This work-in-progress methodology poster introduces a
research project which aims to investigate college students’
use of mobile wellness applications and their perceptions of
application quality and usefulness. The poster outlines the
overall design of the project and reports on some of the
preliminary findings from the first phase of the study. In
particular, the poster discusses the findings of the content
analysis of 250 consumer reviews on five top-tiered mobile
applications for running sampled from Google Play. The
analysis showed that the users greatly valued the accuracy
of measurements, as well as the reliability and simplicity of
the mobile applications.