ResearchApp vs Barialink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ResearchApp
Participate in medical research studies by entering a unique token code. Track your health information and share data with research teams, including HealthKit integration. This app facilitates the discovery of new medicines and improved health outcomes.
- Join consented research studies
- Enter unique token codes
- Track health questionnaires
- Connect to HealthKit
- Share data with research teams
- Facilitates medicine discovery
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ResearchApp allows you to take part in a study that you've consented to participate in. In order to be able to join a study you will need to enter your token code that would have been provided to you by an organisation conducting the research. ResearchApp has been developed to help research teams accelerate new medicines discovery and to find ways to improve health outcomes for people all over the world. None of this can be achieved without the generous time and participation of research participants. If you have any questions about the study you are participating in, please contact the organisation conducting the study. ResearchApp offers a range of tracking questionnaires to capture information about yourself and your conditions. If enabled for your particular study, ResearchApp also allows you to connect to HealthKit and other third-party apps and devices in order to share this data with your research team. If you are a researcher wanting to conduct a study please get in touch: research@healtbit.com.
Barialink
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BARIAlink – created in 2016 by Dr. Bruno Dillemans – is a web-based knowledge base and participation network of bariatric and metabolic surgery specialists from all over the globe… The primary aim of BARIAlink is to share and discuss at a highly professional level the challenges faced by surgeons in complex cases, innovative surgical procedures and new approaches to bariatric surgery, in order to raise the level of surgical excellence in this field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ResearchApp at fortnightly against Barialink's every 36 months. ResearchApp also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). 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.
ResearchApp ships an update fortnightly, Barialink every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ResearchApp | Barialink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 36 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Healthbit LTD | Barialink |
In-app purchases
ResearchApp
No in-app purchases
Barialink
No in-app purchases









