Research Hive vs RealTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Research Hive
This application streamlines clinical trial recruitment for research sites, physicians, and pharmaceutical companies. It provides quick access to study information, simplifies referral tracking, and enhances communication among study teams. The app prioritizes data security and HIPAA compliance.
- Access study information
- Track referrals efficiently
- Improve candidate quality
- Enhance team communication
- Secure and HIPAA compliant
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Designed by coordinators, this app helps save the site time and recruit more high quality patients for clinical trial research. This ground-breaking app was requested by physicians, clinical trial researchers, research sites, and pharmaceutical companies – making it one of the few apps to be pre-sold in advance of build! All trial info available right at your fingertips to vastly improve clinical trial enrollment with minimal effort. KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS - SAVE TIME: Quickly and efficiently access all study info - LESS EFFORT: Sending and tracking referrals is transformed into a few touches. - BETTER QUALITY: Refer more candidates of higher quality to the enrolling research team or medical staff. - IMPROVE COMMUNICATION: Referrals, SAEs, study updates, documents, I/E criteria, contacts – all configurable to be shared among study team from the exam room, patient's bedside, or anywhere else. - SECURE: Data encryption and other built-in safeguards ensure HIPAA compliance, protecting patient privacy and organizational security.
RealTime
Manage clinical trial data, documents, and patient referrals efficiently. This app integrates CTMS, eDOCS, and eSOURCE functionalities for seamless on-the-go access to study information, regulatory documents, and visit data collection.
- Subject profile and study enrollment management
- Calendar for scheduling and viewing visits
- Digital signatures with fingerprint/face ID
- Access to regulatory and study documents
- On-the-go visit data collection
- Patient referral tracking and alerts
- Contact management for studies
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Our latest version includes all major function of CTMS, eDOCS and eSOURCE. - CTMS features include a complete calendar for scheduling and viewing the users "My Calendar". View full subject profiles, study enrollments, complete visits, view study contacts and much more! Easily display inclusion and exclusion criteria for a particular study while also having the ability to "Refer a Patient". Patient referrals drop directly into your RealTime-CTMS Study Recruitment Roster and site staff are alerted to the new study lead. - eDOCS includes eSignatures utilizing fingerprint or face ID technology. View all regulatory documents for user-assigned studies, access the current versions of the Protocol, ICFs, or any other important study document while on the go. - eSOURCE includes the full suite of eSOURCE services that are available on the desktop version of RealTime-eSOURCE. Collect visit data on your phone or tablet, voice dictate notes or impressions, eSign lab documents with a Part-11 compliant PIN and much more! - Other features include a Contacts Section that allows users to view Personal Contacts, Study Sponsor/CRO Contacts and Research Staff Contacts.
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Verdict
Research Hive and RealTime both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Research Hive's written reviews are positive against 60% of RealTime's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Research Hive against 4.5 for RealTime. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Research Hive's written reviews are positive against 60% of RealTime's.
Research Hive ships an update every 2 months, RealTime every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Research Hive | RealTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Research Hive, LLC | RealTime Software Solutions |
Customer experience
Research Hive
RealTime
In-app purchases
Research Hive
No in-app purchases
RealTime
No in-app purchases
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