Surgeon's Brain vs SIMPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surgeon's Brain
Provides immediate access to general surgery knowledge for practitioners, residents, and students. Offers a logical, easy-to-follow format with up-to-date references for patient care and exam preparation.
- Immediate knowledge access
- Patient counseling and treatment
- Board examination preparation
- Logical and easy-to-follow format
- Up-to-date references
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This resource is aimed at giving general surgery practitioners, residents, and students immediate knowledge at the fingertips to counsel and treat patients seen in the clinic and emergency room, and also to prepare for board examinations and presentations. It is present in a logical, easy to follow format and includes up to date references. A must have for any general surgeon!
SIMPL
This app facilitates workplace-based assessments for medical professionals, enabling the evaluation of entrustable professional activities within medical education settings.
- Workplace-based assessments
- Entrustable professional activities
- Medical education implementation
- Professional development tracking
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SIMPL: Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning makes it feasible to implement workplace-based assessments, including assessment of entrustable professional activities, across medical education.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SIMPL at Free against Surgeon's Brain's $4.99. Surgeon's Brain's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 40%) and chart position (#180 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
SIMPL is free to download; Surgeon's Brain costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Surgeon's Brain against 4.1 for SIMPL. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Surgeon's Brain's written reviews are positive against 40% of SIMPL's.
| Parameter | Surgeon's Brain | SIMPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (10 ratings) — better | 4.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #180 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Roberts | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc |
Customer experience
Surgeon's Brain
SIMPL
In-app purchases
Surgeon's Brain
No in-app purchases
SIMPL
No in-app purchases
