App Builder Features for Digital Research
Build research apps for iOS, Android, and web without coding. Combine surveys, adaptive interventions, cognitive assessments, wearable data, and participant engagement tools to fit your study protocol.
70+ customizable App Builder features. Below are our key ones.
Platform & enrollment
Get participants into your study from anywhere, on the device they already use.
iOS, Android & web apps
The Pathverse app works across devices, with native controls and interactive multimedia.
Multiple language support
Run your study in any language.
Custom look and feel
Set your app's theme colour and header images.
Remote enrollment
Participants enroll by downloading the app from their app store or using a web browser.
Track study progression
Follow each participant through the study, including module completion and survey responses.
White label platform
We can rebrand the platform for your organization's needs.
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
Capture experiences as they happen with short surveys delivered through the day.
Sample Schemes
Signal-contingent sampling
Random prompts within time windows you set.
Event-contingent sampling
Participants self-initiate a survey when an event happens.
Measurement-burst designs
Intensive sampling periods, such as 7-day bursts across a semester.
Interval-contingent sampling
Fixed-time prompts, such as every morning and evening.
Daily diaries
End-of-day or time-triggered surveys repeated over the study.
Context-triggered prompts
Surveys triggered by wearable data.
Questionnaire Builder
Item types
Multiple choice, dropdown, numeric slider, emoji/visual analogue slider and open text.
Participant feedback
Participants see their scores and track changes over time.
Automatic scoring
Scored questionnaires with instant results for participants.
Cognitive assessments
Symbol Search, Trail Making, Memory Dot, Stroop and FNAME.
Participant Experience
Native iOS & Android app
Participants download the app from the App Store or Google Play.
Timezone-aware scheduling
Prompts follow each participant's local time.
Notification history
Every past prompt in one place.
Anonymized enrollment
Enroll with anonymous emails to protect identities.
Compliance boosters
Points, badges and push notifications to keep participants responding.
Multilingual studies
Specify supported languages and whether researchers supply translations.
Researcher Dashboard
Real-time compliance monitoring
Track response rates per participant as data comes in.
Passive sensing through wearables
Collect steps, activity minutes, and more, alongside self-report data.
Behaviour interventions & JITAI
Build theory-based programs, then adapt what each participant gets and when, from their own data.
Intervention Content
Modular lessons
Drag-and-drop modules with text, images, links, and video.
Knowledge checks
Challenge cards with multiple-choice questions and instant feedback.
Standardized assessments
6-Minute Walk Test, Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, and other validated measures.
Full-screen video
Portrait videos through YouTube links.
Guided exercise programs
Create guided exercise programs, including HIIT and resistance training.
AI chatbot integration
Integrate a customized AI chatbot into the app, through a hosted backend or OpenAI.
Adaptive Delivery (JITAI)
Decision points
Check in on a schedule, after a module is completed, or both.
Decision rules
If-then release conditions, set without code.
Tailoring variables
Use wearable data, and survey answers to decide what happens next.
Intervention options
Release a tailored module, survey or push notification for each condition.
Behavior Change Techniques
Every engagement feature is coupled with a behaviour change technique from the BCT Taxonomy, so you can report exactly which techniques your intervention delivers.
Goal setting
Goals and action plans that can be pre-set by the researcher, or self-set by participants.
Self-monitoring
Trackers for steps, activity minutes, weight, blood pressure and more.
Social support
Forums where participants can comment and like different topics.
Action planning & reminders
Help participants plan when and how they will act, with reminders to support follow-through
Rewards & gamification
Points, badges, leaderboards and progress milestones.
Prompts & cues
Scheduled push notifications that cue the target behaviour.
Cognitive Assessments
Measure cognition on participants’ own phones, as often as your protocol needs, without a lab visit.
Cognitive Assessment Library
Symbol Search, Trail Making, Memory Dot, Stroop, FNAME.
Add as a card
Drop a cognitive test into any module, alongside content and surveys.
Remote Assessment
Participants complete tests on their own device, wherever they are.
Fully configurable parameters
Every test parameter, such as trial lengths, timing, difficulty, can be changed to fit your protocol.
Repeated, in-the-moment testing
Pair tests with EMA prompts, or release them on a schedule or from release conditions.
Trial-level data export
Responses, reaction times and completion status, exported to CSV with your survey and wearable data.
Wearable Data Download
Collect wearable data alongside surveys and app activity, with configurable metrics and export intervals.
Consumer & research-grade devices
Use devices participants already own, or hand out study devices. Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Wear OS, SENS motion
Compliance monitoring
See last sync times and incoming data per participant, with push reminders to sync.
Flexible exports
Daily, hourly or minute-level data for one participant, a group or the whole study.
In-app connection
Participants link their device from the Pathverse app in a few taps.
Retrospective data download
Ability to download wearable data from weeks to months retrospectively.
One switch per metric
Turn on only the metrics your study needs, and choose which go into your export. Steps, active minutes, sleep, Heart rate
Security & Privacy
We follow industry standards to keep participant data secure.
HIPAA compliant
You can request a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) if your study needs one.
Anonymous enrollment
Use anonymous emails to keep participant identities confidential.
End-to-end encryption
Data is encrypted with AES-256 and transferred over SSL.
Data storage
Country-specific and institution-hosted data storage options are available on request.
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