Prolific Assistant

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

Prolific Assistant: Monitor Prolific for New Studies

Prolific Assistant is a Chrome extension designed to monitor Prolific.com for new studies and alert users when they are available. It provides desktop notifications, study availability display, and customizable alert settings.

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Extension stats

By: https://prolific.com

Users: 80,000+

Rating: 2.65

(415)

Version: 5.9.0 (Last updated: 2024-07-24)

Creation date: 2020-07-02

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

notifications
alarms
storage
identity
offscreen

Host permissions:

https://*.prolific.co/*
https://*.prolific.com/*

Size: 1.21M

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

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 3,026 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#10636 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 16

#7 in assistant keyword 44 ▲ 1

#169 in notification keyword 19 ▲ 13

#205 in sound keyword 30 ▲ 1

#254 in display keyword 19 ▲ 13

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Other platforms

Personal Assistant (vVARY)

3.80

(579) 102,438+

Prolific Assistant (v5.9.0)

2.85

(55) 4,765+

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

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.com 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

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Pros

Cons

The extension frequently logs users out, requiring them to re-login multiple times a day.
Alerts for new studies are often missed, and when received, studies are already full.
Voice notifications have stopped working for many users, leading to a reliance on email notifications that often go to spam.
The refresh rate for checking new studies is insufficient, causing users to miss opportunities.
The login process has become cumbersome, especially with popup windows that hinder the use of password managers.

Most mentioned

Frequent/logout login issues
Missed alerts for new studies
Issues with voice notifications
Problems with refresh rate for checking studies
Cumbersome re-login process

User reviews

Useless. I haven't received any alerts since I downloaded in May this year, and when it worked previously, the studies were always full.

Dineo Rakoena, 2024-11-26

Not really very useful - tells me about surveys - but when I go to them they are full and misses many others. Does not retain the voice alerts either.