Picmonic price and subscription cost for nursing, PA and medical school

Picmonic sells one library per program, and each library has its own price list. On October 15, 2026, the list prices returned by the same pricing service that fills the plan cards on picmonic.com were: Nursing RN and Nursing LPN $12.99 a month, $44.94 for six months, $67.08 a year and $100.56 for 24 months; Medicine (MD and DO) $24.99, $119.94, $179.88 and $287.76; Physician Assistant $27.99, $137.94, $203.88 and $323.76; Nurse Practitioner $23.99, $95.94, $167.88 and $263.76; Pharmacy $19.99, $71.94, $119.88 and $191.76; Paramedic $11.99, $47.94, $59.88 and $95.76. Certified Nursing Assistant is the odd one out at $9.99 a month, $29.94 for six months or $47.88 for a year, both longer terms billed once. The program you choose decides which library you can open, so a PA student cannot buy the cheaper nursing plan and get the PA content.

• Nursing RN and LPN: $12.99 a month
• Medicine: $24.99 a month
• Physician Assistant: $27.99 a month
• Nurse Practitioner: $23.99 a month

The longer you commit, the less you pay per month, and the drop is steep. For nursing the monthly plan is $12.99, the six-month plan works out to $7.49 a month, the annual plan to $5.59 and the 24-month plan to $4.19. For medicine the same ladder runs $24.99, $19.99, $14.99 and $11.99. A nursing student who keeps the monthly plan for a full year pays $155.88, more than double the $67.08 annual price. The 24-month plan is the best value on paper and suits a student at the start of a two-year program, but it is the only plan that does not renew on its own, so it is also the only one you cannot forget to cancel. If your NCLEX or boards date is less than six months away, the six-month plan is the sensible buy.

• Nursing per month: $12.99, $7.49, $5.59, $4.19
• Medicine per month: $24.99, $19.99, $14.99, $11.99
• A year of monthly nursing billing costs $155.88
• 24 months is billed once and does not renew

Every paid plan unlocks the whole library for its program; there are no feature tiers inside a program. Picmonic for Nursing RN lists 1,400+ mnemonic videos covering 17,000 facts with 17,000 multiple choice questions, daily spaced-repetition quizzes, NCLEX study guides, webinars and the iOS and Android apps. Picmonic for Medicine lists 2,000+ mnemonics and 24,000+ fact quizzes with USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 resources, an Anki add-on and offline mode. The Physician Assistant library lists 1,900+ mnemonics and 22,000+ questions with PANCE and PANRE study guides. Videos run two to five minutes, which is the main practical difference from Sketchy's longer scenes. What you do not get is a board-style question bank: Picmonic's questions test whether you remember the facts in each picture, not whether you can work a clinical vignette.

• Full program library on every plan
• Nursing: 1,400+ mnemonics, 17,000 questions
• Medicine: 2,000+ mnemonics, 24,000+ quizzes
• Fact recall quizzes, not board vignettes

At checkout Picmonic offers bundles with TrueLearn question banks, and they are where the price on your receipt can jump. Nursing RN plus TrueLearn's NCLEX-RN SmartBank is $59 for a month, $89.94 for six months, $109.04 for a year or $139 for 24 months of Picmonic with a year of the bank. Medicine plus TrueLearn USMLE Step 1 is $159 for a month, $369.54 for six months, $489.48 for a year and $523.04 for 24 months. PA plus TrueLearn PANCE is $99, $289.14, $369.50 or $429.44. These are real question banks, so the bundle can make sense if you have not chosen one yet. If your school already gives you UWorld, untick it.

• Nursing plus NCLEX SmartBank: $59 to $139
• Medicine plus Step 1 bank: $159 to $523.04
• PA plus PANCE bank: $99 to $429.44
• Skip the bundle if your school supplies a bank

Picmonic runs frequent sales. The one live until 5:00 UTC on October 15, 2026 took 10% off monthly plans and 25% off longer ones, which put the nursing annual plan at $50.31 and the medicine annual plan at $134.91, so it is worth checking the banner before paying list price. The standing discount is the group buy: launch or join a group and you get 15% off up front, then another 15% back if the group reaches five members within a week. The page markets that as 30% off for you and four friends, and it cannot be combined with other offers. There is also free access to the most popular videos, quiz questions and the daily quiz for five days, with no credit card required.

• Seasonal sales: 10% off monthly, 25% off longer plans
• Group buy: 15% up front plus 15% back at five members
• Five days of free access, no card needed
• Group buy does not stack with other offers

Picmonic offers a money-back promise, but it has conditions. For medicine, if you do not pass USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3 or COMLEX Level 1, 2 or 3 within one year of your subscription's expiration date, Picmonic will give you a full refund or double your access for free. To qualify you need a subscription of three months or longer (the plan cards show the guarantee on six-month and longer plans, since no three-month plan is sold today), you must have learned at least 500 Picmonics before your test date, and you must send proof of results to Picmonic within 30 days of receiving them. The PA page makes the same refund-or-double promise for the PANCE and PANRE. Monthly subscribers are not covered.

• Refund or double access if you fail
• Six-month or longer plan required in practice
• 500 Picmonics learned before test day
• Proof of results within 30 days

Picmonic is the cheaper of the two visual mnemonic libraries in every program. Sketchy Medical costs $349.99 for six months, $449.99 for 12 and $649.99 for 24, read from sketchy.com on October 15, 2026, against Picmonic for Medicine at $119.94, $179.88 and $287.76. Sketchy PA is $249.99, $349.99 or $399.99 for 15 months against Picmonic PA at $137.94 for six months or $203.88 a year, and Sketchy NP is $99.99 for three months, $149.99 for six or $249.99 for a year against Picmonic NP at $95.94 or $167.88. Picmonic's own comparison page still says Sketchy Medical costs $399.99 a year; Sketchy's checkout says $449.99. Sketchy's higher price buys a QBank and interactive patient cases, which Picmonic does not include.

• Medicine for a year: $179.88 vs $449.99
• PA for a year: $203.88 vs $349.99
• NP for a year: $167.88 vs $249.99
• Sketchy adds a QBank and patient cases

Picmonic is good at one job: making a drug side effect or a lab value stick. It does not tell you whether you can apply that fact in a four-option NCLEX or Step 1 question, and its quizzes only ask about the picture you just watched. Aspirants.ai writes new board-style questions on the exact topic you pick, explains every answer choice, and answers follow-up questions at any hour. Students keep both: Picmonic for memory, Aspirants.ai for practice once the mnemonic is in place. It costs from $24 a month billed yearly or $49 month to month, and you can cancel any time.

• New NCLEX, USMLE and PANCE questions on demand
• Every answer choice explained
• From $24/mo billed yearly, cancel any time