Harvard Home vs StudySync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harvard Home
This research app collects health and wellbeing data through surveys for a Harvard study on home and work impacts. It allows remote participation and provides a dashboard to track your progress.
- Health and wellbeing surveys
- Remote participation
- Progress tracking dashboard
- Research data collection
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The Home/Work Study app was designed using AppLab as the data collection tool for the Harvard Home/Work Study, a research project looking at the impacts of our homes on health and productivity. The app administers a series of health and wellbeing surveys to allow remote participation and engagement. In addition to administering surveys, the app provides a dashboard to track participants' progress. If you would like to learn more about the study or are interested in participating, please contact forhealth@hsph.harvard.edu
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 Harvard Home's every 2 months. StudySync also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Harvard Home's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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 Harvard Home against 5.0 for StudySync. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Harvard Home ships an update every 2 months, StudySync fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harvard Home | StudySync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Harvard University | Stanford University |
Customer experience
Harvard Home
StudySync
In-app purchases
Harvard Home
No in-app purchases
StudySync
No in-app purchases
