Comparison

Beiwe2 vs Cingo Insights

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Beiwe2

This app is part of a research platform for participants in clinical and non-clinical studies. It collects sensor, usage, and survey data for research purposes. Access requires an invitation and credentials from a Beiwe server.

Highlights
  • Research-quality sensor data collection
  • Participant usage tracking
  • Survey data collection
  • Encrypted data storage
  • Reproducible studies
  • Participant management
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The Beiwe App is part of the Beiwe Research Platform. Beiwe is an open-source research platform for subjects enrolled in clinical and non-clinical studies. It provides research-quality sensor, participant usage, and survey data in reproducible studies and is intended for research purposes. Only participants who have been invited to join a study, and have been provided with a participant ID and registration password from a Beiwe server, can use this app. The Beiwe Platform is a project of the Onnela Lab at Harvard University, and development is supported by funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Usage of this Beiwe app is open to any Beiwe server by providing a URL at participant registration. Only data configured for collection on an enrolled study are recorded by the app. A small amount of additional metadata, such as whether the user has granted the app permission to access the sensors enabled by the study, are collected in order to assist administrators with participant management and study compliance. All data recorded by the app is encrypted, and once saved it cannot be decrypted except by the server hosting the study. Please Note: use of background GPS will cause some battery drain. Careful configuration and testing of this load on devices ranging from the iPhone 8/X generation (2016) up to current models has been reliably measured at only 6-8% over 12 hours for new batteries, with a worst case of 14% on an older model with a heavily degraded battery. Further battery drain will vary based sensor configuration of the study you enroll in, and the active time you spend in the app. (This app may indicate that it connects to Apple's Health app or uses Apple's HealthKit framework. This is due to the use of Apple's ResearchKit framework, which has HealthKit as a dependency. The app does not incorporate Health data.)

About

Cingo Insights

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Built for participants in approved research study. Participants must sign informed consent prior to participation. Cingo Insights makes your daily check-ins simple and keeps your progress in one place. What you can do: -Complete short daily check-ins in under a minute -Get timely reminders so you never miss a check-in Cingo Insights is intended for enrolled study participants.

Screenshots

Beiwe22 screens
Cingo Insights4 screens

Verdict

The call

Beiwe2 and Cingo Insights are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beiwe2 ships an update every 5 weeks, Cingo Insights every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Beiwe2 versus Cingo Insights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeiwe2Cingo Insights
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews16.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks โ€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size43 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOnnela Lab LLCUniversity of Colorado Boulder

In-app purchases

None

Beiwe2

No in-app purchases

None

Cingo Insights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beiwe2 free?
Beiwe2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cingo Insights free?
Cingo Insights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Beiwe2 or Cingo Insights have ads?
Neither Beiwe2 nor Cingo Insights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beiwe2 or Cingo Insights?
Beiwe2 ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cingo Insights every 6 weeks. Most recently, Beiwe2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cingo Insights on October 11, 2026.

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