Apple Store Research Articles

Gramado Jornada Virtual: an analysis of its cultural curriculum

developed with financial support from the Municipal Secretary of Culture of Gramado, is available for download on Google Play and Apple Store platforms. Like an interactive book, it tells the origin of these cities, their colonizers, as well as presents information about sights and events. It also has some games and resources that, for instance, allow users to take selfies as if they were in Gramado. Through the theoretical framework of Cultural Studies, this article intends to expand the notions of curriculum beyond the boundaries of the school, based on what Costa, Wortmann and Bonin (2016) call the Cultural Curriculum and, therefore, to find answers to the following questions: how are theorizations about cultural curriculum observed in Gramado Jornada Virtual? What effects does this app produce on the city’s tourist image and under what intentions? What kind of relationship is established between this app and touristic marketing in Gramado? Through the Cultural Analyzes that were carried out on this app, it was possible to perceive the diffusion of particular narratives, revealing, at its core, a process of selection of discourses very similar to that practiced within school curricula, with the purpose of reinforcing the production of a touristic image of Gramado associated with European characteristics. Besides, the potential gamification environment for the promotion of tacit marketing strategies, aimed mainly at children, under the aegis of influencing the adult consumer market, was also observed.

Development and real-life use assessment of a self-management smartphone application for patients with inflammatory arthritis. A user-centred step-by-step approach.

Mobile health applications (apps) are increasing in interest to enhance patient self-management. Few apps are actually used by patients and have been developed for patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs which use entails risk of adverse effects such as infections. To develop Hiboot, a self-management mobile app for patients with IA, by using a user-centred step-by-step approach and assess its real-life use. The app development included first a qualitative study with semi-guided audiotaped interviews of 21 patients to identify the impact of IA on daily life and patient treatments practices and an online cross-sectional survey of 344 patients to assess their health apps use in general and potential user needs. A multidisciplinary team developed the first version of the app via five face-to-face meetings. After app launch, a second qualitative study of 21 patients and a users' test of 13 patients and 3 rheumatologists led to the app's current version. The number of app installations, current users and comments were collected from the Google Play store and the Apple store. The qualitative study revealed needs for counselling, patient-health professional partnership, and skills to cope with risk situations; 86.8% participants would be ready to use an app primarily on their rheumatologist's recommendation. Six functionalities were implemented: a safety checklist before treatment administration, aids in daily life situations based on the French academic recommendations, treatment reminders, global well-being self-assessment, periodic counselling messages, and a diary. The Hiboot app was installed 20,500 times from September 2017 to October 2020, with 4300 regular current users. Scores were 4.4/5 stars at Android and iOS stores. Hiboot is a free self-management app for patients with IA developed by a step-by-step process including patients and health professionals. Further evaluation of the Hiboot benefit is needed.

A systematic search and assessment of the quality and characterisation of free mobile applications targeting knee pain.

This study aimed to assess free mobile apps targeting knee pain and to characterise and critically analyse the interventions described in them. A systematic search was performed in the Apple store, Play Store and Microsoft Store. A total of 26 applications met the inclusion criteria and were evaluated using the Mobile Apps Rating Scale (MARS), and for their content against guidelines on knee pain intervention. The mean MARS total score was 3.3 (±0.5) and the mean subjective quality score was 2.1 (±0.9) out of a maximum of 5 points each. Most apps combined different types of exercises 88% and included both exercise and pain education (62%). These results suggest a need to improve the quality of these apps aiming to create more engagement and improve app usage. Additionally, as health apps maybe useful in pain management and be an alternative to complement rehabilitation, the involvement of health professionals is important during the development process of the apps including evidence-based content and progression recommendations.

Development Program on Digital Marketing and Brand Strengthening for Cellular Businesses in Gunungkidul Regency

The development of communication technology has boosted the level of business competition, one of which is SMEs selling mobile phones. Msellular & Apple Store is one of the SMEs engaged in mobile phone trading and is located in Wonosari, Gunungkidul, DIY. The business problems faced by Msellular & Apple Store are (1) Social media as an online marketing tool has not been used optimally (2) The identity or brand of the store is not well known by the local community (3) There is no customer database that can be used as a source of marketing programs.
 The solution to solve that problem are: (1) Optimizing the use of social media through improving design and content, (2) Strengthening store branding through collaboration with other parties and (3) Develop a customer database based on information technology.
 The methods used in this program are: (1) counseling, (2) training and (3). Mentoring. The counseling carried out is educating partners about strategies for strengthening brands and expanding cooperation networks. Training activities include: (1). content creation for marketing through social media and (2). create a customer database based on IT. Mentoring is intended to monitor program implementation. The results of this activity are: (1). content on social media is increasingly attractive and used as a marketing tool, (2). the establishment of cooperation with other parties to strengthen the store brand and (3). availability of customer database to support marketing activities.

