SIE Exam Prep Practice Test

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is SIE Exam Prep free?
SIE Exam Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SIE Exam Prep Practice Test free?
SIE Exam Prep Practice Test is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SIE Exam Prep or SIE Exam Prep Practice Test have ads?
Neither SIE Exam Prep nor SIE Exam Prep Practice Test shows ads.

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