SIMPL OR vs MBSC
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.
MBSC
This app provides healthcare providers with a tool to predict outcomes and VTE risk for bariatric surgery patients. It calculates projected weight loss, complication risks, and comorbidity resolution for common procedures. A VTE calculator offers risk-stratified treatment guidelines.
- Predict bariatric surgery outcomes
- Calculate VTE risk
- Project weight loss
- Assess complication risk
- Comorbidity resolution prediction
- Risk-stratified treatment guidelines
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This mobile application delivers healthcare providers an easy-to-use resource for predicting outcomes and VTE risk for bariatric surgery candidates. Predicted outcomes include projected weight loss, complication risk, and resolution of comorbidities for the most common bariatric surgical procedures. The VTE calculator provides risk-stratified treatment guidelines. The content was developed by the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC), a Blue Cross Blue Shield/ Blue Care Network of Michigan sponsored consortium of bariatric surgeons and hospitals across the state of Michigan. MBSC Member Hospitals: Beaumont Dearborn, Beaumont Grosse Pointe, Beaumont Royal Oak, Beaumont Troy, Beaumont Wayne, Borgess Medical Center, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Covenant HealthCare, Forest Health Medical Center, Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital, Gratiot Medical Center, Harper University Hospital, Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, Henry Ford Wyandotte, Hurley Medical Center, Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, Lake Huron Medical Center, Lakeland Community Hospital, McLaren Macomb, McLaren Port Huron, McLaren Regional Medical Center- Flint, Mercy Health Partners, Mercy Health Saint Mary's, Metro Health Hospital, Mid-Michigan Health – Midland, Munson Medical Center, North Ottawa Community Hospital, Oakland Regional Hospital, Sparrow Health System, Spectrum Health System, Spectrum Health Zeeland, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Oakland, St. John Providence Health System, St. Joseph Livingston Hospital, St. Josph Mercy Oakland, St. Mary Mercy Hospital, St. Mary's of Michigan (Saginaw), University of MI Health System, UP Health System, Marquette, War Memorial Hospital.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SIMPL OR at 50% against MBSC's 0%. SIMPL OR also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). MBSC's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
MBSC holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of SIMPL OR's written reviews are positive against 0% of MBSC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SIMPL OR ships an update every 2 months, MBSC every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | SIMPL OR | MBSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (12 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, Inc | The University of Michigan |
Customer experience
SIMPL OR
MBSC
In-app purchases
SIMPL OR
No in-app purchases
MBSC
No in-app purchases
