Examplify vs vSim for Nursing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Examplify
Securely deliver and take exams on your iPad without internet access. This app prevents access to other applications and the internet during tests, supporting accessibility requirements and offering various testing tools.
- Offline exam delivery
- Restricted access to other apps
- Activity tracking
- Zoom in/out on multimedia
- Answer choice elimination
- Customizable mid-exam alarms
- Question filtering and flagging
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Examplify is the world’s only secure, offline testing application for iPad. With Examplify from ExamSoft, assessments can be delivered to students securely via iPad, without the concern of exam takers accessing other apps or the Internet during the exam. More than 1,200 educational programs worldwide use Examplify as an easy-to-use exam platform that supports the American Disability Act’s testing requirements and offers a robust lineup of testing-environment features and options including: ● Offline exam delivery, eliminating connectivity issues during the exam ● Restricted access to other applications ● Activity tracking throughout the exam ● Zoom in/out on attached multimedia ● Answer choice elimination ● Customizable mid-exam alarms ● Question filtering and flagging ● Basic and scientific calculator options This application is free to download. Students who attend schools/universities who have licensed the use of ExamSoft, with iPad accessibility enabled, may use the application.
vSim for Nursing
Enhance your clinical judgment and confidence with realistic virtual patient scenarios. This app provides an interactive simulation learning experience with integrated curriculum resources and personalized feedback, preparing you for real-world nursing practice.
- Virtual patient scenarios
- Interactive simulation
- Personalized feedback
- Integrated curriculum resources
- Point-of-care content
- Realistic communication practice
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Develop clinical judgment skills, competence, and confidence in nursing through vSim® for Nursing, co-developed by Wolters Kluwer and Laerdal Medical. Designed to simulate real nursing scenarios, vSim allows you to interact with patients in a safe realistic environment. Adaptive, interactive virtual simulations with integrated curriculum resources and personalized feedback provide a full simulation learning experience. vSim for Nursing offers: • Point-of-care content used in hospitals nationwide • An interactive, personalized simulation experience • Realistic communication, SBAR Hand-off • Improved clinical judgment skills • Real-world, evidence-based scenarios • Unique, personalized learning • Measurable success • Training support END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT VSIM MOBILE APPLICATION PLEASE READ THESE LICENSE TERMS CAREFULLY THIS APP IS TO BE USED ONLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE VSIM® FOR NURSING SIMULATION TRAINING PRODUCT MADE AVAILABLE BY WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH, INC. (“WKH”) TO ITS CUSTOMERS AND END USERS THROUGH WKH’S PLATFORM KNOWN AS THEPOINT®. THIS APP IS ONLY INTENDED FOR USE BY USERS REGISTERED ON THEPOINT. AS A COMPONENT OF THE VSIM TRAINING PRODUCTS AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR ANY OTHER USE OR FOR ANY STANDALONE USE. DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR USE THIS APP IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY REGISTERED AS A USER OF THE VSIM PRODUCT ON THEPOINT (HTTPS://THEPOINT.LWW.COM). BY DOWNLOADING AND USING THE APP YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND THE ADDITIONAL TERMS STATED IN THE WKH END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT AVAILABLE HERE HTTPS://SSO.WKHPE.COM/TERMSANDCONDITIONS AND THE WKH WEBSITE PRIVACY & COOKIE NOTICE AVAILABLE HERE: HTTPS://THEPOINT.LWW.COM/PRIVACY, COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE “TERMS”. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR USE THE APP.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: vSim for Nursing at 2.3 against Examplify's 1.6. vSim for Nursing also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Examplify's advantage is ratings volume (638 vs 7). 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.
vSim for Nursing holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Examplify has 638 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Examplify's written reviews are positive against 11% of vSim for Nursing's.
Examplify ships an update every 2 months, vSim for Nursing monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Examplify | vSim for Nursing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (638 ratings) | 2.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.0% of reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 638 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. | Laerdal Medical AS |
Customer experience
Examplify
vSim for Nursing
Bugs and requests
Examplify
Reported bugs
4 issues- Exam upload failures
- Capitalization issues when editing text
- Inability to log in on certain devices
- Exam questions not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- Allow clearing of completed exams list
- Add highlighting and annotation features
- Integrate exam scores directly into the app
- Improve calculator functionality
vSim for Nursing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Examplify
No in-app purchases
vSim for Nursing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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