The app
Questions, cards, pictures and a plan.
StepLobe: study smarter for USMLE Step 1. Two NBME-style question banks, the Lobe Method flashcards, 163 visual study packs and a day-by-day plan. iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android apps: coming soon.
Features
What's inside
Two question banks
3,494 NBME-Style Bank questions (original Step 1 questions written in NBME style) plus a separate 5,000-question USMLE-Style Bank with its own history and full explanations: step-by-step reasoning, why each wrong option is wrong, high-yield pearls, comparison tables and teaching images.
Real test-day mode
14 blocks of 20 questions, 30 minutes each, at least 55 minutes of shared break time and no going back to a closed block, as on the real exam since May 2026. Plus a 4×50 NBME-style practice exam.
Exam tools that match the real thing
Mark for review, strike out, highlight, lab values, calculator and notes. Custom blocks: timed at 90 s per question, or tutor mode.
33,914 flashcards. The Lobe Method.
One fact per card with a [context] cue, a plain answer plus Why, ★ Must-know linked cards and 💡 Worth-knowing extras. FSRS with Again/Hard/Good/Easy at your chosen target retention. Study Today, by deck or section, Weak cards or Cram. Anki .apkg import/export.
163 visual study packs
Each high-yield topic has 10 picture modes (story, atlas, clinical case, label-it, trace and more), about 1,800 pictures. Smart Tape covers labels so you can test yourself.
Notebooks that quiz you
Cornell and planner templates, paper styles, photos, stickers, text and shapes. Auto-tape turns your notes into self-tests.
Study with friends
Duels, live or turn-based, via Game Center. Or race a ghost of your past run.
A plan to your exam date
Pick your exam, date and daily hours for a day-by-day plan. Today shows due reviews, Daily 10, missed questions and focus time. Exam-week mode, a final-week plan and readiness by subject.
Everywhere you study
iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac (apps coming soon), search across notes, cards and questions, a question-of-the-day widget, dark mode and iPad keyboard shortcuts.
Step 1 content
33,914 flashcards in 16 decks
One fact per card, with a [context] cue, a plain answer and Why.
3,494
NBME-Style Bank questions
5,000
USMLE-Style Bank questions
33,914
Flashcards
16
Decks
163
High-yield topics
~1,800
Pictures