Table 1.
App | Description | Capture photos of the wound (yes/no) |
Research involving the app (yes/no) | Developer | Platform | Device | Language | Paid or free | Country of origin |
Wound Rounds | PUa prevention, showing data over the internet | No | No | Tele Medicine Solutions, LLC |
iOS | Tablet and smartphone | English | Paid | USA |
Staging PI | PU classification | No | No | Baylor Scott & White Health | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Free | USA |
Pressure Ulcer | PU prevention | No | No | Patient Data Science, LLC | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Free | USA |
Pressure Ulcer Guide | PU prevention | No | No | Patient Data Science, LLC | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Paid | USA |
Braden Scale 4 Pressure Ulcer | PU prevention using Braden scale | No | No | Patient Data Science, LLC | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Paid | USA |
Norton Scale 4 Pressure Ulcer | PU prevention using Norton scale | No | No | Patient Data Science, LLC | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Paid | USA |
MOWA | Identifying, assessing, and suggesting PU care | Yes | Yes | Healthpath | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Portuguese | Paid | Italy |
PrevenAPP | PU prevention using Braden scale | No | No | Smith & Nephew |
INAb | INA | No longer available | Free | UK |
Riesgo de Úlceras Por Presión (Pressure Ulcer Risk) | PU prevention using Braden scale | No | No | Luis Miguel Delgado | Android | Tablet and smartphone | Spanish | Free | Colombia |
GuíaUPP | Provides information and tools for PU prevention, diagnosis, and treatment | No | Yes | ERTAKY | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | Spanish | Free | Spain |
SmartUPP | PU prevention and treatment | No | No | Viacore IT | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Free | Spain |
Trata la UPP | Provides information for PU treatment | No | No | Head Life APP | Android | Tablet and smartphone | Spanish | Free | INA |
VAPUR – Pressure Ulcer Resource | PU prevention | No | No | US Department of Veterans Affairs | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English | Free | USA |
WoundMAP PUMP | Evaluation of PUs and development of a care plan | Yes | No | Mobile Health Ware | iOS | INA | English | INA | INA |
Ulcercare | PU risk assessment and recommendations of care. Patient data can be shared over the internet | Yes | No | Dermtap | iOS | INA | English | INA | INA |
Wound Mender | PU risk assessment. Patient data can be shared over the internet. | Yes | No | IOSTREAM | iOS | INA | English | INA | INA |
BCX Braden | PU prevention using Braden scale | No | No | BioCapax Technologies SLU | iOS and Android |
Tablet and smartphone | English | Free | Spain |
Care of Sweden | PU prevention | Yes | No | Care of Sweden | iOS and Android | Tablet and smartphone | English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Spanish, French, and Dutch | INA | Sweden |
aPU: pressure ulcer.
bINA: information not available.