AED Sim vs QCPR SkillReporter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AED Sim
This realistic simulator offers an authentic AED training experience with customizable prompts, sounds, and scenarios. It adheres to current CPR guidelines and provides an inexpensive way to practice using a defibrillator.
- Authentic AED simulation
- Realistic voice prompts and sound effects
- CPR metronome at 100-110 BPM
- Customizable scenario editor
- User-provided backgrounds and sound effects
- Adheres to 2020 CPR Guidelines
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Realistic AED simulator for CPR training. Built for iPhone and iPad. No ads. No tracking. ## Features - Authentic simulation of an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). Realistic voice prompts, button clicks, sound effects, graphics, animations and flashing lights. - LED displaying instructions, number of shocks, and CPR countdown timer. CPR metronome provides beats at 100, 105, or 110 BPM (beats per minute). This ensures CPR compressions at the correct frequency. - Scenario editor allows for custom or random scenarios. - All prompts, messages, timing, and voices are customizable. You can change any message or voice prompt to match any AED. - Allows for user provided backgrounds, sound effects, and even metronomes. Drop an MP3 of Staying Alive into the Metronomes directory to do compressions to the Bee Gees. - Adheres to 2020 CPR Guidelines. - Universal app supports iPad. - Great price. ## Details An AED is a device used to provide a shock of electricity to somebody in cardiac arrest (having a heart attack). Defibrillation is the definitive treatment. Knowing how to use an AED is an important skill for firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, nurses, doctors and general public. AED Sim gives people a chance to see, hear and interact with an AED. If you have ever been curious about how one operates now is your chance. The built-in scenario editor lets you create a custom scenario or it can generate a random scenario for you. Combine an iPhone or iPad and AED Sim and youʼve got an inexpensive realistic training environment for practicing CPR. No costly AED trainers needed. Designed and built by a former Canadian paramedic with 20 years of software development experience.
QCPR SkillReporter
This app provides precision training for healthcare responders practicing CPR on compatible manikins. It offers real-time feedback on ventilation and chest compressions, with detailed debriefing and saved reports for analysis.
- Real-time CPR feedback
- CPR timeline view
- Detailed ventilation metrics
- Chest compression fraction feedback
- Customizable feedback parameters
- Saved results and reports
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Designed and built for Healthcare Responders, the QCPR SkillReporter app offers a new level of precision training for treating babies, children, and adults in cardiac arrest. SkillReporter app connects to the following compatible manikins via Bluetooth Low Energy: - Resusci Anne QCPR (2018+ models) - Resusci Junior QCPR (2018+ models) - Resusci Baby QCPR (2020+ models) Learn how to identify an app compatible Resusci manikin model: https://laerdal.force.com/HelpCenter/s/article/How-to-identify-your-Resusci-QCPR-manikin-model? With the powerful combination of QCPR SkillReporter app and the Resusci QCPR manikins, instructors can help Healthcare Responders train to perfection through psychomotor skills acquisition, classroom efficiency, and individual objective feedback. Key features: - The CPR timeline view enables users to get real-time CPR feedback and observe trends simultaneously - Debrief with a scrollable timeline and drill down into scores to get additional data - Review ventilation metrics measured to the millimeter - Get detailed feedback on chest compression fraction – one of the most important components of high-performance CPR - Select guidelines and customize feedback parameters - Access saved results and reports, including saved CPR timelines and session information, and export for analysis outside of the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: QCPR SkillReporter at Free against AED Sim's $2.49. QCPR SkillReporter also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 44 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). AED Sim's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 7%) and rating (4.8 vs 2.0). On ratings volume, 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
QCPR SkillReporter is free to download; AED Sim costs $2.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AED Sim holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of AED Sim's written reviews are positive against 7% of QCPR SkillReporter's.
AED Sim ships an update every 44 months, QCPR SkillReporter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AED Sim | QCPR SkillReporter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.49 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 7.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 44 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gerry Shaw | Laerdal Medical AS |
Customer experience
AED Sim
QCPR SkillReporter
In-app purchases
AED Sim
No in-app purchases
QCPR SkillReporter
No in-app purchases
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