Quiz result
Your result: a wearable research data platform
Your answers point to a research data platform: tools built for studies, with participant management and exports. It is a starting point from the eight-question quiz, not a verdict on any product.
When this fits (our judgment)
- You run a study under an IRB or ethics board, not a consumer product.
- You need per-participant exports more than a polished app.
What to check first (our judgment)
- Device support differs from platform to platform: compare the devices line for each below.
- Pricing differs too, and the chooser shows only what each platform's pages state.
The options, and what this site’s sources say
The platforms this site's research chooser covers, alphabetically, each from its quoted pages:
- Devices: CentrePoint Insight Watch, ActiGraph LEAP and wGT3X-BT; CentrePoint is built for clinical investigations.
- Pricing: Calculated for each unique order.
From Wearable Data Platforms for Research Studies: Fitabase, Labfront, Empatica and Ametris, where each statement is sourced and dated.
- Devices: Its own EmbracePlus and EmbraceMini, via Bluetooth to the Care Lab app and the Empatica Cloud.
- Pricing: Bundles of one device with 3 or 5 years of app, portal and cloud access; a 25% academic discount.
From Wearable Data Platforms for Research Studies: Fitabase, Labfront, Empatica and Ametris, where each statement is sourced and dated.
- Devices: Fitbit and Garmin wearables and internet-connected scales (not Fitbit Ace or Garmin Jr), through Garmin and Fitbit Partner APIs.
- Pricing: Fitabase works with you to craft an exact pricing plan.
From Wearable Data Platforms for Research Studies: Fitabase, Labfront, Empatica and Ametris, where each statement is sourced and dated.
- Devices: Select Garmin, Movesense and Dexcom devices; any Garmin through Garmin Connect, high-resolution data from the select ones; hardware not included in any plan.
- Pricing: Billed annually, in advance.
From Wearable Data Platforms for Research Studies: Fitabase, Labfront, Empatica and Ametris, where each statement is sourced and dated.
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If one answer were different
- The device makers' own APIs — Your answers point to integrating each device maker's own cloud API, one OAuth integration per brand.
- A health-data aggregator — Your answers point to a health-data aggregator: one integration that connects many wearable brands for you.
- Bluetooth sensors, read directly — Your answers point to reading the sensors themselves over Bluetooth Low Energy, using the Bluetooth SIG's standard GATT profiles.
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