Comparison

ExplORer Live vs Surgical Serenity Solutions

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

Head to head
About

ExplORer Live

This cloud-based platform streamlines complex surgical procedures with customizable, step-by-step instructions. It enhances operating room efficiency for hospitals and aids medical device companies in market introduction. Accessible by all team members, it optimizes surgical workflows.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based platform
  • Workflow management
  • Customizable instructions
  • OR efficiency
  • Market introduction support
  • Team accessibility
Features
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ExplORer Surgical is a mobile-friendly, cloud-based software platform which provides workflow management for even the most complex surgical procedures. For medical device companies, ExplORer enables you to streamline the introduction of your device into the market. For hospitals, ExplORer helps ensure OR efficiency. With fully-customizable, step-by-step instructions and a platform accessible by all team members, ExplORer can help make your surgical processes more efficient.

About

Surgical Serenity Solutions

This app uses proprietary music, curated by music medicine practitioners, to help patients prepare for surgery. The music is designed to be calming and unfamiliar, engaging rhythmic entrainment to reduce anxiety, pain, and nausea.

Highlights
  • Rhythmic entrainment music
  • Curated by music medicine practitioners
  • Unfamiliar, calming music
  • Tested in hospitals and clinics
  • Five genre playlists
  • Continuous playback
Features
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Prepare for surgery using our patient-tested, proprietary music that engages “rhythmic entrainment.” FEATURES: -Music that has been curated and sequenced by professional music medicine practitioners for its ability to engage rhythmic entrainment -Music that has the perfect mood and tempo for calming the surgical patient, but it not familiar to the patient -Music that is not familiar is superior during surgery because music carries powerful associations that could trigger a negative memory -Music that has been tested in hospitals and dental clinics around the world and found to be exceptionally soothing and calming WHAT OUR USERS ARE SAYING: “This app is awesome! So easy to download and install. I took it to the hospital on my iPhone and they paired it with their bluetooth headphones. Music was beautiful and the knee replacement was not a trauma for me, as I feared!” “Promise fulfilled! I was so worried about having general anesthesia for my surgery, but because I was calmed with this music, they were able to do the surgery with spinal anesthesia.” “Dr. Cash, the surgery that I had for an aortic aneurysm was a complete success. The music was beautiful and the doctors and medical staff were fascinated. What was predicted to take 4-5 hours only took less than two. I was predicted to be in ICU for 3-4 days, but was discharged in 24 hours. The entire surgical team believes that the music was a huge factor. Thank you so much!” WHY DOWNLOAD: This innovative app provides the surgical patient with one of five different playlists in different genres. Each playlist is approximately an hour long and repeats continuously until playlist is stopped. Patients using this proprietary music have reported, • Less anxiety • Less pain • Less nausea and vomiting • Less opioid consumption • More positive patient experience • Faster discharge from hospital This music is also sold on pre-loaded headphones and has been used around the world for pain and anxiety management. Introducing the mobile app allows users and hospitals to provide a safer and more satisfying surgical experience, using their own or hospital-provided smart phones and blue-tooth headphons/earbuds. Classical Blend Playlist Jazz Playlist New Age Playlist Memory Care Playlist Lullabies Playlist

Screenshots

ExplORer Live4 screens
Surgical Serenity Solutions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ExplORer Live at none against Surgical Serenity Solutions's 5. ExplORer Live also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). Surgical Serenity Solutions's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Surgical Serenity Solutions sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ExplORer Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surgical Serenity Solutions holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExplORer Live has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ExplORer Live ships an update every 3 weeks, Surgical Serenity Solutions every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ExplORer Live versus Surgical Serenity Solutions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplORer LiveSurgical Serenity Solutions
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB85 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperExplORer Surgical Corp.Alice Hudnall Cash

Customer experience

ExplORer Live

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Surgical Serenity Solutions

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ExplORer Live

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Surgical Serenity Solutions

One-time5
  • 23-piece classical playlist$9.99
  • Playlist of soothing jazz$9.99
  • Playlist music of the 1920-50s$9.99
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  • new age playlist$9.99
  • 23 classic lullabies$9.99

Questions

Is ExplORer Live free?
ExplORer Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surgical Serenity Solutions free?
Surgical Serenity Solutions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ExplORer Live or Surgical Serenity Solutions?
Surgical Serenity Solutions is rated higher. ExplORer Live averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Surgical Serenity Solutions averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ExplORer Live or Surgical Serenity Solutions have ads?
Neither ExplORer Live nor Surgical Serenity Solutions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ExplORer Live or Surgical Serenity Solutions?
ExplORer Live ships an update every 3 weeks, and Surgical Serenity Solutions every 9 months. Most recently, ExplORer Live was updated on October 24, 2026 and Surgical Serenity Solutions on October 24, 2026.

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