Surgical Instrumentation User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.5% of reviews
Neutral12.5% of reviews
Negative experience50.0% of reviews

~ Based on 16 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Surgical Instrumentation Safe?

Surgical Instrumentation has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Surgical Instrumentation is 69/100.

This assessment is based on 31 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.4/5.

Safety Analysis

51.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
16.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
32.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 31 App Store ratings for Surgical Instrumentation.

Is Surgical Instrumentation Legit?

Surgical Instrumentation appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Surgical Instrumentation is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Terrible

No way of studying based on type, or even specialty. Most of the buttons don’t even click other than 4 on the bottom. The only quiz is just all 384 cards at once. So bad

Rubbish search function

I type in “Mayo” , no results
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Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. Search has been improved since this review, and the app has gone through a major update overall. I appreciate you pointing this out, because search is an important part of using this app as a study and reference tool.

Bad

Trash, does not have all the instruments

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback. The app has been expanded and improved significantly since this review, with a stronger overall study and reference experience. I appreciate you taking the time to share your concerns.

App Crashes

The app continuously crashes when you try going to the “Quiz” or “Flashcard” tab, which is extremely inconvenient that I can not access those two tabs.

Response from developer

A new update has been issued and released. 1.4.3. The issue has been fixed. The new IOS update has caused problems with the application so please check for the latest release. It could be possible that depending where you are that the update will be pushed out at different times from the Apple AppStore. Thanks for using Surgical Instrumentation

The app closes itself out

Anytime you want to do a quiz or the flash cards, as soon as you click the icon, the app closes out. I gave it two stars because it does have a lot of instruments. However I mainly bought the app for the random quizzes and easy to use flash cards. Which doesn’t work.

Response from developer

*Update 10/21/19 1.4.3 Surgical Instrumentation has been approved and released. Look for it to be available soon on the App Store. Surgical Instrumentation Team Seems like this is related to an update on the device. We are currently trying to update our app to see if this will solve things. Surgical instrumentation app was fully working without errors before possible update to iOS in last few weeks. We will submit to Apple new build as a soon as possible. Thank you for using Surgical Instrumentation.

Surgical Technologist

Excellent!

Response from developer

Thank You, We are very delighted to know that Surgical Instrumentation has met your needs. Thanks Again, Surgical Instrumentation Team

Great but

It’s a good app but it’s missing types of sutures. I would request the developers to please add these too.

Response from developer

Thank you for the review and suggestion. The app has been updated many times since this post, and the overall reference and study experience has been expanded and improved. I appreciate you taking the time to share what you felt was missing.

Perhaps good database, not able to explore it (Now fixed)

I bought the app because of the good reviews, seemed like a good database, but I was not able to explore it because it freezes and closes not being able to pass letter B of the index. Either the developers do something about it or don't buy it, would be useless

Edited: much better after the last update, thanks for fixing the issue, keep up the good work
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Response from developer

Update 4/20/18 . Please download the new update 1.3.8. Update- We were able to recreate some lag in scrolling and will be releasing a new Version ASAP. Thank you for using Surgical Instrumentation Thank you for buying the Application. There is definitely nothing wrong with the App going past the index "B". We have tested on many iPhones and iPads without any problems. There could possibly be a problem with your device. What version of IOS and what device are you using to use the app? We will look into this problem and try to replicate and fix if successful. We are very sorry that you are having problems. You can request a refund from Apple if you feel this does not work for you. Thank you for using Surgical Instrumentation.

Not organized

I can not organize the items by group so I can study
The app allows you to search by name or type but not much else
Not very useful keep searching for another app
Additionally you can’t organize your quizzes or flash cards by categories

Response from developer

Thank you for the honest feedback. The app has been significantly updated since this review, including a more organized overall experience and improved study flow. I appreciate you taking the time to share where the app felt limited.

This app would have 5 stars if...

...If the instruments were divided by subject. Example: General surgery, OB-GYN,Eye etc.
It would be a lot easier to navigate and easier to focus on what we need to learn.
Other than that is is a solid app and a great resource.

Response from developer

Thank you for the thoughtful feedback. The app has been improved quite a bit since this review, and organization and study flow have been strengthened over time. I appreciate you pointing out what would have made the experience even better.

Excellent!

I’m very happy to see the developers read my review and fixed the scrolling lag. There is so much information in this one app, not only do they have a ton of instruments, there are quizzes, flash cards, and A TON of info on all departments within sterile processing. Definitely a 5 star app and worth the money! Plus, if they keep updating with more instruments then it’s a great investment. Very happy. Thank you :)
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Response from developer

Thank you for the thoughtful review and for noticing the improvements. I’m very glad the updates made the app more useful for you. Continued feedback like this has helped shape the app over time, and I truly appreciate it.

missing a lot of instruments

i bought this app to help more with the more harder trays working in SPD & it has none of the instruments that i’m looking up. different hospitals go by different names & if i’m purchasing this app to look up instruments i need help on, i would assume all names of each instrument would be listed. because clearly i’m unsure of what the instrument is, so how would i know its proper name.
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Response from developer

May I ask what instruments are missing? There are over 300. Maybe you should try a different name as the names of these instruments are the proper ones. Thank you for using Surgical Instrumentation. Claudia spd, could you please email us so that we can try to help? Thank you.

Add filter options please.

App is good for instrumentation learning images are high quality with a nice detailed caption. Two features that would really make this a 5 star app would be.

A filter option. Clamps/Forceps/Retractors. Etc..

A second filter option by cases! I feel this feature is a must need.

Response from developer

Thank you for the feed back. We are currently working on a filter option and hope to implement in the next release. Thank You for using Surgical Instrumentation.

Not downloading

I get to about 30% completion on wifi and it just stops downloading indefinitely. I deleted and retry with the same results.

Response from developer

Sorry you are having problems. All instruments are local to the app so there is no additional downloading needed after purchase. If this helped you could you please reevaluate your rating? Thank you, Surgical Instrumentation Team

Not enough instrument

Missing a lot of instruments their alias and uses 1 star

Response from developer

I seem to not understand your 1 star review as our database of instruments is one of the largest collections on the store. The app gives the correct name of the instrument and there is nowhere stated in our application that we are providing alias. Would you mind correcting your rating and review as this is damaging and could potentially deter others from an otherwise good product.

Ok.

The description for inspection still has sample text instead of an actual description, and I wish the tests were shuffled each time they're accessed so users don't have to answer the same questions repeatedly. So far the instrument list seems pretty well made though.

Response from developer

The questions are now shuffled and the sample text will be fixed in the next update. We are sorry for your inconvenience and appreciate the feedback. Thank you and please continue to use Surgical Instrumentation.