AMBOSS Medical Knowledge Ratings and Reviews

Friendly PR team, but the app needs work.

I really want to give it 5 stars, but the ios app needs a lot of work. Not only can we not highlight text, we also can't increase the size of the text as far as I can tell. Combine the size of the text with no dark mode on ios and you get a pretty unpleasant experience. I'm coping with "smart invert" for now, but the other limitations remain. I love that the qbank app regardless of device allows you to curate the question bank according to so many customizable parameters. It would also be nice to have some sort of digital notebook to type notes into while studying instead of having to switch apps. I wasn't able to find any other place for step 2 clinical pharmacology, so Amboss is gold. Thank you for providing the world with this service.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your review and for sharing this feedback about our apps! We've made some exciting new changes to our Knowledge app, including the addition of Dark mode, and would be happy to explain these in more detail. Please feel free to reach out to us at hello@amboss.com - we hope to hear from you! - Ollie from the AMBOSS team

Love it but make the app better

Hi, I think amboss is an amazing resource. I am in my preclinical years and this is by far the best bang for your buck. The questions range from easy to hard, and I mean challenging your mind brain hurts hard. The explanations are fabulous and the integration between the library and knowledge is nothing spectacular but gets the job done. The reason why I didn’t give this 5 stars has nothing to do with the quality of amboss but the app doesn’t allow you to highlight key things in the passage which is a super downfall because that’s how I take my tests. Also, I only use my iPad for school so I cannot reap the benefits of using the amboss Anki add on on my iPad, which is disappointing. Overall love the app and recommend it for anyone who wants to challenge themselves and be a better doctor.

Developer Response ,

Hey Phil, thanks so much for your review. We are so glad that you love our content! The ability to self-highlight text manually in our Knowledge app is a great suggestion and I can understand why this would be so useful for you. I have passed this suggestion directly on to our Product team. In the meantime, you can use the AMBOSS Highlight feature which can be found in each of our articles. This feature will highlight the high-yield information relevant to your study objective. Please make sure to keep your study objective up to date to get the most of this feature, you can change it at any time in the Account Settings > About me section.

Our Anki add-on does not support the mobile version of Anki because of the technical limitations associated with this version of the Anki app. This is something that may change in the future, and we are looking forward to being able to build an AMBOSS Anki add-on which will be compatible with the Anki mobile app.

Looks great but

The app itself looks great. The layout looks carefully thought out. And has a lot of information. I got it through tan Instagram ad and read the reviews. I would love to try it out. But I am only a high school student. I play sports as well and do not have time for a job. I want to be an anesthesiologist and I think this app could better my study habits to help me get there. So maybe there could be a free version with add or make some of the content limited and the people with memberships get full access. I don’t know but I would really love to use the app. If not I’d keep the app until Im able to get a job in the future.

Great resource

I always have this ready to go whenever I’m doing rounds or am sitting in lecture waiting for questions to be asked - so much easier to find info on here than on Up To Date or other similar resources! Sometimes there are tiny discrepancies with first line treatments and diagnostic modalities that my attendings want me to know and that are relevant for shelf exams. Being able to add your own notes to each section is really great when that does happen or if you’re on a specialty rotation that goes farther in depth than the articles do. Just wish there was a way to add our own highlights to notes for study and review purposes

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the nice rating, Keener! We are delighted to know that you find our content useful not only in lectures but also on the wards.

Having an option to manually highlight passages in notes is certainly something that would help while reviewing this content for your exams or other tasks. Your suggestion has been passed on to our product team for consideration. I hope that this is something we will be able to add to AMBOSS in the future.

Feel free to send us a message at hello@amboss.com if you would like to further discuss this or anything else. Jakub from the AMBOSS team

Unbelievable. Exceptional.

Easily responsible for 90% of my success on wards, shelf exams, and step exams. The library articles are phenomenal for wards thanks to their clarity, brevity, and wonderful organization — you can find exactly what you’re looking for in seconds. The USMLE STEP 1 and STEP 2 Qbanks by AMBOSS are better than UWorld both in terms of questions as well as explanations which are more clear and helpful and even link to the relevant library article should you want a deeper dive. I can’t thank AMBOSS enough for their spectacular knowledge & Qbank apps. Truly next-gen medical learning.

