Compare Picmonic Vs Pixorize

Pixorize is a visual medical school student resource designed to help students master complex medical concepts. It uses hand-drawn illustrations with audio explanations to make hard-to-learn information easier to retain.

Pixorize med school resources are good for STEP 1 studying, but only covers 600+ topics. Supplementing with another visual mnemonic-based study tool is possible (for coverage of all high-yield topics that will be covered on STEP 1), but you give up the benefit of being able to easily connect related facts across all STEP 1 topics. Also, the lack of consistent story-based characters (between pixorize and other products) may create confusion while studying, and result in lack of efficiency in remembering related facts. Selecting the right tool to study with from your first year in medical school is important to ensure you have a strong foundation for reviewing all STEP 1 topics in your second year.

Pixorize costs $249 a year for USMLE Complete ($185 for 6 months). If subscribing to Immunology, Biochemistry or Pharmacology separately, each would be $150 per year ($120 for 6 months).

Pixorize does offer free access to a few videos in each category. But most of Pixorize’s video content requires paid access with a six month or annual plan.

When it’s time to review for an exam or for STEP 1, Picmonic will be the more efficient resource across all topics given Picmonic’s more comprehensive coverage of high-yield med school topics. If you are already a subscriber of Pixorize, you can use Picmonic to fill in the gaps for coverage of the thousands of topics Pixorize does not include.

Pixorize does NOT have:

• Built-in Spaced Repetition
• Recall quizzes (play-learn-quiz)
• Customization of mnemonics
• Related Facts (to connect related topics)
• Real-life imagery
• Anki Add-On
• Mobile App
• Alignment with First Aid (so you can use Picmonic as you study First Aid page by page)

Pixorize MCAT only covers 10 topics, whereas Picmonic for Pre-Health covers 100+ topics. Check out the full list of MCAT related topics covered by Picmonic.

Pixorize NCLEX only covers 10 topics, whereas Picmonic for Nursing covers 1200+ topics. Check out the full list of nursing school topics covered by Picmonic.

While Pixorize does leverage memory science in its approach to helping med students retain hard to learn facts, only Picmonic has a randomized, double-blind, controlled study proving the effectiveness of Picmonic’s approach.