Comparison

AED Sim vs OneDose

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

OneDose

This platform streamlines emergency medical care from dispatch to hospital. It offers protocol management, clinical support, and a unique stretcher scale for precise dosing and consistent treatment. Empowering providers for safer, smarter, and more efficient care.

Highlights
  • Protocol management
  • Clinical support
  • Stretcher scale
  • Precision dosing
  • Simplified protocol adherence
Features
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OneDose is the patient-care platform designed to streamline emergency care from dispatch to hospital handoff. Combining protocol management, clinical support, and a novel stretcher scale, the platform enhances patient care through precision dosing, consistent treatment, and simplified protocol adherence—empowering providers and administrators to deliver safer, smarter, and more efficient care when seconds matter most.

Screenshots

AED Sim4 screens
OneDose3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OneDose at Free against AED Sim's $2.49. OneDose also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 44 months). AED Sim's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

OneDose is free to download; AED Sim costs $2.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AED Sim holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OneDose has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of AED Sim's written reviews are positive against 80% of OneDose's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AED Sim ships an update every 44 months, OneDose every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
AED Sim versus OneDose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAED SimOneDose
Price$2.49Free — better
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings436 — better
Update frequencyEvery 44 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#151 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGerry ShawHinckley Medical, Inc.

Customer experience

AED Sim

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.4%
Negative34.6%

OneDose

All ratings36 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

AED Sim

No in-app purchases

None

OneDose

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AED Sim free?
AED Sim costs $2.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is OneDose free?
OneDose is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AED Sim or OneDose?
AED Sim is rated higher. AED Sim averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while OneDose averages 4.3 from 36 ratings.
Do AED Sim or OneDose have ads?
Neither AED Sim nor OneDose shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AED Sim or OneDose?
AED Sim ships an update every 44 months, and OneDose every 9 days. Most recently, AED Sim was updated on November 6, 2026 and OneDose on November 3, 2026.

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