The BTS Study Buddy App provides a digital way of practising for the CII exams, accessible on your mobile device. Available to download from the Apple and Google stores.
A common comment we hear from candidates (not ours!) is their actual exam questions were harder than the ones they had practiced on. BTS Study Buddy questions are likely to be much closer to your actual exam ones. Why?
BTS designers sit the exam every year to make sure the Study Buddy questions are as close to the real thing as possible. This means including grids and tables, extracts of calendars and wording patterns that match the real exam!
Every question in the app includes an explanation of the correct answer, so you can learn even when you get the answer wrong.
There are two volumes of questions available for each unit. There is no difference in difficulty between the two volumes, just twice as many questions to practise on!
Each volume purchased is accessible for a 120-day subscription.
The exam-style questions are designed to supplement our study guides and to help you to identify any knowledge gaps.
How can the BTS Study Buddy App help you pass your R03 exam?
Good use of the BTS Study Buddy app and the feedback, will help you to target your final revision, giving the best chance of exam success.
Study Buddy is a mobile app which allows you to practise exam-standard questions for the multiple choice CII papers.
Study Buddy is available to download on your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Search for “Study Buddy”.
Study Buddy is also available for your desktop via the web.
Yes! You can access your Study Buddy account via a web browser on your desktop.
You can use your Study Buddy account credentials to login to both the app and web version. Your purchases and progress will be synced across both platforms.
Access the desktop version here: BTS Study Buddy Web
No. To login to Study Buddy, you will need to create a Study Buddy account. Login credentials for Study Buddy are unique and may not be the same as your main BTS website login details.
Each volume of exam questions contains four times the number of questions on the real CII paper.
For R01 and R02, each volume contains 400 questions.
For R03, R04 and R05, each volumes contains 200 questions.
We have provided two volumes of questions for each R0 exam because some candidates find practising as many exam questions as possible is a great way to prepare for the exam. Two volumes gives you twice as many questions to practise on. There is no difference in difficulty between the two volumes.
One volume of R0 exam questions costs £49.99 for 120 days access.
Many of the specimen questions available on the market are not exam standard, some are either far too easy or far too difficult. The experts at BTS sit the exams every year to make sure our exam questions are as close to the real thing as we can get them. This means you can be confident that the questions in the Study Buddy are as close to exam-standard as they can be.
Each volume of exam questions contains enough questions for four unique exam papers.
Study Buddy has two main functions; you can choose to sit a full exam paper in either timed or untimed conditions, or you can ask the app to show you all questions relating to a chosen learning outcome.
Each time you ask Study Buddy to generate a full paper, the questions will be selected from the question bank to show you a different selection each time, so you see some questions you have seen before and some new ones.
Every question in Study Buddy includes an explanation of the correct answer, so you can learn even when you get the answer wrong.
You can flag questions that you are unsure of and return to them when you have finished the rest of the paper, replicating the CII exam experience.
Your attempts can be saved so you can review your progress.
Practising exam-standard questions will help you to identify your strengths and gaps in your knowledge.
Practising exam-standard questions will help you to identify your strengths and gaps in your knowledge.
When you sign into Study Buddy, you can view 10 sample R01 questions. This will give you an idea of how the Study Buddy works, the style of the questions, and the way the rationales for the answers are given.
I’m pleased to say I sat my R03 exam yesterday for the first time & passed! Your Study Buddy App helped me the most, I downloaded both volumes and it’s the best thing out there. I wouldn’t have got the mark I did if it wasn’t for practising the exam style questions on the Study Buddy App.
Special shout out to Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd for their amazing study guide. Seriously if you want to finish R05 in record time with a high mark get their book and run through the Study Buddy app exams.
I’m over the moon to have passed the Financial Protection (R05) exam this morning. I can’t thank Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd enough for the great Study Buddy app. This was definitely a massive help for this achievement.
I am so pleased to share that I passed R04 over the weekend! I could not recommend enough the Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd Study Guide, Workshop and Study Buddy app! They give you all the information & the tools you need to know to pass R04 in a way that is actually memorable and easy to digest! Now on to R06 and the last push to become Diploma qualified!
So pleased to have passed my R04 exam this morning first time with 82%. A huge thank you to Luiza Todd FPFS CFP and Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd who provided a fantastic two-day R04 Workshop as well as their Study Guides and Study Buddy app. Their resources made a huge difference to my revision, and overall understanding. One more to go until I’m qualified!
