MindSampler vs m
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MindSampler
Participate in scientific research by answering short questions and experiments throughout your day. Contribute to understanding human thought, feelings, and behavior.
- Contribute to scientific understanding
- Receive daily experiment notifications
- Answer short questions
- Enter study codes
- Track daily life insights
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Help scientists understand how people think, feel, and behave as they go about their daily lives. Enter your study code and start receiving notifications throughout the day with short experiments or questions to answer.
m
This application collects data through questionnaires and device sensors to provide a comprehensive view of user responses and context. It allows administrators to set up data collection schedules and protocols for participants.
- Questionnaire-based data collection
- Sensor data integration (location, movement, steps)
- Scheduled data collection protocols
- Administrator-defined settings
- Detailed user data profiling
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m-Path Sense is a tool to monitor individuals, using a vast array of questionnaires and sensors. An administrator can set up protocols to collect data through questionnaires and sensors, which you will then be invited to answer according to a set schedule. Sensor data (including location, movement and step count) can be collected to provide context to these responses, to create a full and detailed image of the data you provide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: m at 4.3 against MindSampler's 2.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
m holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindSampler | m |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MindSampler Inc. | m-Path Software |
Customer experience
MindSampler
m
In-app purchases
MindSampler
No in-app purchases
m
No in-app purchases
