Hurst Review alternatives: the free path, and when to pay anyway
A structured NCLEX review course — on-demand, virtual live or in person — often bought by nursing programmes for a whole cohort rather than by individuals.
We publish 283 free practice questions across 2 exams Hurst Review also sells prep for. Below: what Hurst Review costs today, what it genuinely does better than us, who should still buy it, and where the free route is enough.
Pricing on this page was read from Hurst Review’s own site on . Prices change — check before you buy.
What Hurst Review costs
| Product | Price | What the price buys |
|---|---|---|
| QBank, 30-day access | $109 | 2,000+ NCLEX questions |
| Elevate, 60-day access | $99 | Post-review guided study plan |
| Acid Base Essentials, 90-day access | $29 | — |
What Hurst Review does better
- A taught review, not a question bank. Someone works through core content with you on a fixed schedule, which is the format most likely to get a struggling candidate over the line.
- Cohort delivery through nursing schools, so your classmates are on the same plan and the same timetable.
- Add-ons aimed at specific weaknesses, including a dedicated acid-base module.
Buy Hurst Review if
- Your school offers it as part of the programme — take it, it is already paid for.
- You failed and know the problem is content knowledge rather than test technique.
- You need external structure and a live schedule to study at all.
Use the free route if
- You are strong on content and need question volume, where a question bank beats a taught review.
- You want to check the exam's cost, eligibility and adaptive format before committing to any course.
- You want a high-yield printable summary for the final week.
Exams we both cover — free here
283 questions across 2 examsEvery link below is a live free practice test with written explanations, no signup and no card. Question counts are read from the database at build time, so they are what the page actually renders.
| Exam | Free questions | Free practice test |
|---|---|---|
| NCLEX-PN | 159 | Free NCLEX-PN practice test |
| NCLEX-RN | 124 | Free NCLEX-RN practice test |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the main Hurst review course cost?
Hurst does not publish a price for the on-demand, virtual live or in-person reviews on its public product page — only for the add-ons listed above. We will not guess at it; check their site or ask your nursing programme, which may already have a cohort rate.
Is a review course or a question bank the better buy?
A taught review helps most when the gap is content knowledge; a question bank helps most when the gap is applying knowledge under an adaptive format. If you passed your programme comfortably and still failed the NCLEX, the gap is usually the second one.
Where these figures come from
Every price on this page was read from a page Hurst Review publishes itself, on the date shown. We do not estimate competitor pricing.
Hurst Review is a trademark of its owner. This is an independent 2026 comparison published by Every Exam Prep under our editorial policy; we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a reseller of Hurst Review.