SIMPL OR vs APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SIMPL OR
This app helps medical professionals evaluate residents after procedures. It collects feedback and aggregates data for faculty to track resident experience and tailor supervision. The system is designed for efficiency and provides meaningful evaluation insights.
- Procedure evaluation for residents
- Formative feedback dictation
- Aggregated resident experience data
- Faculty access to evaluation data
- Individualized teaching and supervision insights
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SIMPL: System for Improving and Measuring Procedural Learning makes it feasible to evaluate residents after every procedure they perform. The SIMPL app, used by residents and faculty, is designed from the ground up for efficiency and ease of use while still providing meaningful evaluation data. Each evaluation consists of 3 questions plus the option to dictate formative feedback. Aggregated evaluation data is accessible to faculty who can use it to see how much experience a resident has with any given procedure or with a group of procedures. This knowledge can, in turn, serve to inform a conversation with the resident prior to each operation so as to better individualize both teaching and supervision in the operating room.
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
This app provides comprehensive pediatric surgery resources, including up-to-date clinical information, images, and videos. It also features a powerful search tool for medical literature, allowing quick access to abstracts, citations, and full-text articles.
- Pediatric Surgery NaT resource
- Quarterly content updates
- High-resolution images and videos
- Advanced medical literature search
- Links to PubMed articles
- Custom notes and highlighting
- Visual exploration of literature
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APSA Pediatric Surgery Library contains: PEDIATRIC SURGERY NaT From presentation to procedures to long term outcomes, the Pediatric Surgery NaT resource keeps the current general surgical care of children at your fingertips. Designed for both practicing and in-training pediatric surgeons, the Pediatric Surgery NaT is updated quarterly so you’ll know what strategies, techniques and procedures are being used right now. It is written for pediatric surgeons by pediatric surgeons and contains learning objectives, images, videos and links to MOC CME and the medical literature. Participate in the NaT community of practice today by downloading this app to your mobile device or tablet so you can provide better patient care with fast access anytime, anywhere. Prime PubMed Quickly search journal articles from the PubMed database on your smartphone and tablet. Results contain abstracts, citations, and links to available full text articles that can be read on device and shared with classmates and colleagues. Additionally, Prime PubMed contains Grapherence®, an exclusive way to visually explore interrelationships and relevance in the medical literature. Features of the Pediatric Surgery Library include: • Quick-read, highly organized clinical modules and learning objectives • High-resolution images and videos • Advanced searches of the medical literature • Links to relevant PubMed articles • Full text search helps find topics fast • Custom notes and highlighting within entries • "Favorites" for bookmarking important topics Editors: Ron Hirschl, MD; David Powell, MD; John HT Waldhausen, MD Publisher: American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) Powered by: Unbound Medicine, Inc. How It Works: --------------------- • Install the app on your device. • Open the app, enter your APSA Pediatric Surgery Library username and password, then tap “Login.” • The latest content will be downloaded to your devices over your wireless connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: APSA Pediatric Surgery Library at 100% against SIMPL OR's 50%. APSA Pediatric Surgery Library also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). SIMPL OR's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price 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.
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: APSA Pediatric Surgery Library has 204 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SIMPL OR's written reviews are positive against 100% of APSA Pediatric Surgery Library's.
SIMPL OR ships an update every 2 months, APSA Pediatric Surgery Library every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SIMPL OR | APSA Pediatric Surgery Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (204 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 204 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc | Unbound Medicine, Inc. |
Customer experience
SIMPL OR
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
In-app purchases
SIMPL OR
No in-app purchases
APSA Pediatric Surgery Library
No in-app purchases
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