Just my opinion as someone who took the MCAT twice and succeeded the second time.
Use TBR if you already got content down and need a challenge. They got the most passages and will definitely make you think conceptually. Use TPR if you need a foundation for content and great passages.
I used TBR the first time I took the MCAT, but you know what, it was pointless going through all the passages and reviewing them. It's a confidence breaker to get more than half the questions wrong on EVERY passage and fooling yourself into thinking "Yes, if I just do all these passages and learn from my mistakes, then I'll definitely be ready for the real deal."
I switched to TPR the second go around and, while they are less conceptual than TBR (especially for bio), I actually understood what was going on in their passages and felt I was actually accumulating knowledge from my mistakes. It's not to say that TPR has "easy" passages. And it's not to say that TBR does a poor job. They're both fantastic if they suit your needs (are you really smart or do you need to refresh your brain?) I for whatever reason felt that I learned more from TPR without getting bogged down by extraneous material that is highly unlikely to make the test.
What's more important to you: (1) studying difficult material in the hopes that you will be able to make sense of it all in time for the test or (2) understanding the most necessary foundational concepts required for the test?
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Would really appreciate help choosing prep material
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