Apple Research

Name: Apple Research
Rating: 4.2 (1481 reviews)
Author: Apple

Health & Fitness

Free

1.5K Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Apple
Language

EN
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102.6
MB

Making the world a healthier place just got a lot easier. We invite you to join over 350,000 people contributing to groundbreaking research using Apple Watch and iPhone. Your participation will add to an unprecedented initiative that has already led to new insights in human health and advancements in Appleʼs health technologies. 1. Join the Apple Women's Health Study, conducted in partnership with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and National Institute of Health Sciences to help advance the understanding of menstrual cycles and health conditions such as infertility, osteoporosis, and menopause. 2. Join the Apple Health Study, conducted in partnership with the Brigham and Women's Hospital to explore different areas of health. Researchers are especially interested in the interconnectivity of various areas of health, such as the relationship between the menstrual cycle and heart health, or how hearing health can influence mental health. The study brings together diverse perspectives to advance science and develop features that work for us all. 3. Join the Apple Hearing Study, conducted in partnership with the University of Michigan to help advance the understanding of how sound exposure levels over time can impact your hearing, stress levels, and cardiac health. Features: Review available studies, learn about the research partners and the research goals, understand study expectations, and if you are eligible, enroll by providing your consent. Choose which data to share and with what study, and review and manage data collected. Perform relevant tasks for enrolled studies. Learn how other Apple research studies have contributed to advancements in health science and to the development of innovative health products. With your permission, this app can securely access the data you choose to share through the Apple Health app.

Ratings & Reviews

4.2

out of 5

1.5K Ratings

Needs to filter based on criteria
02/23/2020

Ansuz07
All in all, I’m very happy to participate in these studies. For all the people complaining about “lack of compensation” I would say that sometime we should just do things because they help others, not because we personally get compensation for it. Knocking off one star because it needs to filter the studies based on eligibility criteria. As a guy, I cannot possible participate in a cycle tracking studies, so it should either not be show at all or have an option to dismiss from your available studies due to ineligibility.
Needs to filter based on criteria
02/23/2020

Ansuz07

All in all, I’m very happy to participate in these studies. For all the people complaining about “lack of compensation” I would say that sometime we should just do things because they help others, not because we personally get compensation for it. Knocking off one star because it needs to filter the studies based on eligibility criteria. As a guy, I cannot possible participate in a cycle tracking studies, so it should either not be show at all or have an option to dismiss from your available studies due to ineligibility.
Good idea, PAINFULLY laggy
12/24/2022

The DMFK
I like the idea of this app, and have been enrolled in a year-long study now for 245 days. When I first started the study the app was fine, but it seems like the longer I am in the study - and the more questions I answer - the laggier the app gets. It’s to the point where it is taking over one minute just to open the app and load my tasks, then my tasks take another 30-45 seconds to load - if the app will respond to touch input at all. Sometime the tasks will just crash after all that waiting. I think this is a great idea, I just wish Apple would get its act together and actually make the app function well - although maybe there is little incentive to do so when you are the only game in town. I would give this 4 starts for the concept, but only one star for execution, so I’ll settle on 2 and call it there. I’m hoping they work to provide a better experience for those users who are volunteering their personal data for research purposes. I don’t mind contributing to the greater good, but using this app every day is painful.
Good idea, PAINFULLY laggy
12/24/2022

The DMFK

I like the idea of this app, and have been enrolled in a year-long study now for 245 days. When I first started the study the app was fine, but it seems like the longer I am in the study - and the more questions I answer - the laggier the app gets. It’s to the point where it is taking over one minute just to open the app and load my tasks, then my tasks take another 30-45 seconds to load - if the app will respond to touch input at all. Sometime the tasks will just crash after all that waiting. I think this is a great idea, I just wish Apple would get its act together and actually make the app function well - although maybe there is little incentive to do so when you are the only game in town. I would give this 4 starts for the concept, but only one star for execution, so I’ll settle on 2 and call it there. I’m hoping they work to provide a better experience for those users who are volunteering their personal data for research purposes. I don’t mind contributing to the greater good, but using this app every day is painful.
Technical issues and not living up to potential
05/23/2022

Bamboo9863
This app has a lot of potential but so far only a few studies have used it and I wonder if that’s because the research app doesn’t work well for researchers and thus isn’t inviting. In any case the support for this app is non existent they have a studies support center that reads from scripts and doesn’t seem to have any experience with the research app and the documentation doesn’t explain certain troubleshooting scenarios and to make things worse the studies support center won’t escalate to someone who can help you.The research app after a new phone upgrade and following the transfer studies process never asked for Apple health access again and I can’t get access restored which means the app is no longer collecting data from me. Support was outsourced and unhelpful and refused to file a big report and tried to pin it on user error which it isn’t.
Technical issues and not living up to potential
05/23/2022

Bamboo9863

This app has a lot of potential but so far only a few studies have used it and I wonder if that’s because the research app doesn’t work well for researchers and thus isn’t inviting. In any case the support for this app is non existent they have a studies support center that reads from scripts and doesn’t seem to have any experience with the research app and the documentation doesn’t explain certain troubleshooting scenarios and to make things worse the studies support center won’t escalate to someone who can help you.The research app after a new phone upgrade and following the transfer studies process never asked for Apple health access again and I can’t get access restored which means the app is no longer collecting data from me. Support was outsourced and unhelpful and refused to file a big report and tried to pin it on user error which it isn’t.
I think someone graduated and abandoned it
10/03/2023

Aimlessphotography
The project seemed to start with a head of steam and promise that dwindled down to a mere trickle to keep it alive for marketing purposes. I won’t waste any more time reviewing it than they have utilizing it. I base my rating on the (seemingly abandoned) promise and initial enthusiasm for encouraging participatory (or even) citizen science.Edit: I just dis-enrolled from the hearing study because of a new diagnosis that invalidates me from any hearing study, going back years. This means that all my data must be thrown out as invalid outliers. They’ll never know that, if anyone is using the data at all, because they didn’t take the opportunity to ask me why I was dis-enrolling. The only way to contact them is a phone call during their business hours. Oh you must be kidding me—in 2023?
I think someone graduated and abandoned it
10/03/2023

Aimlessphotography

The project seemed to start with a head of steam and promise that dwindled down to a mere trickle to keep it alive for marketing purposes. I won’t waste any more time reviewing it than they have utilizing it. I base my rating on the (seemingly abandoned) promise and initial enthusiasm for encouraging participatory (or even) citizen science.Edit: I just dis-enrolled from the hearing study because of a new diagnosis that invalidates me from any hearing study, going back years. This means that all my data must be thrown out as invalid outliers. They’ll never know that, if anyone is using the data at all, because they didn’t take the opportunity to ask me why I was dis-enrolling. The only way to contact them is a phone call during their business hours. Oh you must be kidding me—in 2023?