First Union Victory at an Apple Store

Apple workers in Towson, Maryland, have voted by a 2–1 margin to form the first‐ever union at a U.S. Apple store.

Design of Navigation Applications for People with Disabilities: A Review of Literature and Guideline Formulation

A mobile navigation application (App) can provide flexible wayfinding guidance, save time, and reduce stress for people in unfamiliar buildings or environments. Wayfinding is also a challenging task for individuals with disabilities. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive set of guidelines for designing navigation apps for individuals with disabilities. A review of the literature was conducted on scientific studies and commercially available navigation apps using Web of Science, Compendex, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, Wiley Online, Science Direct, SpringerLink, Taylor & Francis, Apple store, and Google Play. The findings led to 82 design guidelines categorized based on Nielsen’s usability principles. The guidelines were implemented in an interface prototype to help users navigate places within a shopping mall. The prototype demonstrated that the proposed design guidelines are easily applicable and provided a roadmap for the future design of navigation apps for people with different types of disabilities.

Cochrane Library

Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is owned by Cochrane and published by Wiley. The library includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs). Cochrane Library is an online collection of databases that provides high-quality, independent, peer-reviewed systematic reviews, trials, and Clinical Answers on health care‐related topics. Much Open Access content is available as well. The database is sophisticated and allows for multiple facet searches, including title, title abstract, abstract, author, and trial registry number. There are options for Basic Search, Browse by Topic, Browse by Cochrane Review Group, and Advanced Search. A Cochrane Library app is available via the Apple Store and Google Play. Cochrane Library is freely available in the United Kingdom and a few other countries, which are listed on the main Cochrane website. In the United States, it is available through a subscription and valuable to any institution with health care‐related programs.

Evidence-Based Cognitive Endoscopy Simulators: Do They Exist? A Systematic Search and Evaluation of Existing Platforms.

BackgroundThe development of guidelines by gastroenterology societies increasingly stresses evidence-based endoscopic practice.AimsWe performed a systematic assessment to determine whether endoscopic video teaching platforms incorporate evidence-based educational strategies and methods in order to disseminate guideline-based endoscopic management strategies.MethodsPlatforms with a video component were systematically identified using the Google search engine, Apple and Android application stores, and searching four major gastroenterology society websites and three known platforms, to identify all relevant platforms. Two video samples from each teaching platform were reviewed independently by two authors and assessed for use of a priori defined principles of evidence-based medicine, as determined by consensus agreement and for the use of simulation.ResultsFourteen platforms were included in the final analysis, and two videos from each were analyzed. One of the 14 platforms used simulation and incorporated evidence-based medicine principles consistently. Nine of the 14 platforms were not transparent in regard to citation. None of the platforms consistently cited the certainty of evidence or explained how evidence was selected.ConclusionsEducation of guideline-based endoscopic management strategies using principles of evidence-based medicine is under-utilized in endoscopic videos. In addition, the use of cognitive simulation is absent in this arena. There is a paucity of evidence-based cognitive endoscopy simulators designed for fellows that incorporate systematic evaluation, and efforts should be made to create this platform.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10620-022-07558-w.

The Spread of Retail Organizing

Stop by an Apple Store at Grand Central Station in New York City, and your salesperson may be a member of “Fruit Stand Workers United” and seeking union representation to negotiate for a minimum wage rate of $30/hour. According to the union's website, a union at the store is “necessary to ensure our team has the best possible standards of living in what have proven to be extraordinary times with the ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic and once‐in‐a‐generation consumer price inflation.” Fruit Stand Workers United is affiliated with Workers United, which is currently on a major initiative to organize Starbucks locations across the country.

