The Happiness Project

Name: The Happiness Project
Rating: 3.9 (42 reviews)
Author: UCL

Play Games for Science

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

42 Ratings
Age Rating

13+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

UCL
Language

EN
English
Size

104.2
MB

Play fun mini-games to help brain scientists study the psychology and neuroscience of well-being! Created by scientists at UCL and Yale, this app is a citizen science project taking psychology and neuroscience experiments from the lab to your smartphone. Every 3-minute game that you finish contributes data to real scientific research about how the brain works. The anonymous surveys help us see what causes well-being and understand mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. Be part of a unique citizen science experiment and help us write the equation for happiness! Dr Robb Rutledge (Yale Psychology) says: "We all want to know what determines happiness. It’s hard to figure it out! In our games, we ask people about their happiness as they make decisions in different situations. We hope people enjoy our app and help us answer some really important scientific questions!" This citizen science project was supported by the UK Medical Research Council.

Ratings & Reviews

3.9

out of 5

42 Ratings

Please fix bug I can’t play
01/04/2021
Just a Girl who games
It won’t get past the first page where it asks you questions because every time I enter where I live it erases it. Thank you!
Please fix bug I can’t play
01/04/2021
Just a Girl who games

It won’t get past the first page where it asks you questions because every time I enter where I live it erases it. Thank you!
Not winning me over
02/22/2021
ms. cranky
I really want to help with this project but I’m seriously doubting the effectiveness of this app. Am I the only person whose mood doesn’t change in response to a phone game? I think the games need to be more engaging or competitive or something in order to make the player care more about the outcomes. Also, the fishing game just kills me. I hate that I’m forced to play it at every level because I feel like all that tapping is going to give me a repetitive stress injury.
Not winning me over
02/22/2021
ms. cranky

I really want to help with this project but I’m seriously doubting the effectiveness of this app. Am I the only person whose mood doesn’t change in response to a phone game? I think the games need to be more engaging or competitive or something in order to make the player care more about the outcomes. Also, the fishing game just kills me. I hate that I’m forced to play it at every level because I feel like all that tapping is going to give me a repetitive stress injury.
Not stimulating
08/22/2021
Sea Snag
Super boring
Not stimulating
08/22/2021
Sea Snag

Super boring
Games are boring
10/28/2022
froggylils
These games are boring and should not be used to measure motivation to happiness. I am motivated to just get the game done as quickly as possible and that's about it :)
Games are boring
10/28/2022
froggylils

These games are boring and should not be used to measure motivation to happiness. I am motivated to just get the game done as quickly as possible and that's about it :)

Bug fixes and general improvements

Version 1.1 07/14/2025

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Seller: University College London
Size: 104.2 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 13+

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