Cerner Camera Capture vs SIMPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cerner Camera Capture
Securely capture and store clinical photos from an iOS device directly to a patient's record. This app enables clinicians to access the EHR remotely, streamlining workflows outside of facility walls.
- Secure clinical photo acquisition
- Store photos in patient record
- Remote EHR access
- Streamlined clinician workflows
- iOS device support
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Cerner Camera Capture for iPad® and iPhone® supports fast, easy and smart workflows for the clinician. Cerner Camera Capture enables users to securely acquire and store clinical photos to the patient record from an iOS device. Cerner Camera Capture also provides secure access for users needing access to the EHR outside of the facility's walls. IMPORTANT: Cerner Camera Capture requires your organization to have a valid license and be on release 2012.01 or higher. A CareAware MultiMedia license is also required. If you are unsure about the availability of Cerner Camera Capture at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative.
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
Cerner Camera Capture and SIMPL both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 40% of SIMPL's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cerner Camera Capture's. SIMPL also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
SIMPL holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cerner Camera Capture's written reviews are positive against 40% of SIMPL's.
Cerner Camera Capture ships an update every 3 months, SIMPL every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Cerner Camera Capture | SIMPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (20 ratings) | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cerner Corporation | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc |
Customer experience
Cerner Camera Capture
SIMPL
In-app purchases
Cerner Camera Capture
No in-app purchases
SIMPL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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