AMBOSS Qbank for Medical Exams

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.8 5131 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5AMBOSS is great

   I have used AMBOSS for my Step 1 studying, as well as for my shelf exams. The questions are really good, and the information database (in the ‘knowledge’ app) is even better. It’s really convenient to have more info pop-up when you tap on underlined words, and links to relevant articles within answer explanations. 10/10 would recommend. Only change I would make is that the app doesn’t display the number of hammers (i.e. the level of difficulty) nor the percent of respondents who chose an answer choice the way it does on a browser.

   nshdbdkaicuvys · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5TLDR: Good app if you accept the user interface

   First off AMBOSS is gold tier. They have an incredible, extensive database. This app doesn’t really give AMBOSS though so don’t base buying a membership off this (membership is worth it just do it). This app though is giving unfinished. I think the main issue is just ui, although I appreciate the same consistency in aesthetic across AMBOSS platforms. Don’t get me wrong this is so good for doing practice questions on the fly and making things less boring. Like for example, you can hide the answers and guess before revealing them and rule them out (which the web browser version does not?). Highlighting with an Apple Pencil does not work well - when you finish a question it highlights what you should have highlighted instead of those orange/brown underlines seen in the web browser version. Also, You cannot directly access study plans made by AMBOSS through this app - you have to start a question session on the web browser before doing it on the app. The Anki card download feature thing isn’t on here either. I know this app is just for questions, but it seems like the ui flow/features should be a little more advanced given what AMBOSS has produced product-wise so far.

   Alexander H. Palacios · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5Just go back to UWorld

   You know it’s bad when capitalism has hit the med school question banks hard. Amboss used to be great when i first started using their library years ago. At one point I realized they had been charging me for 2 separate accounts for over a year and when it was brought to their attention they just gave a “whoops” kind of answer and never refunded me the full amount. The question bank has had technical issues since they created it. And their technical support has one answer “I’m sorry i can’t recreate the issue on my end” like okay but I can and I paid yall thousands of dollars for access to something I can’t access. So the last straw for me was the app never says what kind of access you have or when it expires. And today I got a popup saying I can’t access a question set that i completed, and want to review because my unlimited access expired yesterday. Mind you, I still pay for library access which should give me 50 questions a month, can’t have that now either. It should expire in April but Amboss seems really tight on cash if they’re trying to hustle money from poor medical students. With the amount of money I’ve given amboss, i could’ve paid for 5 of their “lifetime memberships” they used to offer before they sold out.

   Drsarcasm99 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 2/5Quality of experience issue

   The question bank is great and I like the integration of it with the medical knowledge bank, but there are dozens of links in every answer when I'm reviewing my test and I cannot move between questions or scroll through the answer choices without hitting one accidentally. The links should be programmed to only be work when intentionally clicked, as opposed to when my finger glides over them. Amboss additionally crashes a lot, particularly when clicking these links. The links in general are not a problem and are often helpful, but this is a real quality of life issue for me as I'm using this app on my phone. Additionally, the app verifies internet connection every time you open it whether it's on a downloaded problem set or not. It needs to verify connection and does not give up if there's a non-functional WiFi connection. This makes the app difficult to use when on a plane, for example, when you are in airplane mode but connected to limited WiFi.

   AliSnorlax · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5The Bugs!!

   I’m a big fan of Amboss (already an Ambossador), but this QBank app still needs some SERIOUS work. All the big pieces are in place, but my goodness is it buggy. I just timed myself doing practice questions for exactly 5 minutes. I made it through 2 questions but unintentionally “clicked” on underlined terms 19 times, was redirected away from the question page 6 times, and had the app crash completely 12 times. I like Amboss, and I want to recommend it to my classmates, but you guys have got to get this app cleaned up.

   JoeyCapwn · 31 Jul 2026

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