iatroX Review: What It Does Well, and What It Isn't

Every time you search for exam tools, iatroX shows up. OSCE, MRCP, PLAB, same story. You click a comparison, and it’s on iatroX’s own blog. Neutral takes are thin. You want an outside iatroX review before paying. You’ve got a date on the calendar, so you want signal, not slogans.

This is that outside read for a UK doctor or IMG who wants specifics. What it does well, what it isn’t, and where it sits in the wider AI tool landscape. No hype or affiliate links. I’ll point to the page each claim came from.

Scope check. This won’t teach you to examine a patient or build your study plan.

Disclosure: we build Diagnosica, which competes with iatroX in the same broad market. We paid for nothing and were given nothing. Every fact here was taken from iatroX’s own live site on 12 August 2026 and is linked so you can check it.

What is iatroX?

iatroX is a UK-focused AI clinical reference and question-bank platform. It answers clinical questions, runs adaptive question banks across many exams, and adds a tutor that asks you questions back. It’s a knowledge tool. It doesn’t simulate a patient encounter.

On its own site, iatroX describes itself as AI clinical decision support, adaptive question banks, spaced repetition and a Socratic Tutor. The main parts are Brainstorm, Ask iatroX, Q-banks, CPD, Calculators, Academy, a Medicines section, Insights, a Knowledge centre and a Q&A library.

From what I can tell, it’s aimed at candidates preparing for UK licensing, Royal College, specialist diploma exams and international boards.

There’s a free tier at £0 to start as of August 2026. That includes the askiatroX clinical question tool, MRCP Part 1, MRCEM SBA, PSA and PARA question banks, free sample questions on paid exams, and progress tracking. No credit card required.

The paid plan is £29/month or £99/year as of August 2026. You get 40+ question banks across UK, US, Canadian, Australian and Italian exams, the Socratic Tutor, an AI study planner, a CPD learning studio with portfolio exports, full timed mock exams, mobile apps with offline access, and a cross-exam performance dashboard. One plan, cancel anytime, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the annual plan.

For context, Diagnosica’s Standard is £22/month or £189/year as of August 2026, and its free tier is one case a week. On annual pricing, iatroX is cheaper than Diagnosica, £99 vs £189.

This is a reference and revision product. It doesn’t offer a voice AI patient, a simulated consultation, or history-taking practice. Judging it as a simulator would be judging it for something it never claimed to be.

Where iatroX genuinely does well

• Price to value is strong: £99 a year as of August 2026 on iatroX's published pricing, or £29 a month as of August 2026. That’s cheaper than Diagnosica’s annual plan for UK cards, £189 as of August 2026. One plan. Cancel anytime, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the annual plan.
• Breadth: 40+ question banks spanning UK, US, Canadian, Australian and Italian exams under one subscription. From what I can tell, that kind of cross-exam coverage in a single plan is unusual.
• The free tier is generous: £0 to start as of August 2026, with the askiatroX clinical question tool, full MRCP Part 1, MRCEM SBA, PSA and PARA banks, free sample questions on paid exams, and progress tracking. No card required. Many competitors offer a demo only.
• Practical for working doctors: UK orientation, a CPD learning studio with portfolio exports, offline mobile apps, and full timed mock exams. Add the Socratic Tutor, an AI study planner and a cross-exam performance dashboard, and it supports longer arcs of prep rather than short sprints. That matters if you’re revising around shifts.

Where it stops

iatroX is built for written prep: AI clinical decision support, adaptive question banks, spaced repetition and a Socratic Tutor. Where it stops is simulated patients.

There’s no voice AI patient, no simulated consultation, no history-taking practice anywhere on the site. You can’t take a history from it, be interrupted by it, handle a worried relative, or be marked on communication.

For written papers that gap may not matter. For clinical exams with spoken stations, it’s the whole assessment. A question bank teaches you to recognise the right answer among five. A station asks you to produce the answer from nothing, out loud, while managing a person.

That isn’t a defect, because iatroX doesn’t claim to do stations. The failure mode is a candidate buying it expecting station practice.

One limitation of this review. We assessed the product from its live site and public materials, not a full paid subscription over a revision cycle, so treat depth-of-content judgements accordingly. From what I can tell, that’s fair.

