SimuSurg vs My Osler
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
My Osler
Access thousands of educational modules, podcasts, quizzes, and articles for healthcare professionals and students. Includes accredited CPD Home for Australian doctors.
- Thousands of educational modules
- Podcasts and quizzes
- Articles and infographics
- Procedure and scenario simulations
- Accredited CPD Home for Australian Doctors
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FREE Healthcare EDUCATION PLATFORM & CPD Home My Osler contains thousands of modules, podcasts, quizzes, articles, infographics, procedures and scenarios for doctors, nurses, paramedics & students. You can also access Osler's accredited CPD Home if you are an Australian Doctor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimuSurg at 4.0 against My Osler's 3.0. SimuSurg also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 60%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). My Osler's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 29 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimuSurg holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SimuSurg's written reviews are positive against 60% of My Osler's.
SimuSurg ships an update every 29 months, My Osler fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimuSurg | My Osler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | Osler Technology |
Customer experience
SimuSurg
My Osler
In-app purchases
SimuSurg
No in-app purchases
My Osler
No in-app purchases
