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    • Avatar of MaverickMaverick
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        14 Nov 2017 at 3:05 pm
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        Well, me again. Looks like I’m a bit over active on this forum at the moment.

        This one relates to Allen CFA – An app that seems to pop up quite a bit in the Apple store. Has anyone used this and what do we think? They don’t seem to be asking for an awful lot of money in all honesty;- a shade under $38 for 6 months of access to their Level I testbank of 6,378 “CFA 2014 / 2015” questions.

        Of course everyone will have their favourites, such as Schweiser and Elan 11th Hour. But more specifically in this case for a (very) cheap package, has anyone actually got experience of this App / Product / Company and what do we think of the offer?

        Cheers,

        Ben

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          15 Nov 2017 at 3:10 pm
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          @CFAcharterwannabe‌ is in UAE, although he just attempted the CFA L1 in June 2014…

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            15 Nov 2017 at 5:21 pm
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            Thanks @Pranav, I’ll drop him a message.

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              14 Nov 2017 at 5:06 pm
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              Hi @Maverick‌ /Ben, I haven’t used Allen myself, but have heard of quality consistency issues at times, in terms of updating of content. 

              Any one else tried/tested them before? Would love to hear more.

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                15 Nov 2017 at 2:18 am
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                Thanks @Sophie‌. They just seem ridiculously cheap when compared to the other mainstream providers out there.

                Perhaps I’ll have a punt with my $38 and let you all know. They are touting the testbank as being 2014/15, and it’s only a few $$$

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                  15 Nov 2017 at 4:08 am
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                  I’ve used it – and yes, there are certainly issues of consistency of content. For Level I I don’t think it’ll be an issue though – just use it as practice and don’t take what is said as gospel. 

                  For price – they have frequent sales. I think I got mine for £6.99 each time (and at that price, it’s a steal). 

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                    18 Nov 2017 at 5:23 pm
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                    I’ve seen their YouTube videos before. They were pretty outdated and not v useful…

                  • Avatar of MaverickMaverick
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                      15 Nov 2017 at 2:46 pm
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                      Nice one @BeanCounter‌.

                      Out of interest (and this is perhaps one that the Mods might know), are there any others out here in the UAE studying for the CFA L 1 that are out here in the emirates and registered on 300h? Might be worth trying to get a little study group together.

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