Health apps in different mobile platforms: A review in commercial stores

摘要

Nowadays, there is a great opportunity for mobile Health using different devices and platforms. A significant number of Health applications have been already developed for those platforms. According to WHO's latest update (2004) of the Global Burden of Disease, between the most prevalent conditions are iron-deficiency anemia, hearing loss, migraine, low vision, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and others. In this paper, a review of mobile apps available for different conditions and prevalent diseases will be shown. The search focuses on commercial applications in platforms such as Google Play by Android, iTunes App Store by Apple, etc. from July to September 2015. A total of 2840 applications have been found valid in different mobile platforms. Diabetes is the disease with the greatest number of apps, mainly in Google Play.