Brighten

This app is primarily a research tool used to assess one’s mood, including measures of depression, activity level, and overall functioning. The Brighten app sends out daily questionnaires and regularly collects health and activity information directly from the smartphone. Users can enable the app to automatically and passively collect information, minimizing user burden.

Features:

- Automated daily questions that allow the user to easily assess their mood, activity level, and overall functioning

- Automated reminders for users who might miss a survey

- Passive data sensing that can collect activity data without the user needing to do anything but opt in

- Optional integration with health records and other health apps such as Apple HealthKit, Google Fit, and Fitbit to further track well-being,

- In-app communication platform for sending and receiving messages with the Brighten team

- User-friendly and familiar chat-style interface

- User interactions are facilitated by the “Brighten Digital Assistant”, a virtual avatar who replies to the user automatically and keeps them engaged by responding with GIFs, animations, and words of encouragement