StudyChime Premium keeps filters and schedules together in profiles. A profile is one saved set of match rules and alert times, so switching profiles changes both together.
Manage profiles
Open Settings → Filters & schedule. From there you can:
- create a profile
- duplicate or rename a profile
- customise its filters and schedule
- switch between profiles
- select Save & activate profile to save and apply both its filters and schedule
- delete profiles while keeping at least one profile available
StudyChime includes four starting profiles:
- My preferences — initially allows anything available, ready for you to customise
- Anything available — no filtering or schedule restrictions
- High hourly rate — starts with £12 and $12 hourly-rate minimums
- Short studies — starts with a 15-minute maximum completion time
When you create or duplicate a profile, it becomes the profile being edited. Saving activates it. If you delete the selected profile, StudyChime moves to another remaining profile; the final remaining profile cannot be deleted.
Available match rules
Each profile can set:
- minimum reward in GBP
- minimum reward in USD
- minimum hourly rate in GBP
- minimum hourly rate in USD
- minimum places available
- minimum completion time
- maximum completion time
- included keywords
- how included keywords are matched
- excluded keywords
A numeric value of 0 disables that minimum or maximum.
GBP and USD are separate
GBP and USD thresholds are independent. StudyChime does not convert currencies.
For example, you can allow studies paying at least £3 while requiring at least $5 for studies shown in USD. The GBP threshold is used for GBP studies and the USD threshold for USD studies.
Filter Prolific studies by reward
Use the minimum reward rule to filter Prolific notifications by a study’s total payment. For example, a £3 minimum reward allows a GBP study paying £3 or more, provided it also passes your other active rules. Use the independent USD field for dollar rewards.
Minimum reward alerts do not use the study’s hourly rate. A short £1 study could have a high hourly rate and still fail a £3 minimum reward filter.
Filter Prolific studies by hourly rate
The minimum hourly-rate rule uses the pay per hour shown for the study. A £12/hour threshold allows a GBP study showing £12/hour or more; it does not require the study to pay £12 in total. Set a separate $/hour minimum for USD studies.
For Prolific hourly rate alerts, combine that threshold with a minimum reward only if you want both conditions to pass. These filters use the visible study information, not a prediction of your actual completion speed or earnings.
Filter Prolific studies by available places
Set a minimum number of available places to reduce notifications for studies with fewer spaces. For example, a minimum of 10 places requires at least 10 places in the information StudyChime reads, alongside your other rules.
Places can change after an alert. This filter does not reserve a place or guarantee that the study will still be available.
Filter studies by completion time
Use minimum and maximum completion times to choose a duration range. For example, a 15-minute maximum allows studies showing an estimated completion time of 15 minutes or less, provided they pass your other active rules. Add a minimum if you also want to exclude shorter studies.
The displayed duration is an estimate, not a guarantee of how long you will take. Set either limit to 0 to disable it.
Filter Prolific study notifications by keyword
Enter included or excluded words and phrases separated by commas or new lines.
- Any included word — at least one included keyword must appear (an “any included keyword” match).
- Every included word — all included keywords must appear.
- Always exclude these words — the study is rejected if any excluded keyword appears.
Excluded keywords take precedence. For example, with included keywords AI, interview and excluded keyword camera, an AI study mentioning a camera is rejected even though it matched an included keyword.
Keyword matching uses text visible on the open Prolific studies page, such as the title and other rendered study details when available.
Matching ignores capitalisation and checks word boundaries. For example, AI matches AI training, but not the letters inside paid. Phrases such as decision making can also be included or excluded.
Combine filters and schedules
A study must pass every enabled match rule in the active profile, and its alert must be allowed by that profile’s schedule. This is why filters and schedules are saved and activated as one profile rather than as unrelated settings.
Filters decide which visible studies match. Schedules decide when matching alerts may be sent. Neither changes what Prolific displays.
Preview filters safely
Select Preview matches to check the currently visible studies against the rules you are editing. The preview shows how many visible studies match or are excluded, with common reasons.
Previewing does not save or activate the profile and does not permanently record the preview results.
Important limitations
Filters only decide whether StudyChime should notify you. They do not reserve, accept, complete, or submit studies, change your Prolific account, or guarantee that a study will still have space when you open it.