Airway Triage vs UPDATE SIM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airway Triage
This medical app aids healthcare professionals in assessing and stratifying airway management risks. It utilizes checklists to quickly categorize airways and identify complexity factors, offering a structured approach to patient care in various clinical settings.
- Airway assessment and risk stratification
- PHASE and HELP-ET checklists
- Complexity factor identification
- Human factors integration
- Cognitive aids
- Voice-guided time-out procedure
- Surgical airway rescue drill
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The Airway Triage App can be used for airway assessment and risk stratification by health care professionals in any clinical situation in which airway management is needed. It is a must have app for all airway managers. With the easy to use PHASE and HELP-ET checklists the airway of your patient can be triaged within a minute into basic or advanced. This is the best airway assessment method to clearly define basic airways that can be managed with basic airway management techniques by a trained person. Advanced airways should be managed by medical personnel with advanced airways skills and special equipment may be needed. Complexity factors that can make airway management challenging can be found, discussed and mitigated to make an airway management strategy and reduce risk at complications. This is the first airway assessment method that implements human factors, vital signs, clinical experience, the surgical procedure, equipment and time pressure. The app can be used in pre-assessment clinics, in the operating room environment, in the ICU and emergency department for patients > 12 years old or prior to procedural sedation. With the Circles of Life Approach you can check if you are “fit-to-fly" with this patient for this airway management procedure. Airway Triage App has great cognitive aids, for example the voice guided stop & go airway time-out procedure and the surgical airway rescue drill. The Airway Triage App is developed by the founder of the Airway Management Academy, a leading international non-profit airway organisation. This app is available in 15 languages, the default language is English.
UPDATE SIM
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New Pro skin: a more refined presentation with more room for waveforms. Adaptive design for iPhone Duo, alongside iPhone and iPad. Carry a simulated patient monitor, defibrillator, and transcutaneous pacer on your iPhone or iPad. UPDATE SIM helps instructors, universities, and simulation centers run ACLS, PALS, and emergency scenarios with a portable, bilingual tool that works without an internet connection. IDEAL FOR • Resuscitation and emergency instructors • Clinical simulation centers • Universities and healthcare programs • Hospital and prehospital teams KEY FEATURES • Vital signs monitor with ECG, SpO₂, blood pressure, and capnography • 38 cardiac rhythms for varied clinical scenarios • Defibrillation, synchronized cardioversion, and transcutaneous pacing • More than 100 preconfigured scenarios, including ACLS, PALS, PREHOSP, MAVACRIT, OBSTACRIT, EPC, and AEROCRIT • More than 50 medications with simulated physiological effects • Chest compressions with visual feedback • Spanish and English interface • Works without an internet connection • Layouts adapted for iPhone and iPad A PORTABLE TOOL FOR TEACHING AND TRAINING Organize scenarios, change vital signs, and use defibrillation and pacing functions from a single app. UPDATE SIM is designed to support practical, repeatable educational sessions. Download UPDATE SIM and bring clinical simulation to your next training room. For education and simulation only. Not a medical device and not intended to diagnose, monitor, or treat real patients. UPDATE SIM does not claim official affiliation with or certification by AHA, NAEMT, or other organizations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Airway Triage at $3.99 against UPDATE SIM's $49.99. UPDATE SIM's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Airway Triage costs $3.99 and UPDATE SIM $49.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Airway Triage ships an update every 2 months, UPDATE SIM every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airway Triage | UPDATE SIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $49.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | St Mobile Anaesthesiology Service Holland | Osvaldo Campos Carvajal |
In-app purchases
Airway Triage
No in-app purchases
UPDATE SIM
No in-app purchases









