Private phone notifications
Send alerts to Discord, Telegram or Pushover on iPhone and Android. Combine destinations with browser notifications and optional sound at your computer.
Prolific Assistant alternative
Looking for a Prolific Assistant alternative?
Want Prolific alerts on your phone as well as your computer? StudyChime combines browser and sound alerts with private Discord, Telegram and Pushover notifications.
StudyChime is independent and is not affiliated with Prolific.
Feature comparison
Prolific Assistant and StudyChime compared
Prolific Assistant provides desktop notifications and selectable alert sounds. StudyChime gives you a choice of phone destinations, with additional filters, schedules, customisation and local analytics available through Premium.
| Feature | Prolific AssistantFree | StudyChime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | PremiumOne-time payment | ||
| Browser notifications | Included | Included | Included |
| Sound alerts | Included | Included | Included |
| Discord phone alerts | — | 10 per rolling 24-hour period | Unlimited alerts |
| Telegram phone alerts | — | 10 per rolling 24-hour period | Unlimited alerts |
| Pushover phone alerts | — | 10 per rolling 24-hour period | Unlimited alerts |
| Local Milestones | — | Included | Included |
| Snooze from phone alerts | — | — | Included |
| GBP and USD reward filters | — | — | Included |
| GBP and USD hourly-rate filters | — | — | Included |
| Available places filter | — | — | Included |
| Included and excluded keywords | — | — | Included |
| Saved profiles and alert schedules | — | — | Included |
| Custom sound files | — | — | Included |
| Local Study Trends | — | — | Included |
Free phone alert allowance: the 10-alert limit is shared across Discord, Telegram and Pushover, not a separate allowance for each service. Alerts are counted in batches, which can contain multiple studies. Browser notifications and local sounds do not use this allowance.
— means not listed in Prolific Assistant's current published feature description, rather than a tested absence. Assistant already offers sound choices and volume control; StudyChime custom sound files are a separate Premium feature.
Why StudyChime
Make your Prolific alerts work around you.
Receive alerts where you will notice them, reduce notification noise and explore the studies your own browser has observed.
Choose the studies that notify you
Premium filters let you set separate GBP and USD reward and hourly-rate thresholds, minimum places, and included or excluded keywords.
Save your routine
Save filters and alert schedules together in Premium profiles. Switch profiles as your availability changes, and customise your local alert sound.
Understand your study activity
Premium Study Trends shows locally observed study activity, pay and useful time patterns. Free Local Milestones tracks matched studies, successful alerts and verified monitoring time.
How it works
An independent extension with clear boundaries.
StudyChime monitors the signed-in Prolific studies page you keep open. Your computer needs to be awake with Chrome running; a phone app receives alerts but does not take over monitoring. Prolific Assistant uses its own checking workflow.
You stay in control
StudyChime does not automatically refresh or reopen Prolific in the background, and does not accept, reserve, complete or submit studies. It does not ask for your Prolific password or use a private participant API.
External alerts go directly from your browser to the provider you configure. Read about permissions and privacy.
Free and Premium
Start free. Choose the controls you need.
StudyChime Free includes browser alerts, basic sounds and Local Milestones, so you can start with the essentials and connect your preferred phone provider.
StudyChime Free includes up to 10 external alert batches in a rolling 24-hour period, shared across Discord, Telegram and Pushover. Browser notifications and local sounds do not use this quota.
Premium removes the external-alert limit and unlocks filters, schedules, customisation and local Study Trends.
Compare StudyChime Free and Premium. Phone notification services may have their own costs.
Which Prolific notification setup suits you?
Prolific Assistant: official desktop alerts
Prolific Assistant is Prolific's official extension, with desktop notifications, a choice of sounds and volume control. It suits participants who want Prolific's supported notification tool at their computer.
StudyChime: more ways to stay notified
StudyChime adds private Discord, Telegram and Pushover alerts alongside browser notifications, sound and Local Milestones. A one-time Premium purchase adds unlimited external alerts, reward and hourly-rate filters, keyword rules, schedules, custom sounds and local Study Trends.
StudyChime is independent and is not supported by Prolific. Keep your signed-in studies page open while it monitors.
Comparison updated 10 September 2026 using Prolific Assistant 5.30.14 and Prolific's current help guidance.
Set up your StudyChime alerts.
Choose your destinations, send a test and keep your Prolific studies page open.