SIMPL vs Q
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SIMPL
This app facilitates workplace-based assessments for medical professionals, enabling the evaluation of entrustable professional activities within medical education settings.
- Workplace-based assessments
- Entrustable professional activities
- Medical education implementation
- Professional development tracking
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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.
Q
This app offers real-time updates on doctor availability for families, nurses, and care teams. It integrates with patient records and communication systems to improve efficiency and patient satisfaction in healthcare settings.
- Real-time doctor availability updates
- Text message notifications
- ASCOM notifications
- Rounding schedules
- Epic EHR integration
- Improved provider efficiency
- Increased patient satisfaction
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When will the doctor be here? Q-rounds™ provides the answer for families, nurses, and care teams with real-time updates sent by text message, ASCOM notifications, and rounding schedules pushed into patients' Epic electronic health records. With an easy-to-implement and easy-to-use interface, healthcare systems can increase provider and nurse efficiency and patient satisfaction scores. Q-rounds™ can positively impact point of care and make equitable healthcare experience a reality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Q at 5.0 against SIMPL's 4.1. Q also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). SIMPL's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Q holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIMPL has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SIMPL ships an update every 2 weeks, Q every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SIMPL | Q |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc | Q-rounds Inc. |
Customer experience
SIMPL
Q
In-app purchases
SIMPL
No in-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
