Project Renew vs StudySync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Renew
This app supports a health study by monitoring social environments through GPS location. Participants are aware of potential battery impact from continuous background GPS usage.
- GPS location monitoring
- Social environment tracking
- RENEW Study support
- Yale University research
- University of Georgia research
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This application is an Activity Space App for the RENEW Study through Yale University and the University of Georgia. The goal of RENEW is to learn more about how social environments impact health and requires monitoring through the GPS location in the background and may affect the battery life. The study participants are already aware of these requirements. Disclaimer : Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
StudySync
This mobile application serves as the companion for a specific research study. Participants must be pre-enrolled to use its features. It is developed by the Snyder Lab at Stanford University.
- Research study participation
- Onboarding required
- Stanford University developed
- Mobile companion app
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This is the mobile app for StudySync. Participants must be onboarded from beforehand. StudySync is developed by the Snyder lab at Stanford University.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StudySync at fortnightly against Project Renew's every 3 months. StudySync also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Project Renew's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Project Renew against 5.0 for StudySync. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Project Renew ships an update every 3 months, StudySync fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Renew | StudySync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vista IT Solutions, LLC | Stanford University |
Customer experience
Project Renew
StudySync
In-app purchases
Project Renew
No in-app purchases
StudySync
No in-app purchases
