Avicenna Research vs MindSampler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avicenna Research
Participate in scientific research studies from your smartphone. Contribute to discoveries in health, psychology, and more by answering surveys and providing anonymized data. You have full control over your information and can withdraw at any time.
- Participate in research studies
- Contribute to health discoveries
- Anonymized data sharing
- Control over personal data
- Survey participation
- Location and exercise data optional
- Integrates with Health app
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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 **
MindSampler
Participate in scientific research by answering short questions and experiments throughout your day. Contribute to understanding human thought, feelings, and behavior.
- Contribute to scientific understanding
- Receive daily experiment notifications
- Answer short questions
- Enter study codes
- Track daily life insights
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Help scientists understand how people think, feel, and behave as they go about their daily lives. Enter your study code and start receiving notifications throughout the day with short experiments or questions to answer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Avicenna Research at 3.6 against MindSampler's 2.0. Avicenna Research also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Avicenna Research holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
Avicenna Research ships an update every 2 weeks, MindSampler every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avicenna Research | MindSampler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avicenna Research Inc. | MindSampler Inc. |
Customer experience
Avicenna Research
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In-app purchases
Avicenna Research
No in-app purchases
MindSampler
No in-app purchases
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