Developer Response ,

Hi Kyle, thank you so much for your positive review and for sharing your thoughts! We are so glad to hear that AMBOSS has been a valuable resource for you both on wards and as part of your exam preparation. Our team would love to hear about your learning experience in a bit more detail, and if you have any further thoughts to share please don't hesitate to reach out to us at hello@amboss.com! - Ollie from the AMBOSS team

Best App for Medical School

Never do reviews especially for apps. This is a must have for medical student or even residents wanting to not look dumb when reading other specialty notes. Great review right before presenting a patient and good resources of peer reviewed literature for various conditions. It has got more expensive which I am hesitant to continue but if you have the money great resource. They also have a Q bank which people love but I can barely do UWORLD so I don’t use it much. They should add an orthopedic exam like they have for other specialties.

Developer Response ,

Hi Matthew, thanks for taking the time to submit this review! We are so happy to hear that AMBOSS has been an effective resource for you. We appreciate your concerns about our pricing and Qbank content, and would love to discuss these in more detail with you. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us at hello@amboss.com! - Ollie from the AMBOSS team

Everything you will ever need (one suggestion)

This is really a robust app for medical students and clinicians, I wish I had known about it earlier, the library is just amazing and qbank is really helpful to solidify your knowledge learned from the library. There is chrome extension but I really hope that you can make a safari extension for Mac too. Thanks a lot

Developer Response ,

Hello Ramyar, I am sorry that you are experiencing this issue. The font will be adjusted once you update the app to its newest version. If the font hasn't returned to normal after an update, please send us a message to hello@amboss.com and we will look into it! Jakub from AMBOSS.

Latest update starts off weird. .

Update to previous review:
The issue resolved itself. I guess it’s just a authentication process when the app updates.

Previous review:
Using iPad 7 iOS 15.7.1 Previous version interface : Flawless interaction btwn Amboss Qbank and Amboss Knowledge Current version interface: Forced interaction w safari. Qbank —> safari —> knowledge. Every time. Result = increase RAM demand = increase battery usage Bad update. Fix ASAP

Developer Response ,

Hi there, thanks for your review! We're sorry that you were having trouble with the apps, and are glad to hear that the issue has now been resolved. If you need help with anything else, please reach out to us at hello@amboss.com and we'll be happy to assist! - Ollie from the AMBOSS team

App works perfectly

The app itself works perfectly and is useful and comes in handy when it comes to looking up medical information. But please bring in dark mode..the light mode is just too blinding and stressful for the eyes especially when learning in the dark. Besides it’s 2021 and most apps these days has a dark mode by default. I hope dark mode would be brought to the app soon.

Developer Response ,

Thank you very much for the 4-star rating, it’s great to hear that you find our app so useful! In regard to the dark mode, our team is looking into this since it’s a very popular request from many users. We understand how useful this feature would be and how much more comfortable it would make using the app. I’ve already forwarded your feedback to my colleagues.

In the meantime, I’m happy to let you know that we have introduced dark mode for our desktop library and our Exam Mode Qbank on our platform. If you would like to learn more about this, feel free to reach out to us at hello@amboss.com and we’ll be happy to explain everything to you. Jose from the AMBOSS Team

The best medical App/Resource

Since I found Amboss, I made it my sole medical resource. It gives you all the necessary details in a simple and organised way. Its notes on almost every medical word makes it really easy if you have not any background on the specific topic.
I wish Amboss had video explanations for every article, it would have made it the bestest 😉

Developer Response ,

Hi Zanko, thanks so much for your positive review - we are really glad to hear that you enjoy studying with AMBOSS! We have taken your feedback on board regarding video explanations, and aim to continually expand our video resource range in the future. If you have any other thoughts, we would love to hear them at hello@amboss.com! - Ollie from the AMBOSS team