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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Martín-Martín, Jaime author Muro Culebras, Antonio Luis author Roldán-Jiménez, Cristina author Escriche-Escuder, Adrián author De Torres García, Irene author González-Sánchez, Manuel author Ruiz-Muñoz, María author Mayoral Cleries, Fermín author Biró, Attila author Tang, Wen author Nikolova, Borjanka author Salvatore, Alfredo author Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio author 2021-11 There are a large number of mobile applications that allow the monitoring of health status. The quality of the applications is only evaluated by users and not by standard criteria. This study aimed to examine depression-related applications in major mobile application stores and to analyze them using the rating scale tool Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS). A search of digital applications for the control of symptoms and behavioral changes in depression was carried out in the two reference mobile operating systems, Apple (App Store) and Android (Play Store), by means of two reviewers with a blind methodology between September and October 2019 in stores from Spain and the United Kingdom. Eighteen applications from the Android Play Store and twelve from the App Store were included in this study. The quality of the applications was evaluated using the MARS scale from 1 (inadequate) to 5 (excellent). The average score of the applications based on the MARS was 3.67 ± 0.53. The sections with the highest scores were "Functionality" (4.51) and "Esthetics" (3.98) and the lowest "Application Subjective quality" (2.86) and "Information" (3.08). Mobile Health applications for the treatment of depression have great potential to influence the health status of users; however, applications come to the digital market without health control. Martín-Martín, J.; Muro-Culebras, A.; Roldán-Jiménez, C.; Escriche-Escuder, A.; De-Torres, I.; González-Sánchez, M.; Ruiz-Muñoz, M.; Mayoral-Cleries, F.; Biró, A.; Tang, W.; et al. Evaluation of Android and Apple Store Depression Applications Based on Mobile Application Rating Scale. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 12505. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312505 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32764 10.3390/ijerph182312505 Aplicaciones para móviles Salud - Sistemas de comunicación Promoción de la salud Evaluation of Android and Apple Store Depression Applications Based on Mobile Application Rating Scale.