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Evaluating Mobile Apps Targeting Personal Goals

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Publication date19/04/2023
Host publicationCHI 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Pages106:1-106:7
Number of pages7
ISBN (electronic)9781450394222
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event2023 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 23/04/202328/04/2023
https://chi2023.acm.org/

Conference

Conference2023 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated titleCHI 2023
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period23/04/2328/04/23
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Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2023 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated titleCHI 2023
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period23/04/2328/04/23
Internet address

Abstract

Goals are fundamental to everyday life and are reflected in the growing HCI research in personal informatics and behaviour change. Besides academic work, a wealth of commercial mobile apps have also been developed to support users in setting their goals and achieving them. Despite their popularity, such apps, however, have been limitedly evaluated. We report a functionality review grounded in auto-ethnography and expert evaluation of the 21 most popular such apps selected from 1336 apps on the Google Play Store. We used a hybrid approach based on goal-setting theory for the evaluation. Findings indicate the more nuanced functionality of goal capturing, extending those explored in previous work for goal setting, monitoring and maintaining motivation. They also highlight the importance of distinguishing between high and low-level goals and their domains since most apps support multiple rather than individual goals. We conclude with design implications to support the setting of multiple personal goals at both high and low levels and across different domains, the use of consistent terms for distinguishing goals at different levels, and for visualizing the relationships among multiple goals.