Comparison
SpecialityMCQs vs eMRCS for MRCS Part A
eMRCS is listed at £35 for four months or £45 for six in iatroX's comparison of MRCS banks (2 September 2026), with a revision note under every question; eMRCS's own site publishes no price. Here is what its site does publish, what SpecialityMCQs does differently, and the maths once MRCOG is the next exam.
Last reviewed 2 September 2026
eMRCS, in brief
As listed in iatroX's comparison of MRCS question banks (2 September 2026), eMRCS prices access at £35 for four months or £45 for six, and every question carries a revision note underneath it. eMRCS's own site (also read 2 September 2026) lists MRCS Part A and MRCS Part B, plus FRCS General Surgery through a linked site; it does not list an MRCOG bank.
Where eMRCS wins
A revision note under every question, not just the ones you got wrong, so there is context to read even when the answer was already right — as listed in iatroX's comparison of MRCS banks, 2 September 2026.
Where SpecialityMCQs differs
- All-access. The same plan that covers MRCS Part A also covers MRCOG Part 1 and 2, MRCPCH FOP and TAS, MRCPsych Paper A and B, MRCEM Primary and SBA, Final FRCR Part A and MSRA — the next exam is already included, not a second subscription.
- Blueprint-weighted sessions. The ICBSE's own published per-topic question-count table sets the mix of what you're asked, rather than an even or random spread.
- Spaced repetition. Anything you miss returns on a schedule until it sticks, rather than being seen once and left.
- Sources named. Every answer states the guideline or reference it rests on.
Content on SpecialityMCQs is written and fact-checked with AI assistance against named sources — not individually signed off by a physician, which is worth saying plainly rather than leaving unstated.
The arithmetic, once MRCOG is next
Put the numbers next to each other for MRCS Part A on its own, over a comparable four-month window: as listed in iatroX's comparison of MRCS banks (2 September 2026), eMRCS is £35 — one SpecialityMCQs plan already costs less, before counting anything else.
eMRCS's own site does not list an MRCOG bank (as read 2 September 2026), so when a trainee moves on to MRCOG, that spend covers nothing there, and a further resource has to be found from wherever it comes, at whatever it costs. A SpecialityMCQs plan is all-access from the first day: the same plan that covers MRCS Part A also covers MRCOG Part 1 and Part 2, in the same login, with nothing further to buy when the exam changes.
Common questions
Is SpecialityMCQs cheaper than eMRCS for MRCS Part A?
Over a comparable four-month window, yes: one SpecialityMCQs plan costs less than eMRCS's £35, as listed in iatroX's comparison of MRCS banks (2 September 2026). SpecialityMCQs also covers every other exam family on the platform for that price, where eMRCS's own site lists MRCS Part A and MRCS Part B, plus FRCS General Surgery through a linked site (as read 2 September 2026).
Does eMRCS cover MRCOG?
No. eMRCS's own site lists MRCS Part A and MRCS Part B, plus FRCS General Surgery through a linked site, but no MRCOG bank (as read 2 September 2026). A trainee who goes on to sit MRCOG needs a separate resource for it.
What does eMRCS do that SpecialityMCQs doesn't?
It puts a revision note under every question, including the ones you got right, as listed in iatroX's comparison of MRCS banks (2 September 2026). If MRCS Part A is the only exam ahead of you, that's a real reason to look at it.
Revise on the exam's own blueprint, weakest subject first.
SpecialityMCQs weights each session to your exam's published blueprint, tilts it toward the subject currently costing you marks, and brings anything you miss back before you would forget it. Five new questions a day are free, with no card required.
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