Harleigh Schumer|Chioma Amadi|Ashish Joshi
Evaluating the Dietary and Nutritional Apps in the Google Play Store
The Graduate Center, CUNY|The Graduate Center, CUNY|The Graduate Center, CUNY
objective study evaluate features diet nutrition apps available google play storea search conducted august 2017 using google play store database identify apps related diet nutrition terms entered app search engine included diet apps nutrition apps first 50 apps resulting search term assessed duplicates removed comparative analysis performed remaining diet nutrition appsa total 86 diet nutrition apps identified one hundred percent n 86 apps retrieved freely available half apps applicable target user group ages 94 n 81 stratified analysis across unique diet nutrition apps total n 72 showed higher average rating diet apps 44 comparison nutrition apps 43 diet apps likely recently updated nutrition apps 72 vs 66 diet apps likely feature app purchase nutrition apps 36 vs 19 average rating slightly higher diet apps featuring inapp purchases ratings similar nutrition appsa centralized resource needed provide information healthrelated apps allow systematic evaluation effectiveness research needs examine improved methods designing appstore platforms presenting available apps properly guide users app selection