Blaulichtschule wins with an overall score of 8.9 to 7.1 – thanks to real police cases, a modern mobile app, and free basic access forever. Jura Online scores with a complete state-exam prep course including personal exam correction, but it addresses a different audience – law students rather than police cadets.
Gamified case training on your smartphone versus a classic online prep course in the browser – two fundamentally different learning concepts in a head-to-head comparison.
Features
The two offerings could hardly be built more differently. Jura Online is one of the widest-reaching and longest-running online prep courses on the market (since 2013): hundreds of lecture-note-style study videos cover the complete exam curriculum for the first and second state exam, complemented by individual study plans and an exam course with weekly submissions and genuine personal correction – a mentoring element Blaulichtschule simply doesn't offer. There are criticisms nonetheless: no native app experience, no gamification, and the level is sometimes criticized as too shallow in depth.
Blaulichtschule takes the opposite path: a native, gamified mobile app with 500+ real police cases and exam examples from the last 10 years, knowledge duels (Juramatch®), a timed exam simulation, and the AI trainer "Einsatzbuddy" – deliberately limited to criminal and police law, backed by Germany's largest police union (GdP) and over 20 law firms. That's not enough for a classic law degree with civil law, but a precise fit for training and duty in police service.
Value for money
Blaulichtschule is clearly ahead here: basic access is free forever and ad-free, the annual premium plan costs €49.99 per year, and there's a lifetime option for a one-time €99.99. Jura Online starts at €9.90/month for the semester package; the full package for the first state exam costs €49.90/month – almost as much per month as an entire Blaulichtschule year. To be fair: compared to in-person prep courses, Jura Online is cheap (roughly a quarter of the price of a classic course), and personal exam correction is a service a pure training app cannot replace. Anyone who needs it, however, pays another €59.90/month for the exam course Plus, which quickly drives up the total price for exam candidates.
Verdict
Blaulichtschule wins this comparison 8.9 to 7.1 – but the win needs context, because the two products partly address different audiences. For police cadets and active law enforcement, Blaulichtschule is the more complete package: real cases from everyday police work, a modern mobile app, free entry forever, and a very affordable annual plan. Law students on their way to the state exam, on the other hand, will get little out of Blaulichtschule – for them, Jura Online is the right choice with its complete exam curriculum, clear study videos, and genuine personal exam correction, though it has to accept criticism for its weaker smartphone experience and the extra cost of the exam course.
Rating in detail
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Who is each app for?
Police cadets and active law enforcement officers who want to train criminal law on their smartphone in a playful, practice-oriented way – with real cases, free entry forever, and an affordable annual plan.
Law students and trainee lawyers looking for a complete online prep course with study videos and genuine personal exam correction, at a fraction of the cost of in-person courses.
Prices & verdict
Police cadets and active law enforcement officers who want to train criminal law on their smartphone in a playful, practice-oriented way – with real cases, free entry forever, and an affordable annual plan.
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Only partly. Blaulichtschule is a gamified criminal-law app for police cadets and law enforcement, while Jura Online is a classic online prep course for law students up to the state exam. Anyone who needs the complete exam curriculum is right with Jura Online; anyone training criminal and police law specifically for police service is right with Blaulichtschule.
Blaulichtschule, by a clear margin: basic access is free forever, and the annual premium plan costs €49.99 per year. At Jura Online, the semester package alone costs €9.90/month, the full package €49.90/month – and the exam course with personal correction another €59.90/month.
No. Blaulichtschule relies on a timed exam simulation, knowledge duels, and the AI trainer "Einsatzbuddy." Genuine, personal exam correction with weekly submissions is only available at Jura Online – as the separately bookable exam course Plus for €59.90/month.
Blaulichtschule. It is a native iOS and Android app with a modern, gamified interface. Jura Online has no native app – the responsive web platform works on a smartphone, but according to practical tests, the practice questions are cumbersome to use there and really designed for desktop use.