Table 1.
MARS ratings for the ten highest ranking apps per app store in descending order (MARS ratings for all 120 apps in Supplementary Table S1).
| Name | Developer | Total score | Quality rating | Additional subscales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engagement | Functionality | Aesthetics | Information Quality | Therapeutic Gain | Subjective Quality | Perceived Impact | |||
| Available from Play Store | |||||||||
| myDiabetes* | my mhealth | 4.62 | 4.80 | 4.75 | 5.00 | 3.93 | 4.75 | 4.38 | 4.58 |
| Invincible * | Invincible Corp | 4.02 | 4.30 | 4.38 | 4.84 | 2.58 | 2.25 | 3.63 | 3.75 |
| BD Diabetes Care App | BD-Digital Health | 4.01 | 4.20 | 4.38 | 4.67 | 2.79 | 2.25 | 3.75 | 2.50 |
| Glucose Buddy Diabetes Tracker * | Azumio Inc | 3.95 | 4.3 | 4.25 | 4.17 | 3.07 | 2.50 | 3.88 | 3.92 |
| Hypo Program | Diabetes Digital Media | 3.90 | 3.80 | 4.38 | 4.34 | 3.08 | 2.13 | 3.38 | 2.42 |
| Jerry the Bear | Sproutel. Inc | 3.88 | 3.80 | 4.25 | 4.67 | 2.79 | 2.00 | 3.13 | 2.25 |
| GLUCOSEZONE | Fitscript | 3.82 | 4.40 | 3.75 | 4.00 | 3.15 | 2.38 | 3.75 | 3.58 |
| Diabetes Words | LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER | 3.74 | 3.30 | 4.38 | 4.84 | 2.43 | 2.13 | 3.38 | 2.50 |
| DiabTrend-Diabetes Assistant | DiabTrend AI Analytics Kft | 3.71 | 4.10 | 4.25 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 3.50 | 3.25 |
| My DiabetesConnect | Dr Ryzian Nizar MD MRCPUK | 3.65 | 3.60 | 4.38 | 3.84 | 2.79 | 2.13 | 3.00 | 3.42 |
| Available from Apple App Store | |||||||||
| myDiabetes* | My mhealth | 4.62 | 4.80 | 4.75 | 5.00 | 3.93 | 4.75 | 4.38 | 4.58 |
| X-PERT | Pulse Digital | 4.61 | 4.60 | 4.50 | 4.84 | 4.50 | 4.13 | 4.38 | 4.67 |
| Invincible * | Invincible Corp | 4.02 | 4.30 | 4.38 | 4.84 | 2.58 | 2.25 | 3.63 | 3.75 |
| Glucose Buddy Diabetes Tracker* | Azumio Inc | 3.95 | 4.3 | 4.25 | 4.17 | 3.07 | 2.50 | 3.88 | 3.92 |
| One Drop Diabetes Management | Informed Data Systems. Inc | 3.93 | 4.00 | 4.38 | 4.00 | 3.36 | 2.88 | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Dario | LabStyle Innovation Ltd | 3.78 | 4.00 | 4.25 | 4.17 | 2.72 | 3.13 | 3.13 | 3.42 |
| Diabetes Tracker by MyNetDiary | MyNetDiary Inc | 3.70 | 3.80 | 4.13 | 4.17 | 2.72 | 2.25 | 2.75 | 3.25 |
| iHealth Gluco Smart | iHealth Labs Inc | 3.67 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 3.84 | 2.93 | 2.38 | 3.50 | 3.08 |
| Diabetes App: BD Diabetes Care | Becton. Dickinson. and Company | 3.62 | 3.60 | 4.25 | 4.00 | 2.64 | 2.25 | 3.50 | 3.67 |
| DMP | TLC Platforms Inc | 3.61 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.17 | 2.29 | 1.88 | 3.50 | 3.09 |
*MHA rated in both systems; numbers represent mean score.