5 apps · updated July 2026
What NCLEX prep actually costs, and what the free tiers really give you
Sticker price is the easy part. What catches people out is what expires, what renews itself, and how much of a "free tier" is genuinely usable before it asks for a card. Ours is a subscription too, and this page says so in the same table as everyone else's.
The prices
What you pay to start, and what happens next. We make NCLEX Kingdom. It is $14.99 a month like a normal product, and the free part is the first realm rather than the whole app. Anything reading "Not checked yet" is a figure we have not confirmed against the vendor and will not guess at.
| App | To start | Free tier | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCLEX Kingdom | $14.99 / month | First realm free, no account | $149.90 a year works out at $12.49 a month. First realm free with no card. |
| UWorld | $139 / 30 days | 7-day free trial | $229 for 90 days is the usual choice. Self-assessments cost $25 each on top. |
| Archer Review | From $79 | Free trial | Q-Bank and CAT: $79 for 2 months, $99 for 3, $129 for 6. All listed as promotional prices. |
| SimpleNursing | $89 / month | 5-day limited pass | Drops to about $43 a month on the 3-month plan and $32 on the 6-month. The annual Elite plan is far cheaper per month. |
| Picmonic | From $12.99 / month | 5 days free, no card | About $67 a year. A 3-month or longer plan carries an NCLEX pass guarantee. |
The part that costs nothing
You can play the first realm of NCLEX Kingdom without paying and without making an account, which is a cheap way to find out whether studying-as-a-game works on you before anybody asks for money. The rest of the kingdom is $14.99 / month.
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