Becker’s CPA Exam Review 4+

I don’t know anyone who thinks studying for the CPA is fun. BUT... I 100% think studying is much more enjoyable when I can take my quizzes, ebook, and lectures out to the park, pool, the car etc on an iPad instead of having to stay tethered to a computer indoors all day. The program is excellent because you can download any material you need on wifi then access all of the material offline which later syncs to all your other devices to update your progress. Finding the mobile app was a real game changer for my quality of life

In response to concerns raised by other comments:
- I’ve been able to sign into three different devices at the same time no problems
- As long as you’re connected to wifi or cellular data your progress should immediately sync without issue

I like to read and write in the margins on my iPad when I am studying. I was very disappointed to learn that it is impossible to download a PDF version of the Becker textbooks onto an iPad. The only workaround is to download the book onto the app and write within the app. However the Apple Pencil software does not work with the Becker app. So you can not tap the Apple Pencil to switch from the pen to the eraser. Also if you swipe with your finger on the app it will think it’s the pen and will make a mark when you did not intend to do so. Finally, the downloaded book on the app does not maximize to the screen size of the iPad. It expands within a separate window that you have to scroll within. If you accidentally touch outside the window the book will close.

For the price paid it should be easy to access my material and study the way I want to study. I have a Ninja subscription and they allow you to download their book and notes in PDF form and I believe Gleim also allows this. Because of these reasons I regret that I chose not to go with another provider.

The app as a whole is good, but the annotated book section and it’s note taking ability needs improvement. If reading the book, it appears to have edges that make it difficult to quickly shuffle through pages and you are susceptible to closing the window (and losing written notes). The note taking is not seamless and using the Apple pen (gen2) is not great. It’s very touchy with grabbing preexisting writing. The highlight function is good, but I suspect the app is trying to do too much with all the options and causing issues. We shouldn’t have to hit the hand to go through pages either. At least make this the default then you should hit a pen to draw. There needs to be multi-point touch feature added that will help the grabbing of writing or make this a separate button.