SimMon vs Critical Care
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimMon
This app provides a remotely controlled simulated patient monitor for medical training. It allows users to adjust vital signs like blood pressure and heart rate on one device, displayed on another, facilitating realistic simulation scenarios.
- Remote patient monitoring simulation
- Adjustable vital signs (BP, SpO2, HR, RR)
- WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity
- Simple setup and operation
- Dual-device functionality
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SimMon is a basic remote controlled patient monitor for full scale medical simulation. Using SimMon on any pair of devices, iOS 13 or newer, gives you a simple remotely controlled simulated patient monitor. An iPad makes for an ideal multi-touch controlled remote and the big screen makes a great bedside patient monitor. Open SimMon on your two devices of choice and connect via WiFi or Bluetooth. Change the blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiration rate or heart rate by touching the value and dragging your finger up or down. Simple setup. Easy operation. Low cost. Thank you for the amazing feedback and support - it keeps SimMon evolving!
Critical Care
This mobile application serves as a comprehensive perfusion calculator and critical care tool for medical professionals. It assists in managing patients on cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO, and in critical care units. The app offers a categorized collection of essential calculators for daily use.
- Perfusion calculator
- ECMO management
- Critical care unit tool
- Cardiopulmonary bypass management
- Categorized calculators
- Routine use calculators
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The ultimate perfusion mobile application designed for perfusion, perfusionists, ECMO specialists, anesthesiologists and critical care nurses. This helpful perfusion tool and critical care app is very useful to manage your patients on cardiopulmonary bypass, on ECMO and in the critical care unit. This tool is a multi functional perfusion calculator, mobile perfusion app, designed with the perfusionist, ECMO specialist and critical care nurse in mind. Categorised to easily find what you need, and includes the popular calculators that perfusionists, critical care nurses and ECMO specialists need on a routine basis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimMon at 67% against Critical Care's 20%. SimMon also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). Critical Care's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $22.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
SimMon costs $22.99 and Critical Care $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimMon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of SimMon's written reviews are positive against 20% of Critical Care's.
SimMon ships an update every 5 months, Critical Care every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimMon | Critical Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $22.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | 2.4 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Castle Andersen ApS | MediWeb LLC |
Customer experience
SimMon
Critical Care
Bugs and requests
SimMon
Reported bugs
14 issues- VT doesn't work in stand alone mode
- App not starting on iPad
- App crashing on iPhone
- App not working on iPhone
- Traces disappeared after update
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- Bluetooth connection glitches
- Sound doesn't work consistently
- Family sharing not working
- App crashing on iPhone
- App not working on iPhone
- Traces disappeared after update
- Bluetooth connection glitches
- Sound doesn't work consistently
- Family sharing not working
Requested features
86 requests- Add WPW Delta wave variant
- Add sinc-cardioversion
- Add PASP/PADP
- Add GIF and video playback
- Add alarm sounds and limits
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- Add defibrillator option
- Add red/yellow alarm lights
- Add 12 lead ECG and X-rays
- Add a small database of classic emergency problems
- Add sync feature for cardioversions
- Add ECG paper pattern
- Add ability to pause
- Add timed sequence of events programming
- Add neonatal setting for BP
- Add ability to display images of labs, ECGs, x-rays, or CTs
- Add pulmonary artery pressure and CVP waveforms
- Add more rhythms
- Add CPR waveform option
- Add AV block
- Add torsade de pointe
- Add End-tidal CO2 monitoring
- Add anaesthetic gas monitoring
- Add ability to make alarms occur
- Add ability to program standard scenarios and download
- Add more monitors/defibs emulation
- Add CO2 number matching trace
- Add RR timer
- Add waveforms (EKG, Plethysmography, ADM etc.)
- Add sounds
- Add SpO2 and ECG traces
- Add VF diagnosis and treatment
- Add pulse tone that alters with heart rate
- Add BP cuff noise
- Add cycling BP numbers during measurement
- Add ETCO2 trace
- Add more cardiac rhythms (VT, 3rd degree block)
- Add more rhythms
- Add ability to hide rhythms with CPR waveform
- Add more selectable rhythms
- Add independent systole and diastole adjustment
- Add visible etCO2 display
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Add WPW Delta wave variant
- Add sinc-cardioversion
- Add PASP/PADP
- Add GIF and video playback
- Add alarm sounds and limits
- Add defibrillator option
- Add red/yellow alarm lights
- Add 12 lead ECG and X-rays
- Add a small database of classic emergency problems
- Add sync feature for cardioversions
- Add ECG paper pattern
- Add ability to pause
- Add timed sequence of events programming
- Add neonatal setting for BP
- Add ability to display images of labs, ECGs, x-rays, or CTs
- Add pulmonary artery pressure and CVP waveforms
- Add more rhythms
- Add CPR waveform option
- Add AV block
- Add torsade de pointe
- Add End-tidal CO2 monitoring
- Add anaesthetic gas monitoring
- Add ability to make alarms occur
- Add ability to program standard scenarios and download
- Add more monitors/defibs emulation
- Add CO2 number matching trace
- Add RR timer
- Add waveforms (EKG, Plethysmography, ADM etc.)
- Add sounds
- Add SpO2 and ECG traces
- Add VF diagnosis and treatment
- Add pulse tone that alters with heart rate
- Add BP cuff noise
- Add cycling BP numbers during measurement
- Add ETCO2 trace
- Add more cardiac rhythms (VT, 3rd degree block)
- Add more rhythms
- Add ability to hide rhythms with CPR waveform
- Add more selectable rhythms
- Add independent systole and diastole adjustment
- Add visible etCO2 display
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
Critical Care
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SimMon
No in-app purchases
Critical Care
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SimMon free?
Is Critical Care free?
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