MBSC vs SIMPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MBSC
This app provides healthcare providers with a tool to predict outcomes and VTE risk for bariatric surgery patients. It calculates projected weight loss, complication risks, and comorbidity resolution for common procedures. A VTE calculator offers risk-stratified treatment guidelines.
- Predict bariatric surgery outcomes
- Calculate VTE risk
- Project weight loss
- Assess complication risk
- Comorbidity resolution prediction
- Risk-stratified treatment guidelines
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This mobile application delivers healthcare providers an easy-to-use resource for predicting outcomes and VTE risk for bariatric surgery candidates. Predicted outcomes include projected weight loss, complication risk, and resolution of comorbidities for the most common bariatric surgical procedures. The VTE calculator provides risk-stratified treatment guidelines. The content was developed by the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC), a Blue Cross Blue Shield/ Blue Care Network of Michigan sponsored consortium of bariatric surgeons and hospitals across the state of Michigan. MBSC Member Hospitals: Beaumont Dearborn, Beaumont Grosse Pointe, Beaumont Royal Oak, Beaumont Troy, Beaumont Wayne, Borgess Medical Center, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Covenant HealthCare, Forest Health Medical Center, Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital, Gratiot Medical Center, Harper University Hospital, Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, Henry Ford Wyandotte, Hurley Medical Center, Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, Lake Huron Medical Center, Lakeland Community Hospital, McLaren Macomb, McLaren Port Huron, McLaren Regional Medical Center- Flint, Mercy Health Partners, Mercy Health Saint Mary's, Metro Health Hospital, Mid-Michigan Health – Midland, Munson Medical Center, North Ottawa Community Hospital, Oakland Regional Hospital, Sparrow Health System, Spectrum Health System, Spectrum Health Zeeland, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Oakland, St. John Providence Health System, St. Joseph Livingston Hospital, St. Josph Mercy Oakland, St. Mary Mercy Hospital, St. Mary's of Michigan (Saginaw), University of MI Health System, UP Health System, Marquette, War Memorial Hospital.
SIMPL
This app facilitates workplace-based assessments for medical professionals, enabling the evaluation of entrustable professional activities within medical education settings.
- Workplace-based assessments
- Entrustable professional activities
- Medical education implementation
- Professional development tracking
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SIMPL: Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning makes it feasible to implement workplace-based assessments, including assessment of entrustable professional activities, across medical education.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SIMPL at 40% against MBSC's 0%. SIMPL also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). MBSC's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1). 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.
MBSC holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of MBSC's written reviews are positive against 40% of SIMPL's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MBSC ships an update every 4 months, SIMPL every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MBSC | SIMPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 4.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The University of Michigan | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc |
Customer experience
MBSC
SIMPL
In-app purchases
MBSC
No in-app purchases
SIMPL
No in-app purchases