The use of mobile phone applications to enhance personal safety from interpersonal violence – an overview of available smartphone applications in the United Kingdom

BackgroundInterpersonal violence has devastating implications for individuals, families, and communities across the globe, placing a significant burden on health, justice, and social welfare systems. Smartphone technology may provide a platform for violence prevention interventions. However, evidence on the availability and user experience of smartphone applications aimed to prevent violence is underexplored.MethodsSystematic searches of available smartphone applications marketed for personal safety and violence prevention on the Apple Store (IOS) and Google Play (Android) in the United Kingdom were run in May 2021. Relevant applications were downloaded, with data on user reviews and ratings extracted. Included applications were categorised according to their features and functions. Online user reviews were rated according to their sentiment (positive, negative, neutral) and thematically analysed.ResultsOf 503 applications, 86 apps met review criteria. Only 52 (61%) apps offered full functionality free of charge. Over half (52%) of apps were targeted towards the general population, with 16% targeting women and 13% targeting families. App functionality varied with 22% providing an alarm, 71% sending alerts to pre-designated contacts, 34% providing evidence capture and 26% offering educational information. Overall, 71% of applications had a user rating of four or above. For 61 apps a total of 3,820 user reviews were extracted. Over half (52.4%) of reviews were rated as having a positive sentiment, with 8.8% neutral and 38.8% negative. Key themes across user reviews included positive consequences of app use, technical and usage issues including app reliability, dissatisfaction with the financial cost of some app features and personal data and ethical issues.ConclusionsReviews suggest that users find apps for personal safety and violence prevention useful. However, individuals also report them being unreliable, not working as described and having features that others may exploit. Findings have implications for the development of policy on apps to improve personal safety, especially given recent national policy (e.g. UK) discussions about their utility. Without the regulation or accreditation of such technology for quality assurance and reliability, emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring user safety; otherwise vulnerable individuals may continue to place reliance on untested technology in potentially dangerous circumstances.

Given the January 6, 2021 Riot and the Parler Debacle, Is Cloud Computing a Riskless Cyber Medium when Conducting Risk Assessments and Key Risk Indicator Calculations?

This essay aims to discuss the low probability of occurrence and high probability of impact risk introduced into the business risk equation when the cloud computing services that Parler Corp. contracted from Amazon.com, Inc. In a few days, Parler was pulled from the Google Play Store and the Apple Store. Because of these actions of its cloud computing providers, Parler went from a company valued at $1 billion to an organization that was effectively broke and unable to do business. The acts of Amazon, Apple, and Google demonstrated the immense power yielded by cloud computing providers over the business activities of their customers. Companies should be mindful that when engaging the services of a cloud computing provider, they are exposing the business to an unacceptable level of risk. A firm should evaluate this risk and decide whether it is worth assuming. An organization ignores this risk at its peril.

Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) Infographics App for Teacher Development.

