Table 1.

mHealth App categories regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Mobile health app (category)	Description	Functions
Slendertone Connect (health and wellness)	Allows users to measure physical exercise intensity by connecting an intelligent device.	Measures patients’ resistance, tracks distance traveled, and allows patients to monitor calories.
Kardia (medicine)	Allows patients to measure blood glucose levels to detect possible risks and evaluate the patient’s condition.	Tracks patients’ heartbeat, measures the glucose and oxygen level in blood, and shares the patient’s data with the doctor.
Diasend (health and fitness)	Measures the patient’s diabetes constants.	Shares data in real time with other users of the app, allows patients to track exercise and calories, and connects patients’ data with other health and medicine apps.
LibreLink (medicine)	Checks blood glucose without extracting blood from the finger using a small external device that connects to the app.	Can add notes about food, insulin, and exercise; gives blood glucose readings; and shares information with family, friends, and doctors in real time.
Qardio heart health (health and fitness)	Allows patients to control blood pressure, heart rate, and weight. A small external device is used to send the data.	Measurement of blood pressure and patient’s weight, monitoring of heart rate and prediction of heart attacks, and helps share patient information in real time with family and friends.