SimuSurg vs Medicalholodeck®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimuSurg
This app offers a virtual surgical environment for practicing minimally invasive techniques. It features four levels of clinical scenarios to progressively challenge users, focusing on instrument familiarity, movement control, and device operation in a simulated gaming setting.
- Virtual surgical environment
- Four progressive clinical scenarios
- Instrument familiarization practice
- Degrees of movement training
- Device control simulation
- Camera scope operation
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Minimally invasive surgery in the palm of your hand… The SimuSurg app, created by surgeons for surgeons simulates minimally invasive surgery. It provides an engaging, fun and interactive way to perform surgical skills in a gaming environment. Work through four levels of clinical scenarios designed to progressively challenge you in a virtual surgical environment. You will practice: ∙ Instrument familiarisation ∙ Degrees of movement ∙ Movement scaling ∙ Device control ∙ Cutting and object manipulation You will use: ∙ Rods ∙ Graspers ∙ Cutters ∙ Irrigation ∙ Scope – move the camera to focus
Medicalholodeck®
This app offers an immersive 3D environment for medical education and surgical training. It allows users to study detailed anatomy, analyze medical imaging in AR, and collaborate in real-time, enhancing medical knowledge and skills.
- Immersive 3D anatomical study
- Medical imaging analysis in AR
- Virtual surgical technique practice
- Real-time collaborative learning
- Detailed 3D human anatomy models
- Interactive virtual anatomy atlas
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Medicalholodeck enhances medical education, surgical training, and collaboration. Designed for medical students, doctors, and educators, it provides an immersive 3D environment to study detailed anatomical models, analyze medical imaging, and incorporate patient data. Users can practice surgical techniques, explore anatomy in depth, and collaborate in real-time, making it a comprehensive tool for advancing knowledge, refining skills, and fostering teamwork in medicine. Why Choose Medicalholodeck? Study Anatomy Gain unparalleled insights into human anatomy from any angle or scale and enhance your medical expertise. Surgical Training Teach surgical techniques using digital twins and real patient data, bridging the gap between theory and practical application. Collaborate in AR Foster teamwork and interactive learning with a collaborative platform designed for educators, and students. What is Included? Medical Imaging XR: Import, visualize, and edit medical imaging in augmented reality, supporting CT, MRI, and other scan formats for enhanced analysis and training. Anatomy Master 2: Comprehensive 3D human anatomy models for detailed study and teaching, allowing users to explore structures from any angle and scale. Dissection Master XR: Interactive virtual anatomy atlas for hands-on learning, enabling users to explore anatomy layer by layer. TeamXR: Real-time collaboration tools for multi-user sessions, perfect for group learning, virtual classrooms, and teamwork.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Medicalholodeck® at every 2 months against SimuSurg's every 29 months. Medicalholodeck® also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). SimuSurg's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Medicalholodeck® holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Medicalholodeck® has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
SimuSurg ships an update every 29 months, Medicalholodeck® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimuSurg | Medicalholodeck® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | Medicalholodeck |
Customer experience
SimuSurg
Medicalholodeck®
In-app purchases
SimuSurg
No in-app purchases
Medicalholodeck®
No in-app purchases
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