Physician Connect vs SIMPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Physician Connect
Access expert pediatric content, including CME, protocols, and calculators. Securely message specialists, utilize a Q&A database, and manage practice-specific information. Stay updated with the latest research and news.
- Access CME On Demand and Medical Grand Rounds
- View pediatric protocols and guidelines
- Utilize medical calculators and STI guidelines
- Secure messaging with specialists
- Search best practice Q&A database
- Specialized content for various practice areas
- Access PediaCast educational podcast
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With Physician Connect you can access expert pediatric content direct from Nationwide Children’s including: • Access free CME On Demand, CME opportunities and Medical Grand Rounds • View the latest protocols and guidelines to help identify, diagnose and manage pediatric conditions • Quick access to Hypertension calculator, Bili Tool, BMI Calculator, STI guidelines, LactMed and MedLine Plus • Make a Referral right from the home screen • Message directly—and securely—with our specialists (if you have an NPI number) • Search best practice Q&A database on a variety of topics • New secure notepad area to keep important info handy and private • Specialized content for your practice such as Behavioral Health, Heart, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, Surgical Services and Education (more coming) • Connect directly to Carelink • Quick links to our clinics, programs, locations and services • Hear the latest news and research on PediaCast, our educational podcast for parents • Up-to-date research and news from our parent-education blog, 700Children’s
SIMPL
This app facilitates workplace-based assessments for medical professionals, enabling the evaluation of entrustable professional activities within medical education settings.
- Workplace-based assessments
- Entrustable professional activities
- Medical education implementation
- Professional development tracking
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SIMPL: Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning makes it feasible to implement workplace-based assessments, including assessment of entrustable professional activities, across medical education.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SIMPL at every 2 weeks against Physician Connect's every 3 months. SIMPL also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). Physician Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Physician Connect against 4.1 for SIMPL. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIMPL has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Physician Connect ships an update every 3 months, SIMPL every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Physician Connect | SIMPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nationwide Children's | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc |
Customer experience
Physician Connect
SIMPL
In-app purchases
Physician Connect
No in-app purchases
SIMPL
No in-app purchases
