This statistic displays the top preferences in the United States for mobile healthcare applications by type as of 2012. During this time, 23 percent of respondents stated to use mhealth apps mainly to provide access to health magazines, blogs, Facebook pages, and others. Men were more likely than women to state that they had no need to use mobile health applications. There has been a slow adoption of mobile health apps in the United States market.
Top preferences for health apps in the United States in 2012
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Healthy eating apps
49%
Firtness/training apps
48%
Calorie counter apps
48%
Nutrition apps
46%
General health and lifestyle information apps
41%
Apps to access health magazines, blogs, Facebook pages, etc.
23%
Apps that provide advice/support on long-term medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma, IBS, etc.
13%
Sleep aids/sleep monitoring apps
10%
Medication reminder apps
9%
Apps to help educate children on health
9%
Private medical provider apps
7%
Other health and lifestyle information apps (e.g. alcohol intake monitoring)
4%
Apps that provide smoking cessation support tools
1%
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Ruder Finn. (December 28, 2012). Top preferences for health apps in the United States in 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/348731/preferences-for-health-apps-by-type-in-the-us/
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Ruder Finn. (2012). Top preferences for health apps in the United States in 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/348731/preferences-for-health-apps-by-type-in-the-us/
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