If you are searching for a MedRevisions alternative in 2026, the choice comes down to price and breadth against a polished PLAB-and-UKMLA-specific package. MedRevisions is a strong PLAB-1-and-UKMLA platform, with a large question bank, included notes, mock exams and its own AI tutor, tightly aligned to the MLA content map. iatroX offers a low-cost PLAB 1 bank with a Socratic tutor and a genuinely adaptive engine, and it covers the whole IMG journey into UK training. This guide compares the two fairly, and is honest about where MedRevisions leads.
What MedRevisions is, and why IMGs use it
MedRevisions is a PLAB-1-and-UKMLA-focused platform, helping candidates since 2019 and used by tens of thousands of doctors. It offers more than 5,400 questions aligned to the 2026 MLA content map, a Smart Note Library included with a subscription, 28 or more mock exams, weakness-targeting mocks and flashcards, a Readiness Score, and its own AI tutor, delivered as a progressive web app. Its answers are aligned to NICE, CKS and SIGN guidance. Its appeal is a polished, all-in-one PLAB and UKMLA package with notes, mocks and tight content-map alignment. For an international medical graduate, PLAB 1 is the gateway to UK practice, and the MLA content map now defines what both PLAB and the UK finals test, so tight alignment to that map is a genuine selling point. A platform that bundles questions, notes and mocks in one place also reduces the decision fatigue of assembling a study kit from scratch while preparing from overseas.
How iatroX compares
iatroX's PLAB 1 bank is on a low-cost subscription (£29/month or £99/year), and it is built around five things: a Socratic tutor that works back through the reasoning behind a wrong answer; questions mapped meticulously to the MLA content map that PLAB shares; spaced repetition; a genuinely adaptive engine that targets your weak areas; and native iOS and Android apps. It covers the exams an IMG faces after PLAB — the MSRA, MRCP, MRCEM, the PSA and more, with MRCP, MRCEM, the PSA and PARA among them free — so the same platform carries you into UK training. UKMLA, like the MRCGP AKT, is £29/month or £99/year. That pricing is worth understanding clearly: PLAB 1, UKMLA and the MRCGP AKT all sit on the same single subscription rather than being charged per exam, so an IMG pays once for the lot — including the exams that follow PLAB — rather than buying each separately.
The honest comparison
| iatroX | MedRevisions | |
|---|---|---|
| PLAB 1 | £29/mo–£99/yr | Paid subscription (free trial) |
| UKMLA | £29/month or £99/year | Paid subscription |
| Adaptivity | Adaptive engine plus a Socratic tutor | AI tutor, weakness mocks |
| Notes / mocks | Question explanations | Included notes; 28+ mocks; Readiness Score |
| Coverage | PLAB plus the rest of a career | PLAB 1 and UKMLA |
(Competitor details as of mid-2026 — confirm current pricing and content on MedRevisions' site.)
Where iatroX wins
Price for PLAB 1 is the headline: a low-cost bank versus a pricier subscription. It also covers the MSRA, MRCP, MRCEM, the PSA and more — useful the moment you move from PLAB into UK training, rather than a new resource for each exam — and it adds a Socratic tutor and an adaptive engine that rebuild reasoning, with clinical AI and calculators alongside. The Socratic tutor is especially helpful for IMGs adjusting to UK-style single-best-answer questions, where the difficulty often lies less in the medicine than in reading what the examiner is really asking.
Where MedRevisions wins
MedRevisions offers a polished, PLAB-and-UKMLA-specific package: a large question bank with included notes, a deep mock library and a Readiness Score that iatroX's bank does not bundle in the same way. It is tightly aligned to the MLA content map and has its own AI tutor, refined for these two exams, with an established IMG following and a track record specifically in PLAB and UKMLA since 2019. For candidates who want everything assembled and a number that tells them when they are ready, that bundled package and its Readiness Score are a real convenience that a adaptive bank does not package in the same way.
When MedRevisions is the smarter choice
If you want an all-in-one PLAB and UKMLA package with notes, a large mock library and a Readiness Score, and you are comfortable paying, MedRevisions is a strong primary resource. A common approach is iatroX for adaptive PLAB 1 drilling, with MedRevisions for notes, mocks and readiness tracking. Keeping the PLAB drilling cheap and paying only for the extras you actually use — the mock library, the notes, the readiness signal — is often the most cost-effective way through.
How to choose
Sitting PLAB 1 on a budget, start with iatroX — the PLAB 1 bank is on a low-cost subscription. If you want a bundled PLAB and UKMLA package with notes and mocks, MedRevisions leads there. There is no need to choose only one. Most IMGs are better served by a free backbone plus targeted paid extras than by one expensive bundle. And if you are planning to stay in the UK after PLAB, iatroX's banks for the MSRA, MRCP and MRCEM make it worth setting up early.
A few common questions
Is iatroX's PLAB 1 bank free? Not in full — the PLAB 1 bank is on iatroX's £29/month or £99/year subscription, with free sample questions; MRCP, MRCEM, the PSA and PARA are free.
Does iatroX have mock exams and notes like MedRevisions? It focuses on adaptive drilling and a Socratic tutor; MedRevisions bundles notes, mocks and a Readiness Score.
Both have an AI tutor — what is the difference? iatroX's is a Socratic tutor that works back through your own mistakes; it is low-cost for PLAB 1 and spans the whole IMG journey.
Can I use both? Yes — iatroX for adaptive PLAB practice, MedRevisions for notes and mocks.