Board Buddy USMLE

Blake Young Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch

Board Buddy USMLE is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Blake Young. Rated 4.8/5 from 22 ratings. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated November 2, 2026.

Rating: 4.8; 22 ratings
Price: Free; on the App Store
Size: 143 MB; Age 17+
Updated: Nov 2; 2026 · v1.0.41

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About Board Buddy USMLE

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

Ratings & reviews

4.8

22 ratings

5 ★ 91% 4 ★ 0% 3 ★ 5% 2 ★ 5% 1 ★ 0%

What’s new

Version 1.0.41 · Updated November 2, 2026

A smoother start and a lot of polish across the games. • New-student tour that gets you into your first game in seconds • Belly & Bowel: side-by-side comparison of your answer and the correct one, lab values with normal ranges, clearer hints, reference images, and a cleaner game-over screen on iPhone and iPad • Your Focus garden: Ivy waters the plants and harvests grow your counter • Profile reorganized into clear sections, with an easy way to rate the app or send feedback • Faster switching between Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 3 • Stays signed in while you're offline • Fixes for crashes, frozen picture quizzes and broken images

App privacy

The developer, Blake Young, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Contact Info: Email Address, Name, Phone Number
Financial Info: Payment Info
Identifiers: User ID

Used for: Product Personalization, App Functionality

App details

Board Buddy USMLE is a free Education app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Blake Young. It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 15.1 or later and is 143 MB to download. It was first released on March 16, 2026 and last updated on November 2, 2026.

Category: Education
Rating: 4.8 / 5 (22 ratings)
Price: Free
Version: 1.0.41
Size: 143 MB
Requires: iOS 15.1 or later
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Languages: English
Age rating: 17+
Released: March 16, 2026
Last updated: November 2, 2026
Developer: Blake Young

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