Comparison

SIM vs Best Built Plans

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SIM

Reinforce safety techniques taught in training with remote review and guided conversations. This app provides scripted content and animations to help users apply specific safety methods in any environment or for any task.

Highlights
  • Reinforce safety techniques
  • Remote review capability
  • Scripted content for conversations
  • Animations for technical review
  • Integrates with safety tools
Features
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We believe learning should be specific and continuous. Action after education is an integral component of behavior change. SIM integrates with other tools in your safety tool box to effectively drive culture change for sustained results. This app, produced by Safety In Motion, Inc. is designed to reinforce proprietary techniques taught in Safety In Motion® training. Each technique taught in training can now be reviewed remotely in any environment and for any task. Scripted content guides conversations related to each technique and animations deliver the technical review for how to apply a specific technique.

About

Best Built Plans

This app provides contractors and workers with practical tools and information for safe materials handling. It includes resources for planning, interactive training, and games to reinforce safe practices on construction sites.

Highlights
  • Contractor Planning Tool
  • Interactive Training & Coaching
  • Lift Coach game series
  • Downloadable resources
  • 3D graphics and animations
  • Site Planning guidance
Features
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CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training’s Best Built Plans: Build Safety Into Every Job program provides contractors and workers with practical tools and information to plan for safe materials handling while staying productive and profitable. The Contractor Planning Tool includes resources to help a contractor plan for safely storing, lifting and moving materials, as well as materials to help implement the plan at each project stage. The interactive Training & Coaching sections and the Lift Coach game series are intended to be used with and by workers to reinforce safe practices. The program features: -Downloadable spreadsheets, checklists, training resources and useful links to put into use where you work. Please note: If you do not have a pre-installed app on your device that lets you view Microsoft documents and spreadsheets, you may need to download the Microsoft Word and Excel apps. -A highly interactive training section that gives the user a chance to practice what they are learning. -Attractive 3D graphics and animations The Site Planning portion of the tool includes questions to consider and resources to help plan for safe materials handling throughout a project’s lifecycle – from preparing the bid through completing the project. It includes information on the benefits of engaging in safe practices, Excel spreadsheets, checklists, and on-site training materials to use during a construction project. The Interactive Training and Coaching sections can be used in a classroom setting or on their own to introduce the importance of planning to minimize manual materials handling, safe lifting practices, and the effects of poor lifting practices. The two Lift Coach games reinforce these practices and take the player through an interactive walkthrough of a worksite and the components that lead to safer manual materials handling. The Manual Materials Handling Contractor Planning Tool and the Lift Coach game series were developed by CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training in partnership with Simcoach, the developer. CPWR is a nonprofit that serves as the research and training arm of NABTU and as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s National Construction Center. In this capacity, CPWR works to reduce or eliminate occupational safety and health hazards faced by construction workers through research and the development of a broad array of training programs and other resources. To learn more about CPWR’s research and training programs visit www.cpwr.com.

Screenshots

SIM4 screens
Best Built Plans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Best Built Plans at 5.0 against SIM's 4.0. Best Built Plans also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). SIM's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Best Built Plans holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SIM versus Best Built Plans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIMBest Built Plans
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSafety in Motion IncSimcoach Games

Customer experience

SIM

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Best Built Plans

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SIM

No in-app purchases

None

Best Built Plans

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SIM free?
SIM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Best Built Plans free?
Best Built Plans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SIM or Best Built Plans?
Best Built Plans is rated higher. SIM averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Best Built Plans averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SIM or Best Built Plans have ads?
Neither SIM nor Best Built Plans shows ads.

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