Health and fitness applications use gamification to encourage users to change behavior. Various game elements are used in these applications. 64% of the top 50 health/fitness mobile applications in 2019 feature game elements to promote health and fitness realted activities from their users. The most commonly used game elements are goals and social influences.

Gamification in Health/Fitness Mobile Applications

Uses of gamification within an educational/academic setting are to increase learning outcomes within the course and create extrinsic motivators to continue to use the game through various gamification tools

Gamification in Educational Mobile Applications

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Gamification has been used in mobile applications to encourage users to modify their behavior. Gameification in mobile apps typically includes the use of game elements like points, levels, leaderboards, social interaction, and goal setting.

Gameification in Mobile Applications

Cotton, V., & Patel, M. S. (2019). Gamification use and design in popular health and fitness mobile applications. American Journal of Health Promotion, 33(3), 448-451. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117118790394

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