# BoardVitals Medical Exam Prep

> Prepare for your medical exams with board-style cases and practice questions.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.boardvitals](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.boardvitals)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.boardvitals`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Board Vitals Inc.
- **Category:** MEDICAL
- **Downloads:** 43,075
- **Rating:** 4.94 / 5 (1,804 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-20
- **First published:** 2020-02-06
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 142 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boardvitals)
- **Website:** [https://www.boardvitals.com](https://www.boardvitals.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://auth.boardvitals.com/policy.html](https://auth.boardvitals.com/policy.html)

## Description

**BoardVitals Medical Exam Prep** offers comprehensive practice questions for over 50 medical board exams and specialties. Each question is crafted and reviewed by physicians to ensure high-quality, reliable content. Users can study efficiently using various question formats mirroring actual exams, including multiple choice, SATA, hot spot, and more. 

This extension supports offline access, allowing you to download custom quizzes and practice without internet connectivity. With flexible quiz modes like Study, Untimed Test, Timed Test, and NCLEX® CAT testing, you can tailor your preparation to fit your learning style and simulate real exam conditions. Detailed analytics on answer response times, peer rankings, and progress tracking are integrated to help identify strengths and focus on areas needing improvement. Whether you have a few minutes or hours, BoardVitals equips medical students and professionals with the tools to succeed in their exams with confidence.

## Rankings

- #319,486 — Overall
- #58 — wordpress

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.boardvitals.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users praise the app for its robust question bank, detailed explanations, and customization features that aid medical exam preparation. The intuitive interface and helpful study tools enhance the learning experience. However, multiple users report frequent crashes, especially on Android devices, and issues with offline use and saving progress. Technical glitches like missing images and unresponsive UI elements detract from usability. Some users find the rationales less comprehensive and questions overly difficult or lengthy, and desire more integrated study aids such as flashcards. Despite drawbacks, the app remains a widely recommended exam prep tool.

### Pros

- Great variety of challenging questions with detailed rationales and explanations.
- Customization options to create personalized quizzes and select difficulty levels.
- User-friendly interface, making it easy to navigate questions and explanations.
- Helpful for exam preparation with support for note-taking and flagging questions for review.
- Useful content with links to studies and recommendations from users who passed exams.

### Cons

- Frequent app crashes and instability, especially after recent Android updates.
- Poor offline functionality and failure to save quiz progress.
- Technical issues such as missing images, unresponsive answer rearrangement, and lack of landscape mode support.
- Rationales sometimes not as thorough as desired, and some questions perceived as overly difficult or lengthy.
- Limited study features like absence of built-in flashcards and difficulty copying content for notes.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.boardvitals)