Table 2.
Individual App characteristics and overall and Subscale mobile App rating scores (n 24)
| App Name | Developer | Last update | Rating version | Size (MB) | User rating in app store* | App objective quality mean score† | Engagement mean subscore |
Functionality mean subscore |
Aesthetics mean subscore | Information mean subscore | App subjective quality mean score‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Lasagna Chef Kids Cooking Game(49) | Qamar Zaman | 2/4/17 | 1·0 | 68·2 | N/A§ | 3·38 | 3·00 | 4·25 | 3·50 | 2·75 | 1·50 |
| Chef Cooking – Baby Cotton Candy Cooking Making & Dessert Make Games for Kids(50) | Anchalee Pradissook | 7/13/15 | 1·1 | 57·5 | 3·7 | 2·90 | 3·20 | 3·63 | 3·17 | 1·63 | 2·00 |
| Cooking Breakfast Maker(51) | Amit Gadhiya | 7/14/17 | 1·0·1 | 15 | 3·0 | 3·30 | 3·00 | 3·88 | 4·00 | 2·33 | 1·63 |
| Cooking Court Food Fever(52) | Kamran Haider | N/A | N/A | 176·4 | N/A | 3·07 | 3·00 | 3·00 | 3·67 | 2·63 | 2·00 |
| Cooking Girl, Amy and Cooking Kids Game(53) | Wei Li | 1/3/17 | 2·0 | 16·8 | 5·0 | 3·53 | 3·10 | 4·50 | 4·00 | 2·50 | 1·38 |
| Cooking Time 2 – Sushi Make & Preschool Kids Game(54) | The First Word | 3/27/17 | 6·5 | 22·2 | 2·0 | 3·66 | 3·30 | 4·63 | 3·83 | 2·88 | 2·00 |
| Feed Twip(55) | Gamabilis | 10/3/20 | 2·4·0 | 144·1 | 5·0 | 4·45 | 4·40 | 4·75 | 4·67 | 4·00 | 4·88 |
| FoodLeap(56) | National Restaurant Association | 3/9/16 | 1·0·1 | 15·3 | 5·0 | 4·54 | 4·20 | 4·88 | 4·67 | 4·42 | 3·75 |
| Fresh Salad Bar: Healthy Green Food Making Game for Education & Learning(57) | Kashif Mumtaz | 6/3/16 | 1·0 | 61·6 | N/A | 3·56 | 3·20 | 3·88 | 4·17 | 3·00 | 2·00 |
| Health and Nutrition Quiz for Kids(58) | Kok Leong Tan | 9/2/15 | 1·0 | 40·2 | 4·5 | 3·39 | 3·20 | 4·38 | 2·67 | 3·30 | 1·75 |
| Hot Soup Maker – Crazy Chef with Health Food Kitchen Adventure Spicy Cooking Fever(59) | Qamar Zaman | 7/6/15 | 1·0 | 95 | 3·0 | 3·33 | 2·70 | 4·00 | 4·00 | 2·63 | 1·88 |
| Ice Candy Fever Cooking Game – Cool Kids Food Chef(60) | Sohail Jelani | 4/15/17 | 1·0·1 | 77·2 | 5·0 | 3·78 | 3·20 | 4·50 | 4·17 | 3·25 | 1·75 |
| Ice Coffee Maker- Make Creamy Dessert in this Cooking Fever Game for kids(61) | Hassan Fareed | 1/11/16 | 1·0 | 85 | 1·0 | 3·09 | 2·30 | 4·25 | 3·50 | 2·29 | 1·25 |
| Kid Cooking Food: The Funny Restaurant Simulator Free Games(62) | Somkiat Kiatpattaranan | 7/24/15 | 1·0 | 63·6 | 5·0 | 3·38 | 3·10 | 4·25 | 3·50 | 2·67 | 1·63 |
| Kitchen Kids Cooking Chef: Let’s Cook the most Delicious Food(63) | Stefano Frassi | N/A | N/A | 167·9 | 3·0 | 3·70 | 3·40 | 3·88 | 4·50 | 3·04 | 2·00 |
| Mr J Cooks Food, Free Cooking Kids Game(64) | 令静 孔 | N/A | N/A | 14·1 | 5·0 | 3·60 | 3·10 | 4·38 | 4·17 | 2·75 | 1·75 |
| Noodle Maker – Crazy Cooking Adventure for Little Kids Chef Master(65) | Qamar Zaman | 6/24/15 | 1·0 | 54·5 | 4·0 | 3·59 | 3·10 | 4·38 | 4·00 | 2·88 | 1·88 |
| Pasta Maker Kids Cook – Free Crazy Star Chef Adventure Girls Kitchen Cooking Games(66) | Agha Awais Ali Khan | 7/9/16 | 1·0·1 | 198·1 | 4·3 | 3·60 | 3·20 | 4·13 | 4·33 | 2·75 | 1·75 |
| Pasta Maker – Kitchen Cooking Chef and Fast Food Game(67) | Kids Fun Plus | 4/13/16 | 1·0·2 | 103 | 3·6 | 3·47 | 3·00 | 4·50 | 4·00 | 2·38 | 1·75 |
| Sky Burger Maker Cooking Fever – Kids Games(68) | Qamar Zaman | 11/18/16 | 1·0·1 | 145·7 | 1·0 | 3·34 | 3·00 | 3·38 | 4·00 | 3·00 | 1·50 |
| Spaghetti Maker – Little Kids Cook Chinese Food in this Cooking Fever Game(69) | Hassan Fareed | 1/21/16 | 1·0 | 79·6 | 3·0 | 3·70 | 3·10 | 4·25 | 4·50 | 2·96 | 1·75 |
| Street Food Cooking Mania – Fun Kitchen Management(70) | Kashif Mahmood | N/A | N/A | 106 | 1·5 | 3·73 | 3·20 | 4·50 | 4·33 | 2·88 | 1·63 |
| Veggie Bottoms(71) | Red Card Studios LLC | 11/19/16 | 2·0·0 | 35·8 | 4·2 | 4·27 | 3·50 | 5·00 | 4·83 | 3·75 | 4·13 |
| Zucchini Spaghetti Bolognese- Vegan Cooking Recipe with Emma: Game for Kids(72) | Famobi | 1/15/16 | 1·1 | 13·5 | 4·2 | 4·08 | 3·20 | 4·63 | 4·50 | 4·00 | 2·88 |
| Average scale and subscale scores | 3·60 (sd: 0·41) | 3·20 (sd: 0·41) | 4·24 (sd: 0·47) | 4·03 (sd: 0·51) | 2·94 (sd: 0·62) | 2·10 (sd: 0·90) | |||||
Star rating in the app store on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0; all apps were rated by less than or equal to 5 users, except for the ‘Pasta Maker Kids Cook – Free Crazy Star Chef Adventure Girls Kitchen Cooking Games’ app which was rated by 7 users and the ‘Pasta Maker – Kitchen Cooking Chef and Fast Food Game’ app which was rated by 10 users.
MARS objective rating overall scale score, the average of the two individual raters’ scores for each app; App objective quality mean scores are the average of Engagement, Functionality, Aesthetics, and Information subscores.
MARS subjective rating overall scale score, the average of the two individual raters’ scores for each app; Subjective quality (recommending app, intention to use app and frequency in doing so for the next 12 months, if one would pay for the app, and overall rating of the app).
N/A indicates one of the following: (1) no users have rated the app; thus, there is no star rating in the app store or (2) the app has not been updated and there is no last update date or version of the app listed in the app store.