Comparison

My Virtual Surgery vs ORninja

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

Head to head
About

My Virtual Surgery

Features
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Improving your surgical skills through distant technical learning → Develop technical surgical skills through simulation training → Increase self-confidence in real surgery → Professional training material → Interface with expert key opinion leaders → Workshops and Event information Offered Courses: → My Virtual Anastomosis: continuous blended learning pathway for Anastomotic Skills → My Virtual Aortic Root: 3 AV procedures simulated on non-biological simulator → My Virtual Mitral Valve: A mitral valve repair curriculum adapted to a low-fidelity simulator Target Audience: → Any surgeon in training who will perform an anastomosis: cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, and gynecological surgery. → The first scholar before the clinical confrontation with aortic valve surgery, but also the more experienced one, interested in the valve-sparing surgery. → Scholars interested in cardiac surgery and cardiac surgical residents, in preparation of clinical valve repair

About

ORninja

This app provides a digital library of surgical instruments for training operating room support staff. It allows users to learn instrument names and functions at their own pace, and virtually assemble instrument trays for surgical procedures.

Highlights
  • Digital library of surgical instruments
  • Learn instrument names and functions
  • Virtual instrument tray assembly
  • Self-paced learning
  • Training for OR support staff
Features
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The future of operating room education is here. ORninja is a premium, modern learning platform built for anyone in scrubs. Using interactive, bite-sized learning based on today’s educational best practices, ORninja replaces boring PowerPoints and training videos with engaging experiences that improve knowledge retention. Whether you’re learning instrumentation, implants, anatomy, surgical procedures, or OR workflow, ORninja helps you build confidence before every case. Are you a sales rep, scrub tech, resident, RN, or do you work in Central Sterile or anywhere in the OR? Then ORninja is for you. Access is available exclusively through participating employers, hospitals, healthcare organizations, medical device companies, and educational institutions. An organization-issued account is required.

Screenshots

My Virtual Surgery4 screens
ORninja4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ORninja at fortnightly against My Virtual Surgery's every 39 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Virtual Surgery ships an update every 39 months, ORninja fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
My Virtual Surgery versus ORninja: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Virtual SurgeryORninja
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.3 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—21.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB51 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMeplis N.V.Ninja Solutions Incorporated

In-app purchases

None

My Virtual Surgery

No in-app purchases

None

ORninja

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Virtual Surgery free?
My Virtual Surgery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ORninja free?
ORninja is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Virtual Surgery or ORninja have ads?
Neither My Virtual Surgery nor ORninja shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Virtual Surgery or ORninja?
My Virtual Surgery ships an update every 39 months, and ORninja fortnightly. Most recently, My Virtual Surgery was updated on November 2, 2026 and ORninja on November 3, 2026.

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