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Table. 2.

Table. 2.

Characteristics of included apps

App number and name Platform (Android/ iOS) Developer Involvement of healthcare professionals Referencing of information Tested app version Mean user star rating* Mean MARS score* Mean MARS subjective score* No. of secondary features
1 Drugs.com Medication Guide Both Drug.com RPh, PharmD, MD Always 2.12.1 4.6 3.81 4.33 6
2 Medicinal Herbs & Supplements Android Great_Apps - No reference 2.5 3.2 3.13 2.67 1
3 Vitamins, Minerals, Nutrients for immunity (Free) Android Medical Group Soft - No reference 3.6.6 4.5 3.10 3.67 1
4 Personalized Nutrition (Pulmuone Health & Living) Both Pulmuone Health & Living Nutritionist, Pharmacists Sometimes 1.3 4.9 3.12 2.50 2
5 Health Keeper Both Minwise Co., Ltd - No reference 1.1.0 3.5 2.76 2.17 2
6 Health Charging Station Android Hndsolution - Sometimes 1.0.15 3.7 2.88 2.17 5
7 Health-one-know Both UBcare Co., Ltd Prof. in Clinical Nutrition Always 1.6.2 4.2 3.26 2.83 6
8 Guntoo (Transparent Dietary Supplement) Both Econy Prof. in Food engineering, Nutritionist, Pharmacists, etc. Sometimes 3.2 3.5 3.55 3.83 5
9 Dr.milligram Both Dr.milligram MD No reference 4.5 4.1 3.20 2.83 2
10 Drug info Android Druginfo Pharmacists No reference 4.0.0 3.8 3.15 3.00 0
11 My puzzle Both NUTRI-1 Co., Ltd. MD, Pharmacists, Ph.D. in Food and nutrition Sometimes 1.0.4 4.8 3.41 3.17 4
12 My herb Both KHERB - Sometimes 1.1.4 3.5 3.30 3.17 6
13 Ayak Both Ayak Inc. Pharmacists No reference 1.0.8 4.5 3.60 3.50 4
14 Al-yak Mul-yak (Pills and Potions) Both Howtoyak Inc. Nutritionist, Pharmacists Sometimes 1.0.5 4.7 3.48 2.83 4
15 Welcoach Android Welcoach - Always 1.0.22 4.4 2.93 2.33 2
16 Pillycare Both Carewith PharmD Sometimes 1.1.3 3.3 3.76 3.83 4
17 Homespick Both InnomaxGlobal.co.Ltd - No reference 1.1.8 4.3 3.29 3.67 6
Mean (Standard Deviation) 4.09 (0.56) 3.28 (0.29) 3.09 (0.64) 3.53 (2.00)

*Scores out of 5.

MARS, Mobile App Rating Scale

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