RealTime vs Shared Investigator Platform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Shared Investigator Platform
This mobile application allows clinical trial site users to manage their actions on the Shared Investigator Platform. It facilitates easy login, E-signing, reviewing pending actions, accepting study invitations, and managing study staff. Users can also access study documents, complete tasks, and receive important notifications.
- User-friendly interface
- E-sign functionality
- Biometric authentication
- Review pending actions
- Accept study invitations
- Manage study staff
- Access study documents
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The Shared Investigator Platform (Cognizant SIP) Mobile App features a user friendly interface to navigate and manage your actions on the Shared Investigator Platform. With this app, site users can easily login and E-sign using their existing SIP credentials and enable biometric authentication to simplify the subsequent login and E-signature processes. This app offers an easy review of the pending actions, accept study invitations, View and generate FDA Form1572, view the study news, acknowledge safety notifications, add and manage study site staff, view study documents, complete Document Exchange tasks published by your sponsor organizations and receive push notifications of latest study news published and assigned tasks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shared Investigator Platform at 100% against RealTime's 60%. Shared Investigator Platform also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). RealTime's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Shared Investigator Platform holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of RealTime's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shared Investigator Platform's.
RealTime ships an update every 6 weeks, Shared Investigator Platform every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RealTime | Shared Investigator Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RealTime Software Solutions | Cognizant Technology Solutions |
Customer experience
RealTime
Shared Investigator Platform
In-app purchases
RealTime
No in-app purchases
Shared Investigator Platform
No in-app purchases
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