Thrilled to pass another RO exam with help from BTS. I’ve used their Study Buddy app for every exam. I just did the RO4 exam & questions were parallel to the exam – this resource is a must! I also purchased the Study Planner for this exam. When reading the CII study text my head was all over the place, the study planner explained things simply, I only had to read things once to understand. I’ve done two courses for RO1 & RO3, which really helped too. Now on to RO6 my last exam! Thank you BTS I couldn’t have done it without you!
So pleased to say I am now halfway through my CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning exams. Having completed R01, R02 & now R03, next I will focus on R04 Pensions & Retirement Planning. The Study Buddy app from Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd was a big help in passing R03. It’s great to have both the answers and explanations for practice questions, especially for those that include calculations!
Absolutely delighted to have passed R03 earlier this afternoon following many, many hours of remote studying as an independent student. A big thank you to Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd for their learning resources, specifically their Study Buddy app which I found a huge help in preparing for the exam.
Happy to have passed R03 today, before R06 next month. Again, thanks to Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd for their great study materials and R0 Study Buddy App – can’t recommend them enough!
The most important aspect for me when it comes to learning is that the study is engaging & really knowing what areas to focus on, & these are elements BTS have got down to a T. For my R03 prep, I used their Study Guide, Study Buddy App question bank & Workshop, by the time of my R03 exam – I was more than ready. I never expected the R03 workshop on tax to be fun but it really was! A huge thank you to BTS! It would have been easy to drown in the R03 textbook, miss key tips, techniques & areas to focus on without them.
I passed the R02 exam today after taking your Workshop A lot of the content from this course was needed in the exam and Scored 86%. The Study buddy app was invaluable. Worth its weight in gold. See you for R04!
Thank you for all your help over the past 2 days. I sat the R02 exam this morning and am pleased to say I passed on my first attempt! The R0 Study Buddy App was invaluable (along with the Workshop) in getting me ready.
I took my RO1 exam Tuesday and scored 85%. Just wanted to say that I found the workshop very helpful, going through the tougher sections from the BTS book and the exam questions were similar to those on the BTS Study Buddy App which I had made good use of.
I passed my R01 yesterday with 77 & it definitely wouldn’t have been achievable or that comfortable without BTS! The Study Guide & the Study Buddy App transformed my learning after attempting to go through the CII textbook (wouldn’t wish that to anyone as a learning method!!). In the end I felt so confident leading up to the exam that the week before I felt like I barely did any revision, which was a strange feeling – but testament to how BTS prepared me for it!
BTS Study Buddy is also available via the web, providing a way of practising for the CII exams on your desktop.
If you prefer to work on your desktop, Study Buddy web allows you to login to your Study Buddy account via a browser.
Just like in the app version, you can purchase volumes of questions and take exams via Study Buddy web. Every question includes an explanation of the correct answer, so you can learn even when you get the answer wrong.
Purchases and progress are visible in both the app and web version of your Study Buddy account, so you can start your exam practice at your desktop and pick up on your mobile, and vice versa.
There are two volumes of questions available for each unit. There is no difference in difficulty between the two volumes, just twice as many questions to practise on!
Each volume purchased is accessible for a 120-day subscription.
The exam-style questions are designed to supplement our study guides and to help you to identify any knowledge gaps.
How can the BTS Study Buddy help you pass your exam?
Good use of BTS Study Buddy and the feedback, will help you to target your final revision, giving the best chance of exam success.
Study Buddy web allows you to practise exam-standard questions for the multiple choice CII papers on your desktop via the web.
Study Buddy is available for your desktop via the web.
Study Buddy is also available to download on your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Search for “Study Buddy”.
Yes, but we don’t recommend using Study Buddy web on your mobile. For an optimised mobile experience, download the app on your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Search for “Study Buddy”.
You can use your Study Buddy account credentials to login to both the app and web version. Your purchases and progress will be synced across both platforms.
No. To login to Study Buddy, you will need to create an account. Login credentials for Study Buddy are unique and may not be the same as your main BTS website login details.
Each volume of exam questions contains four times the number of questions on the real CII paper.
For R01 and R02, each volume contains 400 questions.
