# MediaWatchApp

> GfK market research

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1255830248](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1255830248)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1255830248`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** GfK Switzerland AG
- **Category:** Business
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-29
- **First published:** 2017-09-15
- **Size:** 12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/mediawatchapp/id1255830248?l=en-GB)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.gfk.com/privacy/](http://www.gfk.com/privacy/)

## Description

This app is used by panelists to participate in the market research within panel from GfK.

- This app allows only registered panelists to sign in with their unique id + password.
- Once signed in, the app receives the parameters of the participation period for the panelist.
- During the participation period the app will record acoustic-fingerprints from the microphone and send it to the servers of GfK.

- The user can at any time stop or restart the recording of acoustic-fingerprints from the "Start" and "Stop" buttons in the main screen.
- The user can configure for how long he wants the audio processing in background to run
- The user can prioritise the data transmission over wifi.
- The user can at any time change the configuration parameters

- This app requires background mode for audio, as the main functionality is a continuous audio processing into matchable acoustic-fingerprints. This extraction task is performed by our proprietary library "libfpextractor".
- This app accesses the accelerometer to know if the panelist is carrying his phone.
- This app accesses the battery status to disable the background service and acoustic-fingerprint generation if the battery charge is lower than a configurable threshold (typically 30%). Thus reducing drastically the current consumption of this app when the battery charge is low.
- The data transfer to the servers will happen when the watch is being charged, or at least once every 18 hours.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1255830248)