Comparison

TruMonitor vs MedSimMonitor

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

Head to head
About

TruMonitor

This app offers realistic medical simulation training for healthcare professionals and students. It allows for the creation of complex patient scenarios and real-time monitoring of vital signs, serving as a valuable revision tool for exams and teaching.

Highlights
  • Realistic medical simulation
  • Vital sign monitoring
  • Scenario creation
  • Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connectivity
  • Patient parameter alteration
  • ECG rhythm changes
  • Capnography options
Features
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Medical Simulation on the iPhone and iPad. Excellent learning tool for doctors, medical students, nurses and paramedics/EMS. Undertake realistic medical simulation training without the need for expensive/high-fidelity mannequins. Perfect revision aid for life support courses, OSCE exam preparation or ad hoc teaching. Verbally create a scenario as simple or as complex as the teacher wishes. If the student has a 2nd device, connect via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and the 2nd device becomes a realistic monitor. If the student initiates appropriate management for the simulated patient, the teacher can improve the patient’s vital signs. If not... the patient can deteriorate and eventually suffer cardiac arrest. The teacher can alter multiple patient parameters as the scenario evolves: - ECG - BP - Arterial Line - SpO2 - Resp Rate - Temperature - Fingerprick Glucose - Capnography (once intubated) - End-Tidal CO2 - Lab results - Haematology/Biochemistry/Blood gases Change ECG rhythms instantly or via defibrillation/CPR cycle. Choose from an extensive list of ECG rhythms (In App Purchase required to access advanced waveforms) •Normal Sinus Rhythm •VF •VT •Asystole •Various AV conduction defects •AF •AF with digoxin effect •Torsades de Pointes •Atrial Flutter •Flutter Pause •Bigeminy •Electrical Alternans •Mild / Severe hyperkalaemia •Junctional Escape •Long QT •Multiple Ectopics •Pacemaker with and without capture •Pre-Excited AF •ST elevation / depression •SVT •Wolf Parkinson White Once intubated, multiple capnography options are available (In App Purchase Required to access advanced waveforms) •Normal Breathing •Rebreathing •Obstructive Breathing •Apnoea •Breathing System Disconnection •Malignant Hyperpyrexia •Inadequate Paralysis •Acute Loss of Cardiac Output

About

MedSimMonitor

Features
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MedSimMonitor is a lightweight, offline-first simulation monitoring app designed for healthcare training in low-resource and limited-resource environments. It transforms your iPhone or iPad into a realistic patient monitor for medical simulation sessions, allowing instructors to manually control physiological parameters in real time. No expensive hardware. No complex infrastructure. No internet dependency. Just practical, accessible simulation.

Screenshots

TruMonitor4 screens
MedSimMonitor3 screens

Verdict

The call

TruMonitor and MedSimMonitor are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TruMonitor ships an update monthly, MedSimMonitor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TruMonitor versus MedSimMonitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTruMonitorMedSimMonitor
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTrucorp LtdNesarajah Solutions

In-app purchases

None

TruMonitor

No in-app purchases

None

MedSimMonitor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TruMonitor free?
TruMonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedSimMonitor free?
MedSimMonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TruMonitor or MedSimMonitor have ads?
Neither TruMonitor nor MedSimMonitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TruMonitor or MedSimMonitor?
TruMonitor ships an update monthly, and MedSimMonitor every 2 months. Most recently, TruMonitor was updated on October 29, 2026 and MedSimMonitor on October 25, 2026.

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