Comparison

My Residency vs SIMPL

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

Head to head
About

My Residency

This mobile tool provides pediatric residents at Nationwide Children's Hospital with quick access to vital program information. It includes lecture schedules, clinical guidelines, reference books, online schedules, calculators, contact numbers, and a resident directory.

Highlights
  • Lecture schedule and attendance logging
  • Clinical guidelines and reference books
  • Online schedule and calculators
  • Contact information and department connectivity
  • Rotation information
  • Resident directory
Features
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"My Residency" – A mobile tool and guide for Resident’s at Nationwide Children's Hospital. My Residency is available by invitation only to those Pediatric Resident’s at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This helping tool is designed to provide quick access to information vital to the program. Review scheduled lecture times and log your attendance. Review clinical guidelines and reference books. Access your online schedule and online calculators. The App provides access to our phone numbers and connectivity to departments across the system, information on the various rotations, and a directory of other residents. We are one of America’s largest pediatric health care and research centers delivering care for more than one million patient visits each year. Families travel from around the nation and around the globe to access life-saving treatments – many unavailable anywhere else. We are 68 facilities extending out across Ohio and beyond. It’s the pediatric expertise every child needs. Here, the future health and potential of all children, is being shaped. Here, our doctors and researchers are revolutionizing your child’s health and the health of future generations. Visit www.nationwidechildrens.org to learn more.

About

SIMPL

This app facilitates workplace-based assessments for medical professionals, enabling the evaluation of entrustable professional activities within medical education settings.

Highlights
  • Workplace-based assessments
  • Entrustable professional activities
  • Medical education implementation
  • Professional development tracking
Features
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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.

Screenshots

My Residency4 screens
SIMPL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: My Residency at 4.5 against SIMPL's 4.1. My Residency also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). SIMPL's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 2). 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

My Residency holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIMPL has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Residency ships an update every 3 months, SIMPL every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Residency versus SIMPL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy ResidencySIMPL
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings216 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNationwide Children'sProcedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc

Customer experience

My Residency

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SIMPL

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Residency

No in-app purchases

None

SIMPL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Residency free?
My Residency is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SIMPL free?
SIMPL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Residency or SIMPL?
My Residency is rated higher. My Residency averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SIMPL averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do My Residency or SIMPL have ads?
Neither My Residency nor SIMPL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Residency or SIMPL?
My Residency ships an update every 3 months, and SIMPL every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Residency was updated on October 12, 2026 and SIMPL on October 25, 2026.

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