5 Of The Best Mobile Apps To Prepare For Competitive Examinations (2024)

Smart work and hard work must go simultaneously today to bring you the success you desire in your upcoming competitive examination. On account of that, I have come up with a list of five Android/iOS apps that can play a significant role in simplifying your exam preparations for good.

So what are we still waiting for? Let’s begin without any further ado.

1. Daily Current Affairs 2017 & GK Quiz

As the name suggests, the “Daily Current Affairs 2017 & GK Quiz” app provides aspirants with a comprehensive coverage of daily current affairs topics and GK happenings.

This app can be downloaded for free from the iTunes and Google Play on your respective iOS and Android devices.

Key features:

• 2017 current affairs and GK topics that are perfect for banking, SSC and IAS examinations.

• Topics sorted on the basis of examinations.

• Current affairs and GK quizzes.

• Revision of current affairs 2016 topics.

• Weekly current affairs videos.

• Offline functionality.

• Current affairs content available in both Hindi and English.

2. Testbook

This app provides some of the best and relevant practice questions based on various Government competitive examinations including the likes of Bank SO, Bank PO (SBI PO, IBPS PO, etc.), Bank Clerk (SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk, RRB Office Assistant, etc.), SSC CGL, SSC JE, SSC MTS, LIC AAO, GATE 2018 and several other similar examinations.

The courses covered in this app are based on the subjects like:

• Logical Reasoning,

• Quantitative Aptitude,

• General Awareness,

• English,

• Banking Awareness,

• Computer Awareness,

• General Knowledge,

• Placement Aptitude, and

• Core Engineering Subjects (including the likes of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communications, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering).

This free app is available on Google Play for Android device downloads.

Key features:

• 40,000+ questions handpicked by toppers and experts.

• Includes previous year questions.

• Estimated All India Rank given for attempted tests.

• Comprehensive chapter and subject-wise modules covering the entire syllabus.

• Exam notifications.

• Bookmarking feature provided for marking tougher questions for future revisions.

• Powerful analytics for performance checks.

3. Adda 247

The Adda 247 app, by the Bankers Adda team, is made primarily for banking examinations (including the likes of IBPS, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, Bank PO, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, and other similar examinations), in general. This app’s built on a superior technology and exhibits a very intuitive and lucid user interface.

The Adda 247 app contains the following sections in all:

• Current Affairs,

• Banking exam-based study materials,

• Quizzes (based on Reasoning, Quantitative aptitude, Banking, Computer knowledge, Current affairs, General Studies, etc.),

• Magazines,

• Exam-related articles, and

• Learning videos.

This free app is available on iTunes and Google Play for iOS and Android devices respectively.

Key features:

• Study material available in both Hindi and English.

• Offline functionality.

• Daily current affairs and GK update.

• Detailed explanations.

• Comprehensive subject coverage.

• User-friendly UI.

4. Pocket Aptitude

**This app was featured in Economic Times as India’s top competitive exam preparation app.

The Pocket Aptitude app comes with a collection of QA questions and word problems that are frequently asked in various competitive examinations including the likes of:

• Campus placement exams,

• CAT, XAT, MAT,

• Banking examinations,

• GATE, MBA,

• UPSC, IAS,

• RRB,

• SSC,

• NTSE, etc.

It includes 4 practice modes in all:

• Study,

• Training,

• Challenge, and

• Quiz.

It also has a user-friendly interface that users can explore with ease.

This app’s available on Google Play and iTunes for free Android and iOS device downloads.

Key features:

• Practice tests.

• More than 2400 questions.

• Questions segregated as per topics.

• Important formulae section for easy reference.

• Detailed solutions.

• Bookmarking feature.

• Scratchpad.

5. Competitive Mantra-UPSC/IBPS

This is one of the best Android applications for preparation of UPSC, banking, and railway examinations.

Key features

• Daily current affairs articles.

• Online test simulation mode.

• Monthly question updates.

• 1000+ MCQs.

• Offline functionality.

• Quick access to important websites and other online resources.

• Handpicked questions verified by qualified subject matter experts.

• Low data utilization.

• Ease of access.

So that more or less sums this article up. Hope the list of five apps highlighted above come in handy for your purpose. Good luck!