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"[A meditation app I use] is one of the app store's most popular
apps for a reason, is a good way to just start my day with a little
mediation and focus on nothing for a little bit. They also have guid-
ed meditations and sleep stories as well, so it is a very useful app."
– 20 year-old male
"My favorite health-related app is the sleep tracking app on the
Apple store. It helped me track my manic nights where I experi-
ence racing thoughts."
– 20 year-old female
"It was a water app and it reminded [me] when to drink water."
– 16 year-old Hispanic male
"I have an app that lets me view my current blood glucose level
whenever I open the app. It's really cool."
– 14 year-old White male
"The app I like to use is a period tracker. It also gives facts
about symptoms you feel throughout the month. It's helpful
because whenever I'm feeling a certain way and not sure if its
period related I always go check how many days till my cycle
and it usually makes me feel better."
– 14 year-old White male
"Speech app for those children with difficult speech to
communicate with each other."
– 16 year-old Black male
"I have [a calendar app] on my phone. It reminds me to take
my medicines (allergy, sleep, and birth control) and it tracks
my period."
– 16 year-old White female
"It is an app that has a guy talking in a soothing voice giving
instructions on how to meditate, sometimes there is an anima-
tion that goes along with it. It helps when I start to feel a lot
of stress in life because I go to the app and try to unwind and
not worry/stress so much."
– 21 year-old White male
"I used [a wearable device] to track exercise, sleep and caloric
intake. The numbers really didn't mean anything to me and
it took forever to enter in the data, so I stopped using it. It was
only helpful in exposing me to just how much calories are in
some of my food."
– 20 year-old male
"[A sleeping app] helped me wake up in the morning."
– 15 year-old white male
"My favorite app is [one on depression], it's helpful to me because
I get to talk with people struggling with the same things I am."
– 22 year-old female
"[An app from a running shoe company] helps make me want
to run."
– 22 year-old male
