Empatica Care Lab vs UbiWell Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empatica Care Lab
This app facilitates the collection and secure upload of data from a wearable device to a cloud platform for academic and institutional research. It offers live system status checks, continuous data streaming, and smart troubleshooting to ensure research integrity.
- Live system status check
- Automated wearable data streaming
- Wearing time indicator
- Smart troubleshooting
- Secure, de-identified login
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The Care Lab App is part of Empatica’s research ecosystem for academic and institutional research and longitudinal studies. The app uploads data collected from the EmbracePlus wearable to the Cloud, so it can be accessed by researchers. Key features include: Live status check of the system Continuous, automated EmbracePlus data streaming Wearing time indicator to safeguard adherence Smart troubleshooting and notifications Easy onboarding for EmbracePlus Secure, de-identified login credentials The Care Lab App is intended for research use only and should not be used as part of diagnostic or clinical procedures. Care Lab is not intended for medical or diagnostic purposes. Always seek the doctor’s advice if you feel unwell. Care Lab should never be used to make medical or diagnostics decisions.
UbiWell Connect
This research app passively collects data from your phone and connected Garmin watch, including location, activity, and heart rate. It also administers research surveys to collect user responses for studies.
- Passive data collection
- Garmin watch integration
- Heart rate monitoring
- Activity tracking
- Research surveys
- Location tracking
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UbiWell Connect is developed for research purposes only by UbiWell Lab at Northeastern University, Boston. The app passively collects the data and then uploads it to our secure servers at Northeastern University. It also has the functionality to pop research surveys and collect user responses. Users can connect their Garmin watch with the App, and the app gathers accelerometer and heart rate data from the watch. . These are the contextual information being collected by the Connect Study App. - Location (GPS) - Motion and Activity Types - Screen Lock and Unlock events - Wi-Fi information (Only about the currently connected Wi-Fi network) - BLE Devices (like Heart-rate sensor, or some bluetooth headphones) - Phone Battery state and level - Screen brightness level - Survey Responses - Garmin Watch data ** NOTE ** - The app requires a username and password, which will be only provided to our selected participants - The app needs to use the location sensor to keep running in the background to passively collect and upload the data. Please select “Always Allow” for location updates. - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. - In addition, this app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UbiWell Connect at 5.0 against Empatica Care Lab's 3.0. 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.
UbiWell Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Empatica Care Lab | UbiWell Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Empatica | Northeastern Univ. Ubiwell Lab |
Customer experience
Empatica Care Lab
UbiWell Connect
In-app purchases
Empatica Care Lab
No in-app purchases
UbiWell Connect
No in-app purchases
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