Medical Apps for Android and iOS: Differences and Similarities

Pustozerov E, Von Jan U, Lawin D, Albrecht U-V. Medical Apps for Android and iOS: Differences and Similarities. In: Hägglund M, Blusi M, Bonacina S, et al., eds. Caring is Sharing – Exploiting the Value in Data for Health and Innovation. Proceedings of MIE 2023. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IOS Press; 2023.Google Play and Apple’s App Store dominate the mobile health app market. We analyzed the metadata and descriptive texts of apps in the medical category using semi-automated retrospective app store analysis (SARASA) and compared the store offerings in terms of their number, descriptive texts, user ratings, medical device status, diseases, and conditions (both keyword-based). Relatively speaking, the store listings for the selected items were comparable