UCSF Eureka Research vs MyDataHelps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UCSF Eureka Research
Participate in real medical research studies from your smartphone to help solve major health issues. Contribute to world-changing research with top universities and make a significant impact on causes you care about.
- Join medical research studies
- Contribute to health problem solutions
- Participate via smartphone
- Support top research universities
- Track impact on health causes
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Eureka makes it easy to join real medical studies and help solve the world’s biggest health problems—including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, mental illness, healthcare inequities and more. It’s now easier than ever to have a big impact on causes you care about . All it takes to contribute to world-changing research with Eureka is a smartphone and a little bit of free time. Team up with millions of other study participants helping top researchers from research universities like UCSF, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins to answer questions like, “What signals from my smartphone might predict heart disease?” and “How does physical activity affect cancer risk?” Eureka is a non-profit resource built by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco with support from the National Institutes of Health. If you have questions about signing up or your current participation, reach out to us at support@eurekaplatform.org. For the studies that are on our app, we are not currently pulling HealthKit data but are collecting approval for future use. We use the CareKit framework in our application but do not connect to it in any other way.
MyDataHelps
Harness your health data to advocate for your well-being. Connect information from wearables and medical records, and contribute to health research projects. Track symptoms and share trends with healthcare providers.
- Connect Apple Health and Fitbit data
- Retrieve medical records
- Participate in health projects
- Track symptoms for chronic conditions
- Generate symptom trend reports
- Share data with healthcare providers
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Understand your health. Power the next breakthrough. Bring together data from your wearables, medical records, and daily habits in one secure place, and put that information to work for you and for science. • See the full picture of your health. Connect wearables and health apps (Apple Health, Google Health, and more), access medical records from 90%+ of U.S. hospitals and plans, and track trends over time. • Take control with powerful tracking tools. Track symptoms, triggers, and treatments. Stay ahead of asthma flare-ups. Spot trends, generate reports, and share what matters with your care team. • Contribute to research that matters. Join studies exploring heart health, respiratory disease, mental health, and more—while staying in control of what you share. Trusted by 2.5M+ participants and leading research programs. Some projects may ask for your location data. You can always decide not to share this information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyDataHelps at 4.4 against UCSF Eureka Research's 3.1. MyDataHelps also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 22%). UCSF Eureka Research's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). 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.
MyDataHelps holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 329 and 304 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of UCSF Eureka Research's written reviews are positive against 43% of MyDataHelps's.
UCSF Eureka Research ships an update every 5 weeks, MyDataHelps monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UCSF Eureka Research | MyDataHelps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (329 ratings) | 4.4 (304 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 329 — better | 304 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | University of California at San Francisco | CareEvolution |
Customer experience
UCSF Eureka Research
MyDataHelps
User reviews
UCSF Eureka Research
From 329 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Allows participation in multiple studies
- 👍 Reassuring to be run by academic institution
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Concerns about data security and privacy
- 👎 Buggy and unstable
- 👎 Unreliable login and password reset functionality
MyDataHelps
From 304 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use symptom tracker
- 💡 Generates free PDF reports with graphs
- 👍 Customizable symptoms and treatments
- 💡 Contributes to research studies
- 👍 Great for chronic illnesses
Room to improve
- 🐛 App won't open after updates
- 🐛 Impossible to cancel membership
- 🐛 Difficult to delete account
- 🐛 Doesn't work well with Apple Watch
- 🐛 No help feature or tech support
Bugs and requests
UCSF Eureka Research
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes during data entry
- Login issues, unable to reset password
- Incompatible with certain devices (e.g., jailbroken, older devices)
- Unexpected behavior when trying to opt out or delete account
Requested features
4 requests- Improve stability and reliability
- Provide better instructions and guidance
- Add support for international users
- Improve battery optimization
MyDataHelps
Reported bugs
25 issues- App won't open after latest updates
- App is worse than useless, impossible to cancel or remove
- App is hard to delete
- App claims to work with Apple Watch but doesn't
- App has no Help feature or way to get tech support
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- App has loading errors and is unreliable
- App connects to '.dev' api when logging in
- App is broken for COVID test documentation, site loads indefinitely
- Print is too small to read, cannot magnify
- Poor performing app since the last update, takes 5 minutes to open
- App continues to show 'Tasks' as being overdue
- FitBit login won't complete, returns to login screen
- Can't log in due to server issues
- Data error when submitting info, cannot proceed
- App keeps crashing, won't let me finish registration
- Study Hotline hyperlink doesn't work
- The 'done' button is greyed out when trying to add booster dates
- App shows spinning daisy and never refreshes, unable to connect to server
- No way to add a booster shot
- No place to record a third COVID vaccine (booster)
- Cannot log in due to server issues
- Tried to sign up 4 times, got an error each time
- Not listing resting heart rate for the last month
- App support/website lead nowhere useful
- Cannot edit symptoms on the 'Track illness' feature
Requested features
8 requests- Add ability to record additional COVID vaccine boosters
- Allow symptom changes during prolonged illness
- Way to earn points for rewards (PayPal, gift cards)
- Edit symptoms on 'Track illness' feature
- Export lab and clinical data to Apple Health
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- Synchronize with Garmin devices
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
UCSF Eureka Research
No in-app purchases
MyDataHelps
No in-app purchases
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