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. 2017 Feb 21;5(2):e7. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.6956

Table 6.

Mean mobile app rating scale (MARS) ratings of included apps.

App name MARSa categories
Engagement
(5 items)
Functionality
(4 items)
Aesthetics
(3 items)
Information
(7 items)
Subjective
(4 items)
Overall MARS mean score

Android iOS Android iOS Android iOS Android iOS Android iOS Android iOS
Arthritis Power
3.60
3.13
3.33
3.58
2.25
3.41
Cliexa-RAb
3.20
4.00
3.83
3.42
2.38
3.61
DAS Calculator for Rheumatologists
3.00
5.00
4.00
3.40
2.63
3.85
DAS28c-Rheumatoid Arthritis 1.70
3.25
2.17
3.25
1.50
2.59
Das28 Calculator
2.70
4.38
3.50
3.35
2.13
3.48
Das28 Calculator 1.60
3.00
1.17
2.00
1.25
1.94
DAS28/ACR-EULAR criteria
1.70
3.75
1.33
2.33
1.25
2.28
DAS28 Free 2.20
4.38
3.00
2.92
2.25
3.13
myRA
4.80
4.50
4.67
4.50
4.38
4.62
myRAteam 4.50 4.50 3.63 3.63 4.00 4.00 4.33 4.33 4.25 3.75 4.11 4.11
RA Helper 2.20 2.20 4.00 4.00 4.17 4.17 2.42 2.42 1.50 1.50 3.20 3.20
RAISE 4.00 4.00 4.38 4.38 4.34 4.34 4.25 4.25 3.25 3.25 4.24 4.24
RAPAd 2.40 2.40 3.00 3.00 2.67 3.00 3.34 3.34 1.75 1.75 2.85 2.93
Rheuma Helper 3.60 3.60 4.88 4.88 4.33 4.33 4.25 4.25 4.00 4.00 4.26 4.26
Rheumatoid Arthritis Diary 3.60 3.60 2.50 2.50 1.83 1.83 3.08 3.08 2.50 2.50 2.75 2.75
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Companion
4.40
3.63
4.00
4.58
3.13
4.15
RheumaTrack RA 3.80
4.63
4.50
4.42
4.50
4.34
RheumInfo HAQe-II Calculator
2.20
4.13
2.67
2.80
1.38
2.95
TRACK and REACT 3.90 3.90 2.75 2.75 2.83 2.83 3.75 3.75 2.63 2.63 3.31 3.31
Reliability of MARS rating
Two-way random effects ICC using absolute agreement between single ratings (95% CI) 0.93 (0.77- 0.98) 0.92 (0.79-0.97) 0.87 (0.60- 0.96) 0.83 (0.57- 0.94) 0.91 (0.69-0.97) 0.87 (0.47.-0.96) 0.83 (0.51- 0.95) 0.83 (0.51- 0.94) 0.80 (0.43-0.94) 0.69 (0.15-0.89) 0.93 (0.76- 0.98) 0.82 (0.55-0.94)

aMARS: mobile app rating scale.

bA: rheumatoid arthritis.

cDAS28: disease activity score 28 joints.

dRAPA: RA Patient Application.

eHAQ: health assessment questionnaire.