DART Sim Remote vs QCPR SkillReporter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DART Sim Remote
Control your DART ECG & Defib Simulator from a secondary iOS device. Manage vital signs, rhythms, scenarios, and CPR features remotely. Requires the Bluetooth connection feature to be purchased within the main simulator app.
- Remote control of vital signs
- Rhythm and scenario management
- CPR waveform and metronome
- Custom and pre-set scenario control
- X-Ray panel and button display
- Pause, resume, and reset functions
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DART Sim Remote is the instructor's remote control for the DART Sim patient monitor. Pair it over Bluetooth with the iPad running DART Sim and change the simulated patient from anywhere in the room, so you can watch your learners instead of the screen. ONE CONSOLE Heart rate, SpO2, blood pressure, EtCO2, respiratory rate and temperature on one board. Drag a slider or tap plus and minus for single steps, and the monitor follows. Systolic and diastolic move together until you unlock them. LIVE OR STAGED Live mode sends each value the moment you let go. Staged mode lets you set up several changes, see what the monitor is still showing under each one, and release them together. Add a trend of 15 seconds to 2 minutes and the values ramp in gradually, the way a real patient deteriorates or recovers. RHYTHMS, WAVEFORMS AND SCENARIOS Choose any of DART Sim's 37 rhythms from the keypad, pick the capnogram shape, start a scenario from the monitor's own list, and trigger CPR, 12-lead, NIBP and media. Pause, resume or stop the monitor from the bottom bar. MEDIA AND MEDICATIONS Browse the monitor's X-ray library and show an image for the current rhythm, or send a photo from this device. Record medications with route and dose in the CodeTrack. BUILT FOR THE ROOM A dark, high-contrast layout in the monitor's own channel colours. A full landscape console on iPad and a one-handed layout on iPhone. A built-in pairing guide with screenshots gets a new instructor connected in under a minute. Requires the DART Sim monitor app running on an iPad with Bluetooth. No account, no internet connection and no data collection: the remote talks only to the monitor in the room. DART Sim is designed for education and simulation only. It is not intended for diagnosis, treatment, or use with real patients.
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 rating: QCPR SkillReporter at 2.0 against DART Sim Remote's 1.5. QCPR SkillReporter also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). DART Sim Remote's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 7%) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). 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.
QCPR SkillReporter holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DART Sim Remote has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of DART Sim Remote's written reviews are positive against 7% of QCPR SkillReporter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DART Sim Remote ships an update every 4 months, QCPR SkillReporter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DART Sim Remote | QCPR SkillReporter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (22 ratings) | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.4% of reviews — better | 7.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | STAR CPR San Diego | Laerdal Medical AS |
Customer experience
DART Sim Remote
QCPR SkillReporter
In-app purchases
DART Sim Remote
No in-app purchases
QCPR SkillReporter
No in-app purchases
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