Table 3.
Characteristics of apps for skin neglected tropical diseases available from app stores in alphabetical order.
| Name (date last updated) |
Marketplace (number of downloads) | Objective | Target user | Disease |
| EndNTDs App (October 2017) |
Google Play Store (+100) | To create a community of champions who are at the forefront in the fight against NTDsa in Zimbabwe, Africa, and globally | HCPb | NTDs (including skin NTDs) |
| Guaral RPC (February 2020) |
Google Play Store (+10) | To improve early diagnosis | HCP | CLc |
| Lepra Reaction Basic management guide (October 2017) |
Google Play Store (+100) | To conduct classification and quantification of severity to plan for appropriate clinical management | HCP | Leprosy |
| LymEX (July 2019 Google Play Store and January 2020 Apple App Store) |
Google Play Store (+50); Apple App Store | To improve self-care | Patients | Lymphoedema |
| LymVol (September 2019) |
Google Play Store (+10) | To measure and calculate limb volume of those affected by edema | HCP | Lymphoedema |
| Recognize Hydrocele disease (September 2019) |
Google Play Store (+500) | To improve information about causes, treatment, and complications | Patients | Hydrocele |
| Recognize scabies (September 2019) |
Google Play Store (+100) | To improve knowledge about the disease | Patients | Scabies |
| Scabies disease (December 2017) |
Google Play Store (+500) | To improve clinical management of the disease | HCP | Scabies |
| Scabies Disease: Treatment (October 2019) |
Google Play Store (+100) | To manage symptoms and treatment | Patients | Scabies |
| SkinApp (October 2019) |
Google Play Store (+10); Apple App Store | To act as a diagnostic tool and source of information on signs, symptoms, and therapy | HCP | NTD- and HIV-related skin diseases |
| Skin NTDs App (July 2020) |
Google Play Store (+60); Apple App Store | To diagnose and identify signs and symptoms of sNTDs through their visible characteristics | HCP | Skin NTDs |
| Task Force Tropical Data (August 2016) |
Google Play Store (+1000) | To collect data | Task Force for Global Health members | NTDs (including skin NTDs) |
| Tropical Diseases (August 2019) |
Google Play Store (+1000) | To provide a detailed overview of the etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of tropical diseases | HCP | TDsd including CL, BUe, and leprosy |
| Tropical Diseases (December 2019) |
Google Play Store (+100) | To provide a detailed overview of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis, risk factors, prevention, and treatment of the stated diseases | HCP | TDs including CL, BU, and leprosy |
| WIDP (January 2020) |
Google Play Store (+10) | To control the epidemiological situation | HCP and WHOf staff | Yaws and BU |
aNTD: neglected tropical disease.
bHCP: health care professional.
cCL: cutaneous leishmaniasis.
dTD: tropical disease.
eBU: Buruli ulcer.
fWHO: World Health Organization.