For R03, R04 and R05, each volumes contains 200 questions.
We have provided two volumes of questions for each exam because some candidates find practising as many exam questions as possible is a great way to prepare for the exam. Two volumes gives you twice as many questions to practise on. There is no difference in difficulty between the two volumes.
One volume of exam questions costs £49.99 for 120 days access.
You can access your purchased questions via your account on the app and by logging into Study Buddy on your desktop via a browser.
Many of the specimen questions available on the market are not exam standard, some are either far too easy or far too difficult. The experts at BTS sit the exams every year to make sure our exam questions are as close to the real thing as we can get them. This means you can be confident that the questions in the Study Buddy are as close to exam-standard as they can be.
Each volume of exam questions contains enough questions for four unique exam papers.
Study Buddy has two main functions; you can choose to sit a full exam paper in either timed or untimed conditions, or you can ask the app to show you all questions relating to a chosen learning outcome.
Each time you ask Study Buddy to generate a full paper, the questions will be selected from the question bank to show you a different selection each time, so you see some questions you have seen before and some new ones.
Every question in Study Buddy includes an explanation of the correct answer, so you can learn even when you get the answer wrong.
You can flag questions that you are unsure of and return to them when you have finished the rest of the paper, replicating the CII exam experience.
Your attempts can be saved so you can review your progress.
Practising exam-standard questions will help you to identify your strengths and gaps in your knowledge.
When you sign into Study Buddy, you can view 10 sample R01 questions. This will give you an idea of how the Study Buddy works, the style of the questions, and the way the rationales for the answers are given.
I’m pleased to say I sat my R03 exam yesterday for the first time & passed! Your Study Buddy App helped me the most, I downloaded both volumes and it’s the best thing out there. I wouldn’t have got the mark I did if it wasn’t for practising the exam style questions on the Study Buddy App.
Special shout out to Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd for their amazing study guide. Seriously if you want to finish R05 in record time with a high mark get their book and run through the Study Buddy app exams.
I’m over the moon to have passed the Financial Protection (R05) exam this morning. I can’t thank Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd enough for the great Study Buddy app. This was definitely a massive help for this achievement.
I am so pleased to share that I passed R04 over the weekend! I could not recommend enough the Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd Study Guide, Workshop and Study Buddy app! They give you all the information & the tools you need to know to pass R04 in a way that is actually memorable and easy to digest! Now on to R06 and the last push to become Diploma qualified!
So pleased to have passed my R04 exam this morning first time with 82%. A huge thank you to Luiza Todd FPFS CFP and Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd who provided a fantastic two-day R04 Workshop as well as their Study Guides and Study Buddy app. Their resources made a huge difference to my revision, and overall understanding. One more to go until I’m qualified!
Thrilled to pass another RO exam with help from BTS. I’ve used their Study Buddy app for every exam. I just did the RO4 exam & questions were parallel to the exam – this resource is a must! I also purchased the Study Planner for this exam. When reading the CII study text my head was all over the place, the study planner explained things simply, I only had to read things once to understand. I’ve done two courses for RO1 & RO3, which really helped too. Now on to RO6 my last exam! Thank you BTS I couldn’t have done it without you!
So pleased to say I am now halfway through my CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning exams. Having completed R01, R02 & now R03, next I will focus on R04 Pensions & Retirement Planning. The Study Buddy app from Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd was a big help in passing R03. It’s great to have both the answers and explanations for practice questions, especially for those that include calculations!
Absolutely delighted to have passed R03 earlier this afternoon following many, many hours of remote studying as an independent student. A big thank you to Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd for their learning resources, specifically their Study Buddy app which I found a huge help in preparing for the exam.
Happy to have passed R03 today, before R06 next month. Again, thanks to Bespoke Training Solutions Ltd for their great study materials and R0 Study Buddy App – can’t recommend them enough!
The most important aspect for me when it comes to learning is that the study is engaging & really knowing what areas to focus on, & these are elements BTS have got down to a T. For my R03 prep, I used their Study Guide, Study Buddy App question bank & Workshop, by the time of my R03 exam – I was more than ready. I never expected the R03 workshop on tax to be fun but it really was! A huge thank you to BTS! It would have been easy to drown in the R03 textbook, miss key tips, techniques & areas to focus on without them.
