Common questions
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Getting started
I’m new here. Where do I start?
Press Start free, pick a topic, and answer. The first session is 10 questions, about five minutes, and each answer is explained. After that the dashboard always shows one thing to do next: finish a session, clear your reviews, or start a new one.
What is spaced repetition?
Reviewing something just as you are about to forget it, which makes the memory last longer each time. You don’t have to plan it: the app works out when each question should come back and puts it in your reviews that day. How it works shows one card’s calendar.
What do quests, topics and ATP mean?
The game’s words for ordinary things: a quest is a study session, a topic is one slice of the MCAT outline, ATP is the points you earn for right answers, and hints strike out two wrong answers. The full list is on How it works.
How long does it take each day?
As long as you have. A quest is about five minutes; clearing the day’s reviews usually takes 5 to 20 minutes. The scheduler is built for a short session every day.
Is it accessible?
Everything works with a keyboard and a screen reader, text meets WCAG AA contrast in both themes, results are never shown by color alone, and all motion stops if your system asks for reduced motion.
Free and Premium
What do I get for free?
Every topic, 25 new questions a day, unlimited reviews of anything you have seen, the short study sessions called quests, Daily Review and Rapid Fire, and four tabs of the Codex, the reference for structures, pathways and equations. It doesn’t expire.
Do I need an account?
No. You can study as a guest; your progress stays in your browser. A free account syncs it across devices and keeps it safe if you clear your browser.
Subscription or pass?
The monthly plan renews until you cancel. The 3-Month Pass is one payment for 90 days and never renews, which suits a single study block before test day.
How do I cancel?
If you subscribed, sign in and go to Account → Manage billing → Cancel; that button appears once you have a subscription. The 3-Month Pass never renews, so there is nothing to cancel. You keep Premium to the end of the period you paid for, and your progress stays.
The questions and the scheduler
Are these real MCAT questions?
No. They’re original, written in the MCAT’s style and tagged to the AAMC’s content categories. ATP Quest isn’t affiliated with the AAMC; use its official practice exams too.
How is this different from Anki?
Anki is a flashcard app for any subject: you build or download a deck, flip each card, and rate yourself. ATP Quest is only for the MCAT: the questions are already written and checked, they are real exam formats with an explanation for every answer, you are graded automatically, and the schedule is paced to your test date. If you already use Anki, Premium exports cards to it.
How does it decide what I see?
Each card has its own memory model. The scheduler brings a card back just before your chance of recalling it drops below 92%, puts missed cards back into the same session, and never schedules a review after your test date. More on the About page.
I think an answer is wrong.
Please tell us. Choose Report a problem in the app’s account menu, or press R, and it sends the exact question and screen. Content fixes ship quickly.
Your progress and data
I used the old ATP Quest. Can I bring my progress?
Yes. In the old app, choose Export my progress at the bottom of the home screen. Then, here, open Progress (or Account) and choose Bring progress from the old ATP Quest. It merges with what you have; nothing is overwritten.
Does it work offline?
Once a session has started, yes: answers are saved on your device and sync when you are back online. Starting a new session needs a connection.
What do you do with my data?
Run the service, and nothing else: no ads, no selling data. With an account, you can download all of it or delete your account at any time under Account → Your data. As a guest, your progress stays in your browser and Settings → Delete your data → Erase all progress deletes it. The Privacy Policy has the detail.