I scored a 178 and built an LSAT “marginal gains” vocab app for studying during downtime
Hey everyone, I’m a 178 LSAT scorer and current law student, and after tutoring a lot of students for over a year now, I noticed something:
A huge amount of potential studying time gets lost because people understandably don’t want to sit down for a full practice section every single time they have free time.
So I built a small iOS app called Verbloom that’s basically designed for “marginal gains” studying – i.e, quick conditional reasoning drills and repetition during downtime (waiting in line, walking to class, between tasks, etc.). I also suggest using the GRE feature if complicated vocabulary throws you off in RC.
I want to be very clear: this alone is NOT going to magically get someone a 170+.
Real LSAT improvement still comes from:
- practice tests,
- review,
- logical reasoning mastery,
- and disciplined studying.
But I genuinely think consistent exposure to fundamental reasoning abilities and concepts throughout the day can meaningfully help at the margins over time. I have in-built adaptive drills for conditional reasoning to help speed you up on questions that test on this ability, and general LSAT vocabulary.
And considering how valuable even a couple-point increase can be on the LSAT in terms of admissions/scholarships, I tried to price it pretty reasonably. ($1.99, less than a cup of coffee)
Mostly posting because I’d honestly love feedback from actual LSAT students on what would make something like this more useful. No pressure to get it but if anyone finds this useful, then I'm happy to have helped!
I'll also be updating the app in the coming weeks with lessons about other fundamental concepts and if anyone tries it and has any specific requests, shoot me a DM! Since my 1L year is over, I'm happy to dedicate more time to this : )
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/verbloom-test-prep/id6768820535