USMLE Vault
What is USMLE Vault?
The Step 1 study app built around the one book every student already owns: First Aid.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published · Updated
What is USMLE Vault and how much does it cost?
USMLE Vault is a Step 1 study app built around First Aid: every page decoded with MCQs, 2 Anki decks, a day-by-day schedule and 2 full-length assessments. It's one payment with lifetime access, no subscription. The Everything Bundle is $297, but for your first 90 minutes after you sign up, it's only $97.
Limited offer
Sign up now: for your first 90 minutes, the whole Vault is only $97
Your $97 price starts the moment you sign up.
What's inside
The First Aid Guide ›
Every one of First Aid's 646 pages decoded: Focus On, Concept Walkthrough, How is this tested?, Key Takeaways and Test Yourself MCQs. 2,534 MCQs. Renal is free.
Pass result ↗Dr. K used the NBME Booster Anki, Foundation Anki and the Vault Assessment, and passed Step 1 four weeks later.
Vault Assessment 1: 67%Mehlman self-assessment: 73%Free 120: 81%PASS
Anki ›
Foundation Anki to learn the book, the NBME Booster (forms 20 to 34) to learn the exam, plus NBME Images and NBME Pharmacology.
Pass result ↗Dr. S studied every system with the First Aid Guide and Foundation Anki, years after medical school, and passed Step 1.
50 to 55% on UWorld70 to 75% within 2 weeks75.5% on his first NBMEPASS
Your schedule ›
4 questions, then a day-by-day plan to exam day. Missed days move forward on their own.
Assessments ›
2 full-length mocks, 14 blocks of 20 questions each. Assessment 2 is free.
University ›
Video lessons for every system, the micro and pharm methods, and every free guide.
Community and Accountability Partner ›
Channels, a leaderboard and an automated accountability partner that reminds you of your tasks twice a day.
Pricing as of October 2026
One payment. Lifetime access. No subscription, ever.
$297 · one payment · $97 in your first 90 minutes
The Everything Bundle
The whole app: First Aid Guide, schedule, both Anki decks, assessments and community. One payment, lifetime access.