User Satisfaction, Efficacy, and Usability of Wearable Technologies vs. Smartphone Health Apps

Today, various mobile technologies are used to measure and monitor the physical, behavioral, physiological, and biochemical parameters of individuals and thereby affording people to track their health daily (Aliverti, 2017). These technologies can be broadly classified as wearable devices that may or may not be linked to smartphones and stand-alone health smartphone applications. According to Phaneuf (2019), the US experienced a significant jump from 9% in 2014 to 33% in 2018 in consumer use of health wearable technologies and smartphone applications.