Inquisit Player vs TabCAT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inquisit Player
This application allows individuals to participate in psychological research studies. Researchers can use it to administer a wide range of psychological tests on mobile devices, both online and offline.
- Participate in psychological studies
- Administer psychological tests
- Supports over 100 psychological tests
- Online and offline modes
- Customize or program own tests
- Lab, clinic, or field use
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Conduct or participate in psychological research - on your iPhone or iPad. The Inquisit Player enables research participants to find psychological research studies and participate in them. It also enables researchers to administer psychological tests on iPhones and iPads in the lab, clinic, or in the field, in both online or offline modes. Inquisit is a leading tool among psychological and behavioral researchers for computer-based measurement of a wide variety of psychological processes and functions. Inquisit supports over 100 well known psychological tests, including the IAT, Stroop, Wisconsin Card Sort, Iowa Gambling Task, N-Back, Digit Span, Dot Probe, Flanker Task, Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), Simon Task, Mental Rotation, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT), Go/No-Go, Simple Reaction Time, Stop Signal Task, Sternberg Memory Task, Trail Making Test, Tower of London, and dozens of others. Administer the tests as is, customize them, or program your own.
TabCAT
This medical tool offers a suite of cognitive tests for assessing executive function, memory, language, motor skills, and visuospatial abilities. It also includes multidimensional questionnaires for subjects, informants, and examiners, designed for standardized measurement in clinical and research settings.
- Cognitive tests
- Executive function assessment
- Memory assessment
- Language assessment
- Motor skills assessment
- Visuospatial skills assessment
- Multidimensional questionnaires
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The Tablet-based Cognitive Assessment Tool (TabCAT) is an application developed at University of California San Francisco for the administration of clinical and research tools. The variety of tools available on TabCAT includes cognitive tests of executive function, memory, language, motor skills, and visuospatial skills. It also includes a set of multidimensional questionnaires that are subject-facing, informant-facing, or examiner-facing. TabCAT tools are designed for use in diverse settings, and automated administration and scoring ensure high precision and standardization of measurement. The tests can be used for assessment and longitudinal monitoring of cognitive and behavioral abilities in adults.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TabCAT at 5.0 against Inquisit Player's 3.7. Inquisit Player's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
TabCAT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
Inquisit Player ships an update every 2 months, TabCAT every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 16, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inquisit Player | TabCAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Millisecond Software, LLC | University of California at San Francisco |
Customer experience
Inquisit Player
TabCAT
In-app purchases
Inquisit Player
No in-app purchases
TabCAT
No in-app purchases







