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. 2020 May 26;4(5):e13170. doi: 10.2196/13170

Table 1.

Structure of the mobile application rating scale questionnaire Stoyanov et al (2015) [67].

Section and subsection Definition Items
App quality

A: Engagement Fun, interesting, customizable, interactive (eg, sends alerts, messages, reminders, and feedback and enables sharing), and well targeted to audience
  • Entertainment

  • Interest

  • Customization

  • Interactivity

  • Target group


B: Functionality App functioning, easy to learn, navigation, flow logic, and gestural design of app
  • Performance

  • Ease of use

  • Navigation

  • Gestural design


C: Aesthetics Graphic design, overall visual appeal, color scheme, and stylistic consistency
  • Layout

  • Graphics

  • Visual appeal


D: Information Contains high quality information (eg, text, feedback, measures, and references) from a credible source
  • Accuracy of app description

  • Goals

  • Quality of information

  • Quantity of information

  • Visual information

  • Credibility

  • Evidence base

App’s subjective quality Contains subjective, personal opinion of the app, including recommendation to others, estimated usage, willingness to pay, and overall star rating
  • Likelihood of recommending the app to others

  • Estimated usage over the next year

  • Willingness to pay for the app

  • Overall star rating

App-specific Perceived impact of the app on the user’s knowledge, attitudes, and intentions to change as well as the likelihood of actual change in the target health behavior
  • Awareness

  • Knowledge

  • Attitudes

  • Intention to change

  • Help seeking

  • Behavior change