Table 1.
General App Specs and App Features.
| Mobile App | ACP Tools | Advance Directives* | BIDMC Health Care | Contingency Plan—Personal | MedStar CR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Specs | |||||
| Interface | Both | iOS | Both | iOS | Both |
| Release/Update | 2009 | 2015 | 2019 | 2017 | 2017 |
| Star Rating | 5 | NER/NED | 5 | NER/NED | 4.8 |
| Privacy | ✓ | 99 | ✓ | ||
| Company | Nous Foundation Inc. | VJ Periyakoil (via Stanford Medicine) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. | Contingency Plan (Gabrielle McColl) | Medstar Health Inc |
| Free to Download | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Additional Costs | 99 | ✓ | |||
| Website | ✓ | 99 | ✓ | ||
| Features | |||||
| Personal information NOT required | ✓ | – | ✓ | ||
| Personalizes documents | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tracks/reports user progress | – | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Contains links to external webpages | a | – | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Provides feedback | – | ||||
| Contains videos | ✓ | – | |||
| Contains graphics | ✓ | – | |||
| Mobile App | My Dot Mediq | My Directives | My Health Proxy | My Living Will | PaperHealth |
| General Specs | |||||
| Interface | iOS | iOS | Android | Android | iOS |
| Release/Update | 2018 | 2019 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Star Rating | NER/NED | 4.7 | NER/NED | 2 | 5 |
| Privacy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Company | My Med Link | MyDirectives.com | Plead Fast, LLC | Plead Fast, LLC | William Palin |
| Free to Download | ✓ | ✓ | $4.99 | $4.99 | ✓ |
| Additional Costs | |||||
| Website | ✓ | ||||
| Features | |||||
| Personal information NOT required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Personalizes documents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tracks/reports user progress | |||||
| Contains links to external webpages | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Provides feedback | |||||
| Contains videos | |||||
| Contains graphics |
NER/NED = not enough ratings or not enough downloads.
a = downloads of videos redirect to an outside link on Android.
99 = unable to determine.
*
App features could not be rated because app was not functional at the time of the review.