What it costs

• Free tier
• £0 to start as of August 2026, no credit card required.
• askiatroX clinical question tool, MRCP Part 1, MRCEM SBA, PSA and PARA question banks.
• Free sample questions on paid exams, with progress tracking.
• Paid plan
• £29 per month as of August 2026, or £99 per year as of August 2026.
• 40+ question banks across UK, US, Canadian, Australian and Italian exams.
• Socratic Tutor and an AI study planner.
• CPD learning studio with portfolio exports.
• Full timed mock exams.
• Mobile apps with offline access.
• Cross-exam performance dashboard.
• One plan, cancel anytime; 7-day money-back guarantee on the annual plan.

For the breadth, this is cheap. The annual plan is the obvious buy if you want it at all. The free tier is genuinely usable. So there’s no reason to pay before trying it.

See the other half of the job A question bank tests recognition. Take a history out loud and get marked on it. Try a case free

Who should choose iatroX

If your next exam is a written paper, buy iatroX. If you sit exams in more than one country or are working through several diplomas, one subscription across 40 plus banks is hard to beat on price. If you need CPD records with portfolio export, it serves that need. Diagnosica will not substitute.

For written prep it fits: adaptive Q-banks across 40 plus UK, US, Canadian, Australian and Italian exams, full timed mocks, a cross-exam performance dashboard, a Socratic Tutor, an AI study planner, and mobile apps with offline access. The stated audience is UK licensing, Royal College, specialist diplomas and international boards.

If you want fast answers on a shift, that’s a reference task. Ask iatroX, Medicines, Calculators and the Knowledge centre cover it. If you need CPD records with portfolio export, the CPD learning studio does that unglamorous job.

It doesn’t offer a voice AI patient, a simulated consultation, or history-taking practice.

Who should look elsewhere

If you’re prepping for PACES, PLAB 2, the MRCEM OSCE, the SCA, or school OSCEs, a question bank won’t rehearse that. iatroX is built around adaptive question banks, spaced repetition and a Socratic Tutor. It doesn’t offer a voice AI patient, a simulated consultation, or history-taking practice. Honestly, this is the bit people skip.

For those exams you need something that plays the patient, lets you talk, and scores how you did. Diagnosica does that: you take a history from an AI patient by voice or text, order investigations, commit to a diagnosis and a management plan, then get a debrief and a score against a rubric calibrated to the published mark sheet.

It doesn’t do question banks, clinical reference lookup or CPD portfolios, and it doesn’t rehearse physical examination. One free case a week. If you want to see the fit, try a case free.

On price as of August 2026: iatroX is £29 per month or £99 per year. Diagnosica Standard on UK cards is £22 per month or £189 per year, so iatroX is cheaper annually than Diagnosica.

If your next exam is written and UK based, see our UK question bank comparison.

If PLAB 2 is the problem in front of you, scan the AI tools aimed at PLAB 2 before you pay anyone.

Plenty will want one of each, a bank plus a patient simulator, and that’s fine.

Bottom line

iatroX is a good, cheap, broad knowledge tool for exam prep. It is not a clinical-skills simulator.

Paid is £29/month or £99/year as of August 2026, one plan, cancel anytime, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the annual plan. On the annual plan iatroX is cheaper than Diagnosica at £99 versus £189 for UK cards. The free tier is £0 to start and includes the Ask iatroX clinical question tool, MRCP Part 1, MRCEM SBA, PSA and PARA banks, free samples on paid exams, and progress tracking, with no credit card required.

The people who get the most out of it are candidates for UK licensing, Royal College and specialist diplomas, and international boards who want breadth, spaced practice and mock timing. You get 40+ question banks across UK, US, Canadian, Australian and Italian exams, a Socratic Tutor, an AI study planner, a CPD studio with portfolio exports, full timed mocks, offline mobile apps, and a cross-exam dashboard. No voice AI patient, no simulated consultation, no history-taking practice.

This is a snapshot. I checked the site on 12 August 2026, and prices and features move quickly. If you are comparing US-oriented banks, see a comparison of the US incumbents.

If you need simulated consultations or history-taking practice, you will need a different tool. You can see what a marked case looks like.

Diagnosica is an independent educational platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party product or trademark named in this article. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Product comparisons are for educational purposes and reflect publicly available information at the time of writing, August 2026.

Educational use only. Not medical advice. AI-generated; verify clinically against primary sources.

Practise the spoken half One free case a week, scored after every encounter. Start free