Original UCAT practice on a faithful replica of the real exam screen. Get one wrong and it shows you the reasoning you missed and the trap that caught you.
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Two things decide the mark: how fast you work, and whether you know the technique behind each answer. Grinding through more questions builds neither on its own.
Most lost marks are a timing problem, not a difficulty one. Every drill runs on the real per-section clock, so the pace is familiar long before you sit down on the day.
Every answer comes with the working and the exact trap that catches people out. Understand it once and the next question of its kind stops being hard.
The questions that beat you come back on a spaced schedule until they don't. Clearing that list moves your score more than any fresh set ever will.
An original Verbal Reasoning item, marked the way everything in Tempo is: the reasoning and the exact trap, not just a tick or a cross. No sign-up to have a go.
When the Camborne pumping engine was restored in 1979, the volunteers expected the boiler to be the costliest part of the job. In the event the boiler needed only minor repairs, and it was the cracked flywheel, recast off-site to an old pattern, that swallowed most of the budget. The engine runs on open days now, though always at a reduced steam pressure.
The volunteers expected the flywheel to be the most expensive part of the restoration.
This is the whole idea, in one screen.
We rebuilt the exam environment piece by piece: the on-screen calculator, the keyboard shortcuts, the Navigator, flagging and review. By the time you sit the real one, none of it is new.
Practice takings by treatment type (£)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-ups | 420 | 465 | 510 |
| Fillings | 380 | 456 | 470 |
| Hygiene | 295 | 310 | 352 |
By approximately what percentage did fillings rise between January and February?
Formats and interfaces are replicated to the exam. Every question, passage and scenario is original, written for Tempo and never copied from any bank or provider.
True, false and can't-tell sets, plus evidence hunting. We drill the can't-tell calls hardest, because that is where most people leak marks: telling apart what the text states, what it contradicts and what it never actually says.
Data sets, estimation and the on-screen calculator. It trains you to reach for a rough estimate first and the keypad only when you truly need it, which is where the clock quietly runs away.
Appropriateness, importance and ranking, reasoned from the GMC's Good Medical Practice. Answers one step off still earn partial credit, exactly the way the real bands are scored.
Full-length papers at the exam's exact counts and timing. One clock, no feedback until the end, then a full review. Your score joins that week's leaderboard.
Prefer a quick sharpener? Mini papers give you five each in a spare ten minutes, at the same pace. Everyone sits the identical weekly paper, so the board is a fair fight.
Tempo plots your scores over time and breaks every session down by section and by skill. Instead of a vague sense that something went wrong, you get the one thing to work on next.
The exam is only one hurdle between you and an offer. Tempo carries the rest of the application with it.
Enter your GCSEs, UCAT and predictions and see where you sit against every school: strong, in range or aspirational, with contextual weighting.
A day-by-day build from the arithmetic floor to full exam conditions, so you always know what to practise next.
Themes, structure and rehearsal for the questions that repeat, written around what each school reports weighting.
The exact questions that beat you, resurfaced on a spaced schedule until they are yours.
Medicine and dentistry entry detail, with the date each dataset was last checked shown next to it.
A dedicated section for applicants sitting the UCAT for Australian and New Zealand schools.
Pick the school you are applying to and the questions shift to match what it tends to ask. Answer out loud into your mic. Tempo writes down what you said and marks the structure and the delivery, so you rehearse speaking under pressure rather than reading model answers in your head.
Content checked by doctors, dentists and medical students.
I started UCAT prep earlier than most people in Year 12 and I'm so glad I found Tempo. My mock scores went up loads over a few months and I finally understood how to actually approach each section instead of just guessing. The timing practice was honestly a game changer.
Couldn't recommend Tempo enough. I was stuck around the same score for weeks and nothing seemed to work. After a while everything just started clicking and my practice scores kept improving. The advice was really easy to understand and actually worked in the exam.
I took a gap year to reapply for medicine because my UCAT held me back the first time. Tempo made such a difference. It helped me fix mistakes I didn't even realise I was making, and my score improved by over 200 points compared to last year. I felt way more confident going in.
After a disappointing UCAT last year, I decided to get proper help instead of doing everything myself. Tempo was honestly worth it. Using it was really relaxed but super useful, and I learned loads of strategies that actually improved my score.
Honestly couldn't have asked for better. Tempo explained everything in a way that actually made sense and gave loads of useful tips I hadn't seen anywhere else. My mock scores kept going up and I felt so much more confident by the time I sat the exam. 100% worth it.
Marking runs as fixed rules on your own machine, so your answers and your weak spots never leave it. There is no model in the loop and nothing to take on trust: it shows its working every time. Export or delete your data whenever you want.
No subscription, nothing to cancel. Times tables stays free either way, and you can preview the whole app before you decide.
Launch price of £25 until 31 August, then £39. Unlock now with code UCAT18.
Illustrative. After a single hour of tutoring you have already spent what all of Tempo costs.
No. It is an independent study tool, not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the UCAT Consortium, Pearson VUE or UCAS. UCAT is a trademark of its owner, used here only to describe what this app prepares you for. All content is original.
No, and it is not sold as one. Banks give you volume. Tempo builds the speed, technique and judgement underneath a score, and tells you why each answer was wrong. It runs alongside whichever bank you already use.
No. Anyone promising a UCAT score is guessing. Tempo trains the skills honestly and shows you your progress; the result on the day is yours.
Marking runs on your device, so your practice stays with you. You can export everything or delete it at any time.
No. Tempo runs in your browser on any device, so there is nothing to install and nothing to update. Open the page, sign in and start.
There is a section for you. Tempo covers the UCAT as sat for UK, Australian and New Zealand schools.