AWARE Client V2 vs TigerAware
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AWARE Client V2
This app collects and shares mobile context information, including location, activity, and device usage, for both individual users and researchers. It allows for the automatic recording of data and the creation of mobile studies, with a strong emphasis on privacy by design.
- Automatic data collection (location, steps, mobility)
- HealthKit integration for heart-rate, sleep, and workouts
- Customizable sensor selection via AWARE Dashboard
- Privacy-focused design, no personal information logged
- Background data collection for mobile studies
- Support for various sensors including GPS, motion, and audio
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[About AWARE Client] AWARE Client V2 is a sensing framework dedicated to an instrument, infer, log and share mobile context information, for smartphone users and researchers. AWARE captures hardware-, software-, and human-based data. [Individuals: Record your data] This app allows us to collect user’s activity data (such as location, steps, and mobility types) automatically. As a part of the activity data, this app collects heart-rate, sleep, and workout data via HealthKit API if the user allows the app to access HealthKit API. In addition, By using the AWARE Dashboard, you can enable or disable sensors. Privacy is enforced by design, so AWARE does not log personal information, such as phone numbers or contacts information. Also, the data is saved locally on your mobile phone temporarily. AWARE uploads the data to the AWARE server automatically if the device has a Wi-Fi network and is charged the battery. [Scientists: Run studies] Running a mobile-related study has never been easier. Install AWARE to the participants' phone, select the data you want to collect and that is it. If you use the own AWARE server, you can set a mobile questionnaire. [How to use AWARE Client iOS] 1. Set a study on AWARE Dashboard 1-1. Please access to AWARE Dashboard by a web browser Make a study by "Create Study" button 1-2. Select required sensors from a sensor list for your study 1-3. Make a QR code by "Show QRcode" button 2. For joining the study, please read the QR code by a QR code reader on the AWARE client 3. AWARE collects and uploads your contexts in the background automatically 4. You can quit the study by 'Quit Study' button [Supported Sensors] AWARE allows us to collect the following sensor data: - Location (GPS, Barometer, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth) - Motion (Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Gravity, Linear Accelerometer, Magnetometer, and Activity Recognition) - Ambient Noise (Audio Features) - Device Usage (Screen State and Phone Call Events) - Network State (Wi-Fi or Mobile Network) - Timezone - Weather Data (from Open Weather Map) - BLE Devices (heart rate) - HealthKit - Calendar Events - Web APIs (Fitbit) - ESM: Experimental Sampling Method (Mobile Questionary) ** NOTE ** This application uses a location sensor in the background. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. In addition, this app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
TigerAware
This tool empowers researchers to easily collect diverse data, including survey responses and location tracking. It features offline survey caching, a notification system, and survey branching for efficient data gathering. Researchers can configure and deploy surveys via a dedicated dashboard.
- Diverse data collection
- Survey question types
- Location tracking
- Offline survey caching
- Notification system
- Survey branching
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TigerAware is a revolutionary data collection tool which enables researchers to collect a wide variety of data easily. TigerAware supports several different survey question types along with the capability to track location. TigerAware also supports a robust notification and survey branching system. Surveys are also cached offline, so they can be accessed without internet connection. Researchers can configure TigerAware surveys and deploy them using their TigerAware Dashboard. If you would like to gain access to your own TigerAware system contact us at TigerAwareLabs@gmail.com. At this time TigerAware does not use the Health App functionality or data, but for technical reasons does contain references to Health App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TigerAware at 4.4 against AWARE Client V2's 4.0. TigerAware also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
TigerAware holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of AWARE Client V2's written reviews are positive against 50% of TigerAware's.
AWARE Client V2 ships an update fortnightly, TigerAware every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AWARE Client V2 | TigerAware |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yuuki Nishiyama | TigerAware, LLC |
Customer experience
AWARE Client V2
TigerAware
In-app purchases
AWARE Client V2
No in-app purchases
TigerAware
No in-app purchases
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