SMART STAT vs Platinum Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMART STAT
This app enhances healthcare professional training by simulating realistic patient scenarios. It allows users to control physiological parameters and practice critical assessment and decision-making skills without patient risk. Ideal for hands-on learning and skill refinement.
- Realistic patient scenario simulation
- Control physiological parameters
- Practice life-saving procedures
- Customizable scenarios
- Student and skill set management
- Simulation session review and reporting
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The SMART STAT app works in conjunction with the SMART STAT patient simulator, developed by Simulaids, to enable health care professionals in all fields to sharpen their assessment and decision-making skills in the environment they work. Every kind of realistic and challenging scenario can be worked out, from basic life support skills to the most advanced life-saving procedures, all without risk to patients. Designed for First Responders, EMT’s, Paramedics, Nurses, Physicians, Firefighters and Combat Medics; Trainees and Healthcare Education Instructors can practice real life scenarios to better prepare for daily challenges when the app is used alongside the Patient Simulator. Please note that this app requires a live connection to a SMART STAT patient simulator in order for it to be used properly. The app allows you to control the Physiological Parameters of the Patient Simulator with simple dropdown selections. A partial list of such controllable parameters includes but is not limited to: • Heart • Lungs • Airway • Sounds • Fluids • Eyes • Pulses Scenarios can be programmed to provide timed physiological changes with simple taps of the screen. Fully editable lists of Students, Medications and Skill Sets allow Healthcare Education Instructors to easily create the custom items needed for proper documentation of critical skills assessment. Recorded Student’s simulation sessions may be edited, printed and reviewed via simulation reports made available on the iPad through the App.
Platinum Planner
This app allows students and preceptors in EMS, Allied Health, and Nursing to manage clinical documentation, scheduling, and skill tracking. It offers offline capabilities for documenting opportunities, labs, and scenarios, with features for preceptor review and digital signatures.
- Offline clinical documentation
- Skill tracking and reporting
- Clinical opportunity sign-up and documentation
- Lab documentation and peer review
- Preceptor review and digital signatures
- Calendar sync for opportunities and labs
- Progress and skill status reports
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Planner is an easy to use companion app for existing users of Platinum Planner. Students and preceptors can complete documentation from anywhere! Even offline without an internet connection! Planner is for EMS, Allied Health and Nursing Professions, it provides online skill tracking, scheduling, reporting and much more! Student Features: Clinical Opportunities - View, sign up for and create clinical opportunities. - Document a clinical opportunity including entering time, notes, preceptor information, and patient information. - Complete any associated forms. - Upload images from your camera and attach them to an opportunity. - Click on the PIN icon to open clinical sites in location aware applications like maps or driving apps. - Ability for a preceptor to give a digital signature right from the app! Labs - View, sign up for and create labs. - View upcoming labs, document current labs, or review documentation from completed labs. - When documenting labs, students will be able to document their skills and complete any forms associated with the lab. - Peer review other classmates labs. - Upload images from your mobile devices camera. Scenarios - Peer review other classmates scenarios. - Review completed scenarios. Preceptor Features: Training - View and complete training in the app. - Upload documents to your training. Student Documentation Review - Review and complete student documentation. - Return student documentation. - Upload additional documents/images to student documentation. - Sign off using your signature on student documentation. - Preview student documentation during the student's shift. - Manage students from multiple schools. Other Features: - Option to work offline then sync data when you have an internet connection available. - Sync upcoming opportunities and labs directly to your calendar. - View current classes along with their details. - Sign up for any additional classes available for your course. - View your progress report and see your overall skill status of your course. - Badge notifications showing the total number of labs, scenarios, opportunities, and items which need to be sync'd.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SMART STAT at 50% against Platinum Planner's 7%. SMART STAT also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Platinum Planner's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 2) and device support (3 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.
SMART STAT holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Platinum Planner has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SMART STAT's written reviews are positive against 7% of Platinum Planner's.
SMART STAT ships an update every 3 months, Platinum Planner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMART STAT | Platinum Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.4 (87 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 6.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Simulaids, Inc | PLATINUM EDUCATIONAL GROUP, LLC |
Customer experience
SMART STAT
Platinum Planner
Bugs and requests
SMART STAT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Platinum Planner
Reported bugs
16 issues- App won't open
- App stuck on 'Syncing preceptors'
- App won't load past 'Syncing preceptors'
- Half of submissions don't go through
- App crashes
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- App never syncs right
- App needs an update
- App is broken after update
- App says 'syncing' and doesn't work
- App crashes during sync
- App freezes during sync
- App won't sync
- App gets stuck on syncing
- App freezes at 'syncing program type options'
- App won't load anything after update
- App gets stuck at X% syncing
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to upload documents from iCloud
- Ability to select multiple documents for upload
- More filters for scheduling labs on the app
- Ability to make changes on dates/locations when making opportunities
- Dark mode option
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
SMART STAT
No in-app purchases
Platinum Planner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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