Comparison

SIMPL vs CatchUpPeds

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

Head to head
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.

About

CatchUpPeds

Features
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CatchUpPeds helps pediatricians and other healthcare professionals stay up to date with recent pediatric literature. The app searches PubMed and Europe PMC daily across a carefully curated selection of leading pediatric, related and general medical journals. Choose the topics, study designs and journals that matter to you and receive a personal overview of new articles. With CatchUpPeds you can: • Quickly review new pediatric publications • Filter by clinical topics and pediatric subspecialties • Select study designs and research phases • Open articles with a clear overview of objective, methods, results and conclusion • Read summaries in Dutch, English or Spanish • Search by title, author, abstract, topic, study design and journal • Save articles of interest • Receive notifications when new articles match your preferences Summaries are based solely on information in the article itself. CatchUpPeds does not add findings or alter reported numbers or results. CatchUpPeds is intended to help follow the literature and does not replace reading the original article or clinical decision-making.

Screenshots

SIMPL4 screens
CatchUpPeds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CatchUpPeds at every 3 days against SIMPL's every 2 weeks. SIMPL's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

SIMPL ships an update every 2 weeks, CatchUpPeds every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SIMPL versus CatchUpPeds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIMPLCatchUpPeds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperProcedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, IncSven van Egmond

In-app purchases

None

SIMPL

No in-app purchases

None

CatchUpPeds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SIMPL free?
SIMPL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CatchUpPeds free?
CatchUpPeds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SIMPL or CatchUpPeds have ads?
Neither SIMPL nor CatchUpPeds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SIMPL or CatchUpPeds?
SIMPL ships an update every 2 weeks, and CatchUpPeds every 3 days. Most recently, SIMPL was updated on October 5, 2026 and CatchUpPeds on October 15, 2026.

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