Prolific Assistant

This is an extension designed to monitor https://www.prolific.com/ for new studies and alert you when it finds them. Features -…

What is Prolific Assistant?

Prolific Assistant is a Chrome extension that diligently monitors for new studies on Prolific. The extension provides desktop notifications for every new study found, displays the number of available studies on the extension icon, and shows the time of the last check for studies. It also offers customization in its settings, allowing users to select the alert sound type and volume level. However, it requires permissions to read and change data on all Prolific.co websites, read your browser history, and display notifications.

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By: https://prolific.com

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Users: 80,000+

Rating: 2.77 (358) ▲ 2 new ratings

Version: 4.2.1 (Last updated: 2024-03-20)

Creation date: 2020-07-02

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

notifications
webRequest
webNavigation
alarms
storage
activeTab
https://*.prolific.co/*
https://*.prolific.com/*

Size: 1.04M

Email: su*****@prolific.co

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2980 ▼ 65

Other rankings

#9738 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 11 #8 in assistant keyword 64 ▲ 1 #43 in study keyword 20 ▼ 1 #95 in notification keyword 27 ▲ 1 #208 in browser history keyword 28

Other platforms

Prolific Assistant (v4.2.1)

3.02 (45) 4,690+

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Summary

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This is an extension designed to monitor https://www.prolific.com/ for new studies and alert you when it finds them.

Features

Desktop notification for every new study found.
Displays how many studies are available on the extension icon.
Shows the last time studies were checked for.

Settings

Alert Sound: The type of sound you want when a new study is found (none, voice, choice of 5 different sounds).
Alert Volume: The volume level for the alert sound (0-100).

Permissions

Read and change your data on all prolific.co sites (needed to be able to check for studies)
Read your browser history (needed to open a prolific tab)
Display notifications (needed to display notifications)

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helpful for finding studies
Useful for waiting for studies
Works as described

Cons

Frequent login issues
Delayed or missed notifications for available studies
Difficulty logging in after website domain change

Most mentioned

Frequent login/logout issues
Delayed or missed notifications for available studies
Difficulty logging in after website domain change

Recent reviews

It's actually worse than ever now. It was already going downhill, but now it just logs me out constantly and i need to visit Prolific site before is starts working. Even then, it sometimes stops for whatever reason. Sometimes it also doesn't play sound.

Jan Baranowski, 2024-04-17

Needs a way to delete unwanted jobs from the queue, making it easier to check with a glance

Ra Denney, 2024-04-17

This prolific assistance is totally not helping, it only notifies me once surveys are full

Kuselwa Mkosana, 2024-04-16

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Safety

Risk impact

Prolific Assistant is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Prolific Assistant if you trust the publisher.