Cicada
Ethos.
Earn reward points for your health-data contributions, on your terms.
Connect your health devices, join the studies you believe in, and earn reward points for the contributions you choose to share.
Researchers publish the data they need. Contributors connect their devices and choose what to share. Cicada moves consented data between them, de-identified at the source, delivered on the schedule researchers set, and free of paperwork.
People who want their health-data contributions recognized.
Handles consent, de-identification, and delivery between the two sides.
People who need real-world data to run studies.
The first time you open the app, you link your health data sources. After that it's automatic: your daily heart rate, sleep, breathing, and activity sync in the background.
- Apple Health, Google Fit, Samsung Health
- Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, Whoop, Withings
- Cicada Sense bedside device
- Background sync, no app to keep open
Browse open studies that match what your devices already track. Filter by topic, study details, or commitment length. Get an invite code from a researcher? Tap once to join a private cohort.
- Search, sort, and filter by what matters
- Private studies via invite code
- See study details before you apply
Heart rate variability & recovery
Sleep patterns and longevity
Movement tracking trial
When you open a study, Cicada checks its requirements against your connected data. If you qualify, sign the disclosure agreement and you're in. If you don't, you'll see exactly which requirements you're missing.
- Live eligibility match against your data
- Plain-language disclosure agreement
- See point details before you apply
Sleep patterns & longevity
- ✓Sleep tracking enabled
- ✓Heart rate monitoring
- ✓Movement / activity data
- ✕Age 65+ (you're 42)
The Sharing page is your dashboard. See every study you've joined, what data is flowing, and where you stand on completion. Pending applications, active sessions, and finished studies all appear together.
- Live completion percentage per study
- Pending applications counter
- Sharing status flag per data type
Heart rate variability
78%Sleep patterns & longevity
42%Movement tracking trial
12%Your reward points accrue from launch as you take part in studies. See how each contribution adds to your points total.
- Points for the studies you join
- Clear contribution history
- Recognition for the research you support
You control consent at every level: toggle which data types are shared, approve each research project individually, and leave any study in a single tap. Your identity is stripped before any researcher sees the data.
- Per-metric sharing toggles
- Approve each research project individually
- Leave a study in one tap, no questions asked
- Identity stripped before any access
Data sharing
The Ethos Research Portal is where academic centers, pharma, and labs run real-world studies on consented health data — recruit, consent, collect, and analyse in one place.
Every data point on Ethos carries a verifiable consent trail. Data use agreements are signed before any access, and a BAA program is in development.
Free, no commitment. You only share what you choose, you keep what you earn in reward points, and you can stop sharing any time.