During clinical clerkships, medical students credit residents for enhancing their clinical knowledge. Residents can spend at least 25% of their time teaching medical students, and many training programs consider resident-as-teacher skills a core competency. Despite this key role, many residents lack adequate instructions and training in teaching and mentoring skills and methodologies.Given the growing demand to enhance the existing curriculum among our residents and faculty (concomitant with requirements set forth by accreditation bodies), faculty development is moving to Just in Time Teaching models for content delivery. The ubiquitous use and availability of smartphones and connectivity through applications (apps) has tremendous potential to enhance the ability of trainees and faculty to supervise learners on their clinical teams with evidence-based knowledge and skills across the continuum of medical education. Geographically dispersed academic health systems, which continue to grow, require access to educational resources to guide diverse teaching needs of clinicians.The Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) Infographics app was created by combining a pedagogical approach derived from the SAMR (substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition) technological conceptual framework. The JiTT Infographics app is a novel teaching tips approach that delivers evidence-based clinically relevant teaching tips to trainees and clinical faculty in their environment and can be used alone or adapted for resident-as-teacher programs.Each JiTT infographic tool supports clinical teachers' access to faculty development with an asynchronous digital experience strategy to engage busy teachers in a geographically distributed medical education network.1 Educational content was developed by medical educators, clinician educators, and residents. Each JiTT tool is also downloadable as a PDF to explain foundational and specialty-specific clinical teaching tips during didactic sessions. JiTTs can be saved in a “Favorites” category to ease finding a JiTT in the moment of need.Foundational JiTT tools include brief podcasts to support learners who prefer listening to content. Foundational teaching principles include setting expectations, questioning techniques, feedback and coaching, and bedside teaching. Specific clinical teaching techniques include content pertaining to internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, psychiatry, and neurology, as well as sub-specialties. In addition, categories focused on teaching wellness, quality, social justice, and research principles are included. Optional review questions are provided in each category for users to self-assess their acquired knowledge.The JiTT Infographics app is available in Google Play and the Apple Store. As of April 2022, the app has been downloaded by 3406 unique users across 90 countries, with the largest numbers of downloads from the United States (N=2337), Phillippines (N=179), Mexico (N=169), Canada (N=98), and Saudia Arabia (N=68). Preliminary analysis of app activity highlights the foundational teaching category, which includes: Domains of Social Determinants of Health; 5 Micro Skills: Precept with Limited Time; and Questioning as an Effective Teaching Skill. The results to date support a global interest in utilizing technology to increase accessibility to open access resources. As of April 2022, a brief video on YouTube (July 2021) that guides users on how to apply the JiTT in real-time teaching settings has been viewed 462 times. In March 2022, the app was accredited as an “enduring product,” enabling interprofessional users to obtain selected continuing education credits at no cost. The app as an evidence-based JiTT teaching tool is an outcome in itself, as it redfines technology for faculty development.Future efforts will focus on app evaluation by capturing end-user feedback via brief structured feedback surveys and more in-depth analyses of learner engagement metrics to determine the outcomes and effectiveness of the app. Requests for translation to other languages are in the pipeline, as are additional external collaborators.

Rating the Quality of Smartphone Apps Related to Shoulder Pain: Systematic Search and Evaluation Using the Mobile App Rating Scale.

BackgroundThe successful rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain requires more than medical input alone. Conservative treatment, including physiotherapy and exercise therapy, can be an effective way of decreasing pain associated with musculoskeletal pain. However, face-to-face appointments are currently not feasible. New mobile technologies, such as mobile health technologies in the form of an app for smartphones, can be a solution to this problem. In many cases, these apps are not backed by scientific literature. Therefore, it is important that they are reviewed and quality assessed.ObjectiveThe aim is to evaluate and measure the quality of apps related to shoulder pain by using the Mobile App Rating Scale.MethodsThis study included 25 free and paid apps—8 from the Apple Store and 17 from the Google Play Store. A total of 5 reviewers were involved in the evaluation process. A descriptive analysis of the Mobile App Rating Scale results provided a general overview of the quality of the apps.ResultsOverall, app quality was generally low, with an average star rating of 1.97 out of 5. The best scores were in the “Functionality” and “Aesthetics” sections, and apps were scored poorer in the “Engagement” and “Information” sections. The apps were also rated poorly in the “Subjective Quality” section.ConclusionsIn general, the apps were well built technically and were aesthetically pleasing. However, the apps failed to provide quality information to users, which resulted in a lack of engagement. Most of the apps were not backed by scientific literature (24/25, 96%), and those that contained scientific references were vastly out-of-date. Future apps would need to address these concerns while taking simple measures to ensure quality control.

Architectural Glass

Recent decades have seen growing and widespread adoption of glass as an architectural material that can be used not only as window panes but also as facades, walls, and roofs. This is despite glass traditionally being considered a brittle material, not readily capable of handling the high loads required of architectural materials. Architectural glass has enabled the vaulted, transparent structures of many modern airport terminals and eye-catching buildings, such as the ubiquitous all-glass Apple Stores found around the world. Glass has enabled architects to expand their visions of buildings, using light and space to create wonderful new designs. As described in this review, these dramatic new possibilities for how glass is used in architecture have been the result of a convergence of many developments, including a better understanding of the fracture of glass, new processes for strengthening glass, confidence in large-scale finite element modeling of gravitational and wind loads, advances in the lamination of glass sheets, and the availability of ever larger individual sheets of float glass. The concurrent evolution of standards for the use of glass in buildings has also played a role in advancing the use of architectural glass. Advances in the architectural use of glass have their roots in the traditional uses and physical understanding of the properties of glass that have developed over hundreds of years.

