Curious Mobile vs EARS Mobile Sensing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Curious Mobile
This app facilitates secure data collection and content delivery for research studies and healthcare interventions. It supports groundbreaking research and educational programs, making scientific work more efficient.
- Secure data collection
- Content delivery
- Supports research studies
- Enables healthcare interventions
- Delivers educational programs
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The Curious app, formerly known as MindLogger, enables data collection and content delivery while maintaining the highest standards of security. Whether supporting groundbreaking studies, enabling evidence-based interventions in healthcare, or delivering leading educational programs, Curious makes research work more effectively for everyone.
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 rating: Curious Mobile at 4.6 against EARS Mobile Sensing's 2.7. Curious Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). EARS Mobile Sensing's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 5). 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.
Curious Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EARS Mobile Sensing has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Curious Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, EARS Mobile Sensing every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Curious Mobile | EARS Mobile Sensing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 2.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Child Mind Institute, Inc. | Ksana Health Inc. |
Customer experience
Curious Mobile
EARS Mobile Sensing
In-app purchases
Curious Mobile
No in-app purchases
EARS Mobile Sensing
No in-app purchases
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