Comparison

Deployed Medicine vs TC3Sim

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

Head to head
About

Deployed Medicine

This learning service supplements medical education for military personnel, focusing on tactical combat casualty care. It offers pocket guides, instructional videos, expert podcasts, and a reference repository for trauma care in deployed settings. The app works online and offline, keeping users updated with the latest information.

Highlights
  • Pocket Guides for compact learning
  • 3-minute 'how-to' videos
  • Expert podcasts with updates
  • Reference Repository for technique rationale
  • Online and offline functionality
  • In-app alerts for latest information
Features
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Deployed Medicine is an innovative learning service developed to supplement the medical education and training of U.S. military personnel, although some of the medical content could be broadly applied for use by civilian medical providers. The information contained in this app is designed to serve as a supplementary resource to reinforce prior training, and to help you deliver high quality trauma care in deployed settings. The medical content currently focuses on tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) training for combat medical personnel, and includes topics, such as hemorrhage control, airway management, hypothermia, pain control and care of wounds and splinting etc. TCCC focuses of providing the information you need to know to assess, treat and stabilize a patient at the point of injury. Additional content will be added over time to cover a broad range of military trauma training resources ranging from the most basic training, suitable for non-medical military personnel, and more advanced material for doctors, nurses and physicians assistants. Features: • Pocket Guides offer short and compact learning modules. • Videos from peers teach you “how-to” perform a skill in under 3 minutes, and other information. • Podcasts provide key updates from experts. • Reference Repository contains important reference materials or the “why” behind the techniques and information being taught. • The app is designed to work online and offline to accommodate use in the field and while traveling abroad. • In app alerts will keep you up-to-date and connected to the latest information. The Deployed Medicine app was created by a multidisciplinary team of medical, learning and software engineers in close collaboration with U.S. military experts. All medical content contained in this app was reviewed and approved by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, which is composed of trauma experts from across the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. The Deployed Medicine app is a research and development effort sponsored by the Defense Health Agency in Falls Church, Virginia.

About

TC3Sim

This medical simulation game reinforces tactical combat casualty care training through story-driven scenarios. Players assess casualties, perform triage, and administer treatments in various combat environments, learning essential procedures for military medical personnel.

Highlights
  • Tactical Combat Casualty Care training
  • Story-driven scenarios
  • Casualty assessment
  • Triage and treatment
  • Multiple military branches
  • Combat environments
Features
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TC3Sim is a serious game which teaches and reinforces Tactical Combat Casualty Care training. It uses story-driven scenarios to evaluate a learner's knowledge of the tactics, techniques, and procedures essential for a Combat Medic (68W) or Combat Life Saver (CLS). You can play as U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force personnel in various combat environments. You must complete key tasks to complete specific missions, including the ability to assess casualties, perform triage, and provide treatments to fellow soldiers.

Screenshots

Deployed Medicine4 screens
TC3Sim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TC3Sim at 3.7 against Deployed Medicine's 3.1. TC3Sim also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Deployed Medicine's advantage is review sentiment (35% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months). 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

TC3Sim holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deployed Medicine has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Deployed Medicine's written reviews are positive against 0% of TC3Sim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deployed Medicine ships an update every 2 months, TC3Sim every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deployed Medicine versus TC3Sim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeployed MedicineTC3Sim
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (15 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB613 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAllogy InteractiveEngineering & Computer Simulations Inc

Customer experience

Deployed Medicine

All ratings15 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.8%

TC3Sim

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Deployed Medicine

No in-app purchases

None

TC3Sim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deployed Medicine free?
Deployed Medicine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TC3Sim free?
TC3Sim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deployed Medicine or TC3Sim?
TC3Sim is rated higher. Deployed Medicine averages 3.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while TC3Sim averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Deployed Medicine or TC3Sim have ads?
Neither Deployed Medicine nor TC3Sim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deployed Medicine or TC3Sim?
Deployed Medicine ships an update every 2 months, and TC3Sim every 20 months. Most recently, Deployed Medicine was updated on September 26, 2026 and TC3Sim on July 7, 2026.

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