The comparison suggested that both surveys were informative but in different ways. In the research2guidance survey, developers with an average of 27 months business experience in m-health were targeted, while the app survey conducted in this study targeted m-health apps from the Apple app store. The aim of the developer survey was to provide a reference for m-health-related companies to improve their businesses, while the aim of this app survey was to provide a technical reference for m-health developers
to improve the development of m-health apps. In a way, the result from the research2guidance developer survey strengthened the result of this app survey from a developer’s angle.