So like so many if you own an IOS device any app will have to go through Apple's vetting process, something that will insure that it will not damage your machine and deliver a lowest common denominator sanitized experience, everything very clean, funfilled and helpful - the newest side scroller, the best app to get the least expensive but best chocolates for your valentine, a tutor to help with your kid's algebra, etc, gag.
You'll not have to worry about any app that might be edgy, counter-culture, dirty, unsettling in the least. It is certainly unsettling for me that any app is tied totally to the machine's manufacturer ( and there ain't no difference between Apple and Android ). I am waiting for an app liberation - a machine & therefore apps that are not yoked to a corporate morality.
Apps have been around for just a few years and are reproducing like rabbits and insinuate themeselves into all aspects of our lives. Where are we headed with these little devils? Right now Apple and Android (?) have the last word as to what is available but surely this cannot last and there will or more likely is right now an app underground somewhere.
We're seeing the same evolution with apps as we saw with websites: When the Internet first