AORN eBooks vs PeriopSim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AORN eBooks
Access and read essential perioperative nursing practice guides and curriculum materials. Purchase and download eBooks from the AORN website to enhance your knowledge and skills in patient and staff safety within surgical care.
- Read AORN eBooks
- Access Guidelines for Perioperative Practice
- Study Core Curriculum for RN First Assistant
- Purchase eBooks via AORN website
- Evidence-based practice resources
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The AORN eBooks app is used to for reading the separately purchased AORN eBooks, including the AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice eBook and the Core Curriculum for the RN First Assistant eBook. To purchase eBooks, visit the Store on the AORN website at www.aorn.org. For assistance, please contact Experience Services at cs@aorn.org. The Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) defines, supports, and advocates for patient and staff safety through exemplary practice in all phases of perioperative nursing care using evidence-based guidelines, continuing education, and clinical practice resources. Learn more on the AORN website at www.aorn.org.
PeriopSim
This tool allows operating room educators to train nurses and surgical technologists on surgical procedures. It offers safe practice, instrument recognition, and step-by-step preparation for unfamiliar surgeries through interactive video and timed challenges.
- Safe surgical skills practice
- Instrument recognition training
- Interactive real surgery videos
- Step-by-step procedure preparation
- Timed skill challenges
- Leaderboard scoring
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PeriopSim is a simulation learning tool for Operating Room Educators to incorporate into their curriculums for new and continuing education of nurses and surgical technologists. Confidence is the top educator and learner value of using PeriopSim. With PeriopSim you can: - Practice surgical skills safely, before surgery - Anticipate the surgeon for many procedures - Learn to recognize and select surgical instruments - Interact with video of real surgeries - Prepare for unfamiliar surgical procedures step-by-step - Reduce stress by rehearsing surgeries - Test and hone your skills with scoring and timed challenges - Check your score on the leaderboard PeriopSim takes a 1 hour long surgical procedure and delivers a 10-minute simulation. Get 6 experiences in 1 hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PeriopSim at 3.3 against AORN eBooks's 2.0. PeriopSim also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). AORN eBooks's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
PeriopSim holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
AORN eBooks ships an update every 3 months, PeriopSim every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AORN eBooks | PeriopSim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (12 ratings) | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ASSOCIATION OF OPERATING ROOM NURSES INC. | Conquer Experience Inc |
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AORN eBooks
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In-app purchases
AORN eBooks
No in-app purchases
PeriopSim
No in-app purchases
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