APSA Pediatric Surgery Library vs OHSU MViPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
This app provides comprehensive pediatric surgery resources, including up-to-date clinical information, images, and videos. It also features a powerful search tool for medical literature, allowing quick access to abstracts, citations, and full-text articles.
- Pediatric Surgery NaT resource
- Quarterly content updates
- High-resolution images and videos
- Advanced medical literature search
- Links to PubMed articles
- Custom notes and highlighting
- Visual exploration of literature
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APSA Pediatric Surgery Library contains: PEDIATRIC SURGERY NaT From presentation to procedures to long term outcomes, the Pediatric Surgery NaT resource keeps the current general surgical care of children at your fingertips. Designed for both practicing and in-training pediatric surgeons, the Pediatric Surgery NaT is updated quarterly so you’ll know what strategies, techniques and procedures are being used right now. It is written for pediatric surgeons by pediatric surgeons and contains learning objectives, images, videos and links to MOC CME and the medical literature. Participate in the NaT community of practice today by downloading this app to your mobile device or tablet so you can provide better patient care with fast access anytime, anywhere. Prime PubMed Quickly search journal articles from the PubMed database on your smartphone and tablet. Results contain abstracts, citations, and links to available full text articles that can be read on device and shared with classmates and colleagues. Additionally, Prime PubMed contains Grapherence®, an exclusive way to visually explore interrelationships and relevance in the medical literature. Features of the Pediatric Surgery Library include: • Quick-read, highly organized clinical modules and learning objectives • High-resolution images and videos • Advanced searches of the medical literature • Links to relevant PubMed articles • Full text search helps find topics fast • Custom notes and highlighting within entries • "Favorites" for bookmarking important topics Editors: Ron Hirschl, MD; David Powell, MD; John HT Waldhausen, MD Publisher: American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) Powered by: Unbound Medicine, Inc. How It Works: --------------------- • Install the app on your device. • Open the app, enter your APSA Pediatric Surgery Library username and password, then tap “Login.” • The latest content will be downloaded to your devices over your wireless connection.
OHSU MViPS
This app provides access to pediatric surgery protocols developed by Oregon Health & Science University. It links to published data to support evidence-based surgical practices.
- Pediatric surgery protocols
- Links to published data
- Minimizing Variance in Pediatric Surgery program information
- Evidence-based practice support
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Oregon Health & Science University Pediatric Surgery protocols, as part of our Minimizing Variance in Pediatric Surgery program. App provides access to protocols and links to published data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: OHSU MViPS at free against APSA Pediatric Surgery Library's free with in-app purchases. OHSU MViPS also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). APSA Pediatric Surgery Library's advantage is ratings volume (205 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for APSA Pediatric Surgery Library against 5.0 for OHSU MViPS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: APSA Pediatric Surgery Library has 205 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library ships an update every 8 months, OHSU MViPS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APSA Pediatric Surgery Library | OHSU MViPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (205 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Oregon Health & Science University Apps |
Customer experience
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
OHSU MViPS
In-app purchases
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
No in-app purchases
OHSU MViPS
No in-app purchases
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