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

(416)

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

# 2,711 ▲ 30

Other rankings

#10563 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5

#7 in assistant keyword 44 ▼ 2

#72 in study keyword 11 ▼ 6

#139 in notification keyword 19 ▼ 3

#192 in sound keyword 24 ▼ 3

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Prolific Assistant (v5.9.0)

2.85

(55) 4,884+

Not available on Edge

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Extension 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.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

Helps to participate in more studies.
Worked well initially, showing promise for new surveys.
Some users experienced it working well after reinstallation.

Cons

Constantly logs users out of their accounts, requiring frequent re-login.
Alerts are not consistently received, often finding studies already full.
Issues with notification settings, including missing sound alerts and low refresh rates for checking new studies.

Most mentioned

Frequent login issues, needing constant re-authentication.
Delay in alerts for new studies, often causing users to miss opportunities.
Lack of sound notifications, with many users not receiving verbal alerts anymore.

User reviews

Has been broken for the last two years. Please fix.

Sean McLaughlin, 2025-01-21

I think since I downloaded the extension a year ago, I have only received one alert and even then, the study was already full. Please fix it so it can actually be useful.