ehive Studies vs GAMMA Research Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ehive Studies
Participate in digital health studies to help researchers understand disease causes. Activities include watching videos, answering questions, and syncing wearable device data. All studies are approved by a human subjects protection program.
- Participate in digital health studies
- Watch study-related videos
- Answer daily health questions
- Connect wearable devices
- Sync activity and heart data
- Contribute to disease research
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The ehive platform is a digital health research platform run out of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC. It allows clinicians and researchers to coordinate the long-term collection of “real world” health data and health outcomes from diverse participants. Our goal is to better understand the complicated underlying causes of the diseases that affect us. On the ehive platform, you will be able to participate in digital health studies that could involve activities in the app like: * Watching weekly study-related videos * Answering health questions for a few minutes each day * Connecting a wearable device, such as an Apple Watch, and syncing it with the study to share activity and heart data * And more All studies on ehive are approved by the Program for the Protection of Human Subjects (PPHS) at Mount Sinai Health System.
GAMMA Research Study
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GAMMA (Glucose, Activity, and Mood - Mobile Assessment) Research Study at Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture is testing delivery of a just-in-time adaptive intervention to improve dietary behaviors. This app supports data collection from a continuous glucose monitor, activity tracker, and ecological momentary assessment surveys, as well as delivery of intervention messages. Use of this app is restricted to enrolled, consented participants taking part in this research study. The research study is approved by the Texas A&M Institutional Review Board as STUDY2025-0184.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GAMMA Research Study at every 2 weeks against ehive Studies's monthly. 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.
ehive Studies ships an update monthly, GAMMA Research Study every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ehive Studies | GAMMA Research Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Avicenna Research Inc. |
In-app purchases
ehive Studies
No in-app purchases
GAMMA Research Study
No in-app purchases
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