Responding to the Increased Popularity of Unions—Especially Among Younger Workers

According to Gallup's last poll, more U.S. consumers than in decades, especially younger ones, are pro‐union. As of August 2021, 68 percent of Americans approve of labor unions, close to the previous year's 65 percent and the highest level in more than 50 years. Unions are most popular among young adults. “[A]pproval is relatively high among young adults aged 18–34 (77%) and those with annual household incomes under $40,000 (72%),” Gallup Research Consultant Megan Brenan wrote in a blog post accompanying the findings. These figures are substantiated by the great increase in activism and organizing led by these younger workers, not only at Starbucks and Amazon, but also at REI and Apple stores, tech companies like Google, digital content providers and others.

Empowerment through technology: A systematic evaluation of the content and quality of mobile applications to empower individuals with cancer

ObjectiveGreater emphasis on patient empowerment has led to a plethora of mobile health applications aimed at empowering patients with cancer. However, the rigor and evidence of these apps are rarely acknowledged. This systematic review of patient empowerment apps describes the characteristics, quality, heuristics, and evidence supporting these apps. Materials and MethodsWe identified commercially available apps through the Apple and Google Play stores using patient- and research-derived conceptualizations of patient empowerment. Three authors used the Mobile App Rating Scale, heuristics, readability, user ratings, and evidence to evaluate the apps’ foci, features, and quality. App characteristics were summarized with descriptive analyses. ResultsTwelve apps met the eligibility criteria and were analyzed. Apps’ content focused on enhancing communication skills (n = 10, 83.3%), social support (n = 8, 66.7%), information about cancer and treatment (n = 8, 66.7%), and peer-to-peer support (n = 5, 41.7%). The mean objective (3.9 ± 0.5 out of 5) and subjective (3.7 ± 1.0 out of 5) quality scores were moderate to high. Most heuristics were not violated, and the mean reading level was 10th grade, which is above the recommended 8th grade level. Four apps had been evaluated in published research articles. DiscussionThe contents of patient empowerment apps varied greatly, and the readability was exclusionary to the average reader. Apps. ConclusionPatient empowerment apps should be more rigorously designed and tested to ensure the apps are usable and beneficial to diverse groups of cancer survivors.

Chairside virtual patient protocol. Part 2: Management of multiple face scans and alignment predictability

ObjectivesFace scans are currently used in dentistry to obtain a virtual patient. Find stable and repeatable references for their matching is a fundamental step. Aim of this study is to evaluate matching reliability of multiple face scans using frontal adhesives references. Null hypothesis was that no significant discrepancy could be detected between the references position analyzed both with surface analysis and linear analysis. Materials and methodsNine patients were enrolled for this study and nine soft tissue adhesives landmarks (APLI Paper S.A.U, 4 mm Ø) placed, equally distributed, on the forehead and glabella. Patients were digitally scanned with a portable scanner (iPad Pro 3rd Gen. Apple Store, Cupertino, CA, USA) using the software Bellus3D (Inc. Campbell, CA, USA) in maximum intercuspation, with a full smile and with a scan reference device. After the scan procedure, a high-definition polygon file format (.ply) was exported, and linear measurements were collected with MeshLab (MeshLab; MeshLab). In order to further evaluate reference accuracy, a surface analysis was performed using a CAD software (GOM inspect, GOM). 3D deviations were calculated as root mean square. Statistical analysis was performed used two repeated-measures ANOVAs. ResultsResults showed non-significant differences both for linear measurements (p=.22) and surface analysis (p=.58). Frontal references showed to be clinical reliable landmarks for use during face scans alignment, even with different facial expressions. ConclusionThe proposed technique seems to be suitable for the clinical use when superimposition of several face scans is required. Clinical significanceThis study showed the clinical reliability of face scans matching method using adhesives references. These references are cheap and easy to use, allowing for a rapid registration of the patient anatomy.

Improving Access to Behavioral Strategies to Improve Mental Well-being With an Entertaining Breakfast Show App: Feasibility Evaluation Study.

