MyDataHelps vs EARS Mobile Sensing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
EARS Mobile Sensing
This app collects digital information from your mobile device to help researchers study behavioral health patterns. It aims to improve mental health support, especially for young people and underserved groups, by analyzing data like mobility, screen time, and sleep. Your data is kept safe and is not sold or used for advertising.
- Behavioral health data collection
- GPS for mobility patterns
- Keyboard sentiment analysis
- Music and media listening data
- Screen time and device usage tracking
- Sleep data integration
- Call status monitoring
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The Effortless Assessment Research System (EARS) is a behavioral research tool developed by Ksana Health. EARS is intended to be used by individuals who have consented to participate in one of EARS' ongoing research studies. Mobile devices have a lot to say about behavioral health. Giving behavioral health researchers access to your digital information helps them study patterns in behavior. Information gathered can be used to better support mental and behavioral health and can help solve mental health challenges. Ksana Health builds digital research tools with a focus to improve mental health, especially amongst underserved group and young people. Ksana keeps your digital data safe and does not sell it to anyone or use it to target you with advertising. Our Ethics Committee ensures that: - You agree with how your data is used - Ksana keeps your data safe - Benefits of the research outweigh any risk - Easily opt out at any time. Research data collected with EARS: - Accelerometer - GPS, for general mobility, habits, and patterns - Keyboard usage for sentiment. - Music and media listening, including musical and affective qualities of songs - Battery state and charging time - Call Status - Screen Time Device Usage - Sleep data through HealthKit EARS was selected as part of The Opportunity Project, an initiative focused on using open data to improve the lives of American citizens.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyDataHelps at 43% against EARS Mobile Sensing's 0%. MyDataHelps also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (304 vs 30). On price, update cadence, 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.
MyDataHelps holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyDataHelps has 304 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of MyDataHelps's written reviews are positive against 0% of EARS Mobile Sensing's.
MyDataHelps ships an update monthly, EARS Mobile Sensing every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyDataHelps | EARS Mobile Sensing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (304 ratings) — better | 2.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 304 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CareEvolution | Ksana Health Inc. |
Customer experience
MyDataHelps
EARS Mobile Sensing
Bugs and requests
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
EARS Mobile Sensing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyDataHelps
No in-app purchases
EARS Mobile Sensing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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