ResearchKit
Open source tools for building medical research studies into an app.
Introduced
2015
Open source release
Kind
Framework
Runs on
iPhone
Get it from
Open source on GitHub
iOS
iPadOS
Mac Catalyst
macOS
tvOS
visionOS
watchOS
Overview
ResearchKit handles the parts every study needs: visual informed consent, surveys, and active tasks that use the device's sensors to measure things like walking, tapping speed and hearing.
It's open source on GitHub, so researchers and developers can contribute new tasks and modules.
Informed consent
Visual, step-by-step consent flows.
Surveys
Questions with many answer formats.
Active tasks
Measure gait, dexterity, hearing and more.
Open source
A community of researchers and developers.
History
How it grew up.
2015
Introduced
Released as open source for medical research.
2020
New active tasks
More tasks and a refreshed look.
2021
Research and care
Apple's sample app pairs it with CareKit.