Empatica Care vs PROJECT REMOTE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empatica Care
This app collects physiological data from a compatible wearable device and securely transmits it to the cloud for professional review. It offers live system status checks, continuous data streaming, and smart troubleshooting to ensure reliable remote health monitoring.
- Remote health data collection
- Physiological data streaming
- Live system status check
- Smart troubleshooting
- Secure data transmission
- Wearable adherence indicator
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The Care App is used by patients and trial participants to facilitate remote health data collection when used with Empatica’s medical-grade EmbracePlus wearable. The Care App receives physiological data collected by EmbracePlus via Bluetooth and transmits this data to the Cloud for review and download by a professional. Key features include: * Live status check of the system * Continuous, automated physiological data streaming * Wearing time indicator to safeguard adherence * Smart troubleshooting and notifications * Easy onboarding for EmbracePlus * Secure, de-identified login credentials The Care App is an integral part of the Empatica Care remote health monitoring platform. It is intended for professional use and it is not designed to provide independent health tracking. Empatica is a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI. Empatica makes medical-grade smartwatches, software, and digital biomarkers that can accurately monitor human health remotely, continuously, and unobtrusively, across a range of health conditions. EmbracePlus is CE-marked, and has been developed with key partners including HHS, USAMRDC, and the NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health.
PROJECT REMOTE
This app facilitates participation in a medical study by allowing users to register, complete assessments, and attend virtual visits. It provides a dashboard for progress tracking and access to study resources. Requires an invitation and activation code from a study site.
- Patient onboarding and registration
- Study task and assessment completion
- Progress tracking dashboard
- Access to study resources
- Virtual telehealth visits
- Profile and settings management
- In-app reminders
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This app is intended for use by participants in the REMOTE study and requires an invitation and activation code from the study site to register. Longitudinal assessment of potential immunologic correlates of risk and protection following COVID-19 vaccination comparing remote and site-based specimen collection (feasibility, validity, and proof of concept). This study has been reviewed and approved by the appropriate regulatory body, e.g. Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC). Key App Features: - Patient Onboarding – complete study app registration and education - Activities – complete scheduled or on-demand study tasks and assessments - Dashboard – review overall progress in the study and current activities - Resources – view study information in the Learn section of the app - Profile – manage account details and app settings - Notifications – receive in-app reminders - Telehealth – conduct scheduled virtual visits with your study site About THREAD: THREAD’s® purpose is to leverage its clinical research platform to enable studies for everyone, everywhere. The company’s uniquely combined clinical research technology and consulting services help life science organizations to design, operate, and scale next-generation research studies and electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA) programs for participants, sites, and study teams. Through its comprehensive platform and scientific expertise, THREAD empowers studies to be accessible, efficient, and centered on the patient.
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Verdict
Empatica Care and PROJECT REMOTE both sit at 3.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 25% of Empatica Care's written reviews are positive against 0% of PROJECT REMOTE's. Empatica Care also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). PROJECT REMOTE's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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 — 3.1 for Empatica Care against 3.0 for PROJECT REMOTE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Empatica Care has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Empatica Care's written reviews are positive against 0% of PROJECT REMOTE's.
| Parameter | Empatica Care | PROJECT REMOTE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (10 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Empatica | Hello Thread |
Customer experience
Empatica Care
PROJECT REMOTE
In-app purchases
Empatica Care
No in-app purchases
PROJECT REMOTE
No in-app purchases








