Table 4.
Mean Mobile App Rating Scale scores of included apps.
| App Name | MARSa Categories | |||||
| Engagement Section A |
Functionality Section B |
Aesthetics Section C |
Information Section D |
Subjective Quality Section E |
App Quality Mean Scoreb (A+B+C+D) | |
| Aware—Meditation and Mindfulness | 3.60 | 4.25 | 4.67 | 4.20 | 4.50 | 4.18 |
| Counting Down to Relaxation | 1.80 | 4.25 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 2.00 | 2.72 |
| Curable: Back Pain, Migraine and Chronic Pain Relief | 4.00 | 5.00 | 4.66 | 4.50 | 4.75 | 4.54 |
| Freedom From Pain | 2.60 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 3.50 | 1.75 | 3.19 |
| General Pain Management Guided Imagery | 3.00 | 4.75 | 2.33 | 3.50 | 2.00 | 3.40 |
| Headspace: Guided Meditation | 4.20 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.20 | 5.00 | 4.48 |
| Meditations for Pain Relief | 3.40 | 5.00 | 4.33 | 3.25 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
| Mindfulness Coachc | 2.80 | 4.75 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 2.75 | 3.97 |
| Mindfulness Dailyc | 4.20 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.14 | 4.75 | 4.46 |
| Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief-Jon Kabat-Zinn | 2.60 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 3.03 |
| Pain Control Hypnosis by Glenn Harrold | 3.20 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.05 |
| Pain Relief and Healing Meditation | 2.60 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.67 | 1.75 | 3.07 |
| Pain Relief Hypnosis PRO | 3.80 | 4.75 | 4.67 | 3.67 | 3.25 | 4.22 |
| PainScale-Pain Diary and Coachc | 4.20 | 4.50 | 4.67 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.47 |
| Relax—Stress and Anxiety Relief | 3.60 | 4.75 | 5.00 | 3.67 | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Release Pain with Andrew Johnson | 3.00 | 5.00 | 4.33 | 3.67 | 2.75 | 4.00 |
| Sahaja Kundalini Meditation | 2.20 | 4.50 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.26 |
| SuperBetterc | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.25 | 4.17 |
| Yoga For Pain Therapyc | 2.20 | 4.50 | 3.33 | 2.33 | 1.25 | 3.09 |
aMARS: Mobile Apps Rating Scale.
bApp quality mean scores were calculated based on mean scores from engagement, functionality, aesthetics and information quality.
cFree app.