Comparison

Avicenna Research vs Immersion Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Avicenna Research

Contribute to scientific discovery by participating in research studies directly from your smartphone. Share your anonymized data, answer surveys, and provide location or exercise habits if you choose. You maintain full control over your data and can withdraw at any time.

Highlights
  • Participate in health and psychology research
  • Share anonymized data with scientists
  • Answer short survey questions
  • Optionally provide location and exercise data
  • Full control over your data
  • Ability to drop out or delete data anytime
  • Integrates with the Health app
Features
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Avicenna turns your smartphone into a mobile research lab and enables you to help scientists towards realizing their life-changing discoveries, in health, psychology, kinesiology, and others. Using Avicenna, you can participate in research studies you care about. The study's consent form clearly explains which research organization is requesting your data, how your data is anonymized, who will study your data and for what purpose, and what incentives you can expect for your participation. During your participation, you occasionally will be asked short survey questions. Depending on the study, you also might be asked to provide your location information or exercise habits. None of these are mandatory and you can drop out at any time. Avicenna always reminds you of the data you are providing. Avicenna gives you full control over your data. You always can review the data you have provided through your account on the Avicenna website. You also can drop out of the study at any time you prefer, or delete part or all of the data you have provided, no strings attached. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. ** This app integrates with the Health app **

About

Immersion Mobile

This app measures your brain's activity during workouts by pairing with Bluetooth fitness bands and Apple Watch. It integrates with Apple Health to log your sessions and training data.

Highlights
  • Brain activity measurement
  • Bluetooth fitness band pairing
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Apple Health integration
  • Workout session logging
  • Training data tracking
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Using decades of research, Immersion Neuroscience measures your brain's activity before, during, and after athletic workouts. The mobile application pairs with fitness bands using Bluetooth, and may also pair with your Apple Watch using the companion app. Both Fitness bands and Apple Watch Companion app integrate and use the Apple Health App (HealthKit). We allow the individual athlete to add sessions for workout and training. Bluetooth is used to pair BLE Enabled Fitness Bands.

Screenshots

Avicenna Research4 screens
Immersion Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Immersion Mobile at 4.3 against Avicenna Research's 3.6. Immersion Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Avicenna Research's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Immersion Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 12 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avicenna Research ships an update every 10 days, Immersion Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Avicenna Research versus Immersion Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvicenna ResearchImmersion Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.3 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings512 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvicenna Research Inc.Immersion Neuroscience

Customer experience

Avicenna Research

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%

Immersion Mobile

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Avicenna Research

No in-app purchases

None

Immersion Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Avicenna Research free?
Avicenna Research is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Immersion Mobile free?
Immersion Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Avicenna Research or Immersion Mobile?
Immersion Mobile is rated higher. Avicenna Research averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Immersion Mobile averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Avicenna Research or Immersion Mobile have ads?
Neither Avicenna Research nor Immersion Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Avicenna Research or Immersion Mobile?
Avicenna Research ships an update every 10 days, and Immersion Mobile monthly. Most recently, Avicenna Research was updated on November 2, 2026 and Immersion Mobile on November 3, 2026.

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