Table 3.
Correlations between Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) overall quality, number of MARS focus points, number of MARS theoretical background/strategies, number of technical aspects, and MARS subjective quality.
| MARS subscales | Behavior change techniques | MARS focus points | MARS theoretical background/ strategies |
MARS technical aspects | MARS subjective quality |
| MARS engagement | 0.55a | 0.58b | 0.69b | 0.63b | 0.69b |
| MARS functionality | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.36 | –0.24 | 0.64b |
| MARS aesthetics | 0.46a | 0.59b | 0.61b | 0.37 | 0.90b |
| MARS information quality | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.69b |
| MARS overall quality | 0.45 | 0.55a | 0.67b | 0.31 | 0.90b |
| MARS subjective quality | 0.42 | 0.46a | 0.60b | 0.36 | —c |
aCorrelation was significant at P<.05.
bCorrelation was significant at P<.01.
cNot applicable.