Userlytics vs Lookback Participate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Userlytics
This app allows you to earn money by testing websites and mobile applications. You'll answer questions, record your screen and voice, and provide feedback on digital assets. Test from home on your own schedule and get compensated for your time.
- Test websites and apps
- Record screen and audio
- Provide feedback and suggestions
- Complete tasks and instructions
- Earn money for your time
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The Userlytics App is a state-of-the-art user testing mobile app. It allows you to answer questions and record your session (both webcam view and device screen + audio) as you interact with different digital assets and follow a series of instructions and answer questions. Earn extra money by checking out the usability of apps or a website, as you test from home, on your own time, whenever you are free. Your work will consist of completing a series of tasks and instructions, while interacting with prototype or production web sites or mobile apps, or viewing video commercials, or other digital user interfaces, while speaking out loud your thoughts, emotions, criticisms, and suggestions and while answering questions. You will be helping us make the world more user friendly, and you will be compensated for your time with whatever incentive was defined in the invitation you received. You will see, it’s a lot of fun too! Once you download the Userlytics App you will be able to use it multiple times, every time you are invited to a user experience or usability test.
Lookback Participate
This tool allows users to provide feedback to researchers and developers by recording their screen, voice, and facial expressions while evaluating mobile apps or websites. It ensures user control over shared personal information and offers guidance for optimal participation.
- Screen recording
- Audio and video feedback
- Step-by-step guidance
- Controlled information sharing
- User evaluation
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Participate is a super-easy user research tool that lets you share feedback with researchers and developers to make their apps more awesome! With your permission, Participate records everything happening on your screen during the session, including your voice and facial expressions as you evaluate an iOS app or mobile site. Features include: * Screen sharing * Two-way audio and video calling * Step-by-step guide keeps you in control of what personal information you share with researchers Recommendations: * Strong Wi-Fi signal with at least 5Mbps download/upload speed * Headphones with a built-in microphone will help reduce background noise. Wired headsets are preferred over Bluetooth. * Plug into a power source to ensure you have enough battery life NOTE: Participate is not a general purpose screen recording tool. Only download this app if someone has shared a participate link with you, or you are conducting research. For more information visit our site https://help.lookback.io/en/collections/1831352-participant-experience
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Userlytics at 4.7 against Lookback Participate's 3.3. Userlytics also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 21%) and ratings volume (3K vs 19). Lookback Participate's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
Userlytics holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Userlytics has 3K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Userlytics's written reviews are positive against 21% of Lookback Participate's.
Userlytics ships an update every 2 months, Lookback Participate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Userlytics | Lookback Participate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3K ratings) — better | 3.3 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Userlytics Corporation | Lookback |
Customer experience
Userlytics
Lookback Participate
Bugs and requests
Userlytics
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Prototype crashes during tests
- Inability to sign up or log in
- Constant disconnection from VPN
Requested features
4 requests- Improved audio test support
- Ability to view and resubmit failed tests
- Better notification system for available tests
- More consistent test availability
Lookback Participate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Userlytics
No in-app purchases
Lookback Participate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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