BackgroundAlthough mental ill-health is more prevalent among people from lower socioeconomic groups, digital mental well-being innovations are often developed for people from higher socioeconomic groups, who already have resources to maintain good mental and physical health. To decrease health inequalities and ensure that available solutions are appealing and accessible to people with fewer resources, new approaches should be explored. We developed the app Wakey!, which focused on creating engaging mental health content that is accessible, particularly among lower socioeconomic groups in the United Kingdom.ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to assess engagement with the app, investigate initial effectiveness data for 6 well-being outcomes, and explore participants’ subjective experiences of using Wakey!MethodsThe app Wakey! was publicly launched on January 20, 2020, and was free to download from Apple Store and Google Play. The app provided its users with entertaining and educational content related to mental well-being. Concurrently, a single-arm mixed methods feasibility trial was carried out from January to April 2020 among people who had downloaded the app and created an account. The primary outcome was engagement, which was collected passively from data logs. Secondary outcome measures were 6 well-being outcomes collected from self-report questionnaires. Individual interviews with 19 app users were carried out in April 2020.ResultsIn total, 5413 people fit the inclusion criteria and were included in the final sample—65.62% (3520/5364) women, 61.07% (3286/5381) aged between 25 and 44 years, 61.61% (2902/4710) in employment, 8.92% (420/4710) belonging to the lower socioeconomic group, and 8.09% (438/5413) were engaged users. There was no evidence of a difference in engagement regarding sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics. There was evidence that users with a higher average daily sleep score, who joined the study more recently, who had higher baseline self-report of sleep quality, and who found episodes more entertaining were more likely to be engaged users. Among 230 users who provided follow-up data, there was evidence of improvements on four of the six well-being outcomes: life satisfaction (P<.001), feeling that life is worthwhile (P=.01), ease of getting up in the morning (P<.001), and self-efficacy (P=.04). The app and its content were well received by those who were interviewed, and several people perceived a positive change in their mental well-being.ConclusionsThis study shows that the app Wakey! could potentially be engaging across different socioeconomic groups, and there is an indication that it could positively impact the mental well-being of those engaged with the app. However, this study was a pragmatic trial with a limited sample, and the selection bias was present in the qualitative and quantitative study. Further work is needed to make any generalizable conclusions.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04287296; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04287296

Extracting feature requests from online reviews of travel industry

Before product development, Requirement Engineering (RE) is the fundamental need to know customer preferences for any product. Traditionally, RE is carried out in several ways, particularly by conducting interviews, questionnaires, surveys etc. but these methods provide limited amount of data. As user’s preferences vary from country to country for any type of application, it is very hectic and time consuming to collect user requirements from different countries manually. As the internet is widely used now a days, a large number of customer’s reviews are available online that can be used to obtain the requirements for any product without manual work. Online customer reviews can be divided into three types: user experience, bugs and feature requests. Among these 3 categories, feature requests can be very useful for stakeholders (analysts/ requirements engineers) to acquire the requirements of each application. So, the approach is proposed for feature requests extraction from mobile application reviews of travel industry. In this paper, 4 categories of mobile apps of travel industry belonging to 5 countries have been extracted from Google Play Store and Apple Store. For each category, data from 5 different mobile applications have been considered. Since, the review of users from different countries is in their respective language, those reviews are translated into a standard language i.e. English, and then feature requests from these reviews have been extracted. After that, features are retrieved from user reviews and topic modeling is performed on extracted features since one or more features can be modelled under one topic. To know the opinions of users for any feature request, sentiment analysis is also performed on feature request sentences. These feature requests are also classified as Functional and Non-functional Requirements since it is very useful for application developers to improve or maintain the product to better facilitate the application users

Smartphone applications for sleep tracking: rating and perceptions about behavioral change among users.

IntroductionThis study aims to assess existing sleep apps for mobile phones to determine the perceived effect of these applications on user’s attitudes, knowledge, willingness to change, and its likelihood to change behavior from a user’s perspective.Material and MethodsA systematic search was conducted through Google play store and iTunes Apple store using terms related to sleep tracking. Apps were evaluated using Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) tool for assessing and classifying mobile health applications quality. Additionally, a convenience sample of subjects were asked to evaluate the included apps for perceived sleep behavior changes.ResultsThe average MARS app quality score on a 5-point scale was 3.3. Between 30-50% of participants believed that sleep tracker apps are likely to increase awareness about sleep patterns and sleep hygiene, infuence sleep hygiene habits, and are likely to encourage help seeking for sleep hygiene when required.ConclusionApps available for sleep self-management and tracking may be valuable tools for self-management of sleep disorder and/or improving sleep quality, yet they require improvement in terms of quality and content, highlighting the need for further validity studies.