PVT Research Tool vs Elsevier eBooks+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PVT Research Tool
This application assists researchers in gathering data on alertness changes related to fatigue. It is designed to measure reaction times and assess the impact of sleep loss or extended wakefulness.
- Measures reaction time
- Assesses fatigue-related changes
- Collects research data
- Supports sleep loss studies
- Evaluates alertness
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The Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is a simple reaction time task used to assess fatigue-related changes in alertness associated with sleep loss or extended wakefulness. This app helps researchers collect fatigue-related changes in research participants.
Elsevier eBooks+
Access your medical textbooks offline and enhance your learning with tools for note-taking, highlighting, and flashcard creation. Sync your progress and annotations across devices for a seamless study experience.
- Offline book access
- Note-taking and highlighting
- Flashcard creation
- Cross-device syncing
- In-book search
- Figure viewing and zooming
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The Elsevier eBooks+ Bookshelf companion app provides on and offline access to the books in your eBooks+ account on the Content Library page. Enhance your reading experience with tools designed to build and improve your medical knowledge; making and sharing notes, highlighting key text, and creating flashcards. Elsevier eBooks Features: • Download books to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading. • Simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience. • Search inside your current book or across your full library. • Select text to create notes or highlights from your mobile device. • Tap to open figures, view captions, and pinch to zoom. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read, and all of your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based eBooks+ apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks+ account • One or more books available in your eBooks+ Bookshelf account • iOS 17+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elsevier eBooks+ at 4.7 against PVT Research Tool's 4.0. Elsevier eBooks+ also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 8) and review sentiment (43% vs 33%). PVT Research Tool's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Elsevier eBooks+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elsevier eBooks+ has 1.9K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of PVT Research Tool's written reviews are positive against 43% of Elsevier eBooks+'s.
| Parameter | PVT Research Tool | Elsevier eBooks+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Texas A&M University System CSE | Elsevier Inc. |
Customer experience
PVT Research Tool
Elsevier eBooks+
Bugs and requests
PVT Research Tool
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Elsevier eBooks+
Reported bugs
5 issues- Figures placed at the end of chapters
- Search function only works for single words
- Inability to clear search history
- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
8 requests- More highlighting and note-taking options
- Ability to write, draw, or paste images on pages
- Separate flashcard option integration with Anki/Quizlet
- More font size options
- Streamlined text selection for voiceover
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- Page turning instead of scrolling
- Ability to write on pages
- Interactive features
In-app purchases
PVT Research Tool
No in-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks+
No in-app purchases
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