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. 2016 Aug 9;4(3):e96. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.6020

Table 4.

Search result half-life (t½), app half-life, and the proportion of apps still available to download from the app stores at the end of the study, grouped by whether they were clinically relevant to depression.

Platform Clinical relevance subgroup Search result Available to download


t½ Apps remaining t½ Apps remaining
Android All 130 days 37.8% >9 months 74.2%

Relevant >9 months 57.9% >9 months 65.9%

Not relevant 56 days 17.2% >9 months 83.8%
iOS All >9 months 82.7% >9 months 90.0%

Relevant >9 months 80.7% >9 months 87.8%

Not relevant >9 months 84.4% >9 months 91.9%