I don't know if the MPLABs simulator is 'hard to use', at least I don't think so anyways. There is a bit of an initial learning curve to figure out which windows to use, which keystrokes and which functions key are really handy, etc.
All I do it pull up MPSIM, load the .asm file that PBP gave me, and run it, or single step it or whatever. Yes, you need to have some input values, and maybe a stimulus file, but I don't use any of that and just set my program up to 'fake' those values.
All I can say is that MPSIM has always treated me right...and I especially like the 'stopwatch' function.
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