What's New
Changelog
New features, content drops, and improvements — newest first.
- Aug 12, 2026NEW
New daily game — What's the OCT?
An eighth daily game joins the hub, and this one puts the image itself under the microscope. What's the OCT? shows you a macular B-scan and gives five escalating clues — the gross anatomic change first, then the layer-level detail, the symptom or demographic that fits, a discriminating negative, and finally the pearl that settles it — to name the diagnosis. The scans are real: they come from OCTDL, an open-access dataset of clinical OCTs, and each one was read individually rather than trusted to its folder label, so a scan filed under "vitreomacular disease" is named for the specific finding actually visible in it — a full-thickness hole, a lamellar hole, traction. The lineup covers macular holes, cystoid and diabetic edema, epiretinal membrane, pigment epithelial detachment, artery and vein occlusion, central serous, and a normal macula to keep you honest. Misses feed your boards-preparedness breakdown by finding type. It rotates alongside the other seven, and the free daily set is now 3 of 8.
- Jul 16, 2026NEW
New daily game — What's the Drug?
A seventh daily game joins the hub. What's the Drug? gives you five escalating clues — starting with the mechanism of action, then its clinical use, adverse effects, and the quirk that makes it unmistakable — to name the drug. Generic or brand name both count, because the pairing is half the battle. It's built on the NBEO drug list and extended to current practice, so Vyzulta and Vabysmo sit alongside atropine and timolol, and it covers the systemic drugs you're tested on for their ocular effects — hydroxychloroquine's bull's-eye maculopathy, tamsulosin's floppy iris. It rotates alongside the other six with its own archive and spaced-repetition deck, and the free daily set is now 3 of 7.
- Jul 1, 2026NEW
A simpler, games-first layout
The app is leaner and easier to get around. Play is now your home screen, and the separate Profile tab is gone — the parts worth keeping moved to where they fit best: your badges and any billing alerts live on Play, while your activity calendar, exam-goal countdown, and study modules now sit on the Study page. This changelog also gets its own spot, linked from the footer.
- Jul 1, 2026NEW
A gamified Study hub — board prep front and center
The Study page got a redesign to match the daily games. A new Boards Command Center puts Part I and Part III prep up top with live readiness bars, and every tool is now a colorful card. On Play, the daily "Today's Focus" checklist and the sweater giveaway are combined into one card, and light mode looks cleaner across the app.
- Jun 23, 2026
Simpler tiers — Plus lowered, Part I Sprint extended
A few pricing changes to keep things sustainable as more of you join. The free tier now gives 3 of the 6 daily games each day on a rotating schedule, and signed-in members can pin one favorite so it's always one of the 3. Plus is now $14.99/mo and unlocks all 6 daily games, their full archives, and study features. For boards, the Part I Sprint now comes in two lengths — 3 months for $149 or 6 months for $249 — the Part III Sprint stays 3 months for $149, and the Boards Bundle covers both for $699.
- Jun 23, 2026
Spaced-repetition review in the game archives
The daily-game archives are now a study tool, not just a history. Each one has an Anki-style flashcard review with mastery tracking — grade your recall (Again / Hard / Good / Easy) and each card comes back at the right moment, the same engine behind the Optics Equation deck. It's live for What's the Tx?, What's the Structure?, What's the Dx?, and Connections. Free members get a preview; Plus unlocks the full decks.
- Jun 22, 2026
New daily game — What's the Structure?
A sixth daily game joins the hub. What's the Structure? gives you five escalating clues — function, relations, blood supply, precise location — to name an anatomical structure, then keeps the teaching point for review. It rotates alongside Connections, What's the Dx?, the daily NBEO Question, Optics Equation, and What's the Tx?, with its own archive and spaced-repetition deck.
- Jun 13, 2026
More Boards prep questions & cases
The board-prep banks keep growing. The Part I question bank now tops 2000+ questions with fresh high-yield vignettes, and the Part III simulator has more standardized patient cases (63 and counting) with sharper scoring feedback. Your Boards purchase includes everything new I ship during your access window.
- Jun 11, 2026
More daily game content
New rounds across the Daily Games: additional What's the Dx? cases (now 165 total), fresh What's the Tx? treatment battles spanning 114 conditions, plus more Connections and Optics Equation sets. New puzzles reset daily at midnight ET.
- Jun 9, 2026
Faster loads across the app
I trimmed the app's critical-path JavaScript by about 25% and split the heavy game data out of the initial download. The Play hub and study tools now paint noticeably faster — especially on phones and slower connections.
- May 23, 2026
Boards is now a one-time purchase
Boards is now a one-time payment — a Part I or Part III Sprint for $149 (3 months, one part), or the annual Bundle for $600 (a full year — 12 months — covering both parts). No auto-renew, no monthly bill to cancel, no subscription anxiety while you study. Backed by a 7-day money-back guarantee. The free preview now includes 54 Part I question-bank questions and 3 Part III simulator cases, with unlimited attempts. Existing subscribers are unaffected and keep their current plan.
- May 18, 2026
Archives, now in one place
Diagnosis, Optics Equation, and What's the Tx? archives are now a single Archives page with tab navigation. Each tab lazy-loads, the layout is tighter, and switching between game histories no longer means jumping between pages.
- May 18, 2026
New Blush theme + reorganized theme picker
Blush — a soft warm-pink light theme — joins the lineup. The theme picker is also reorganized into Dark mode and Light mode groupings (replacing the old Classic/Soft split) so it's easier to find a theme that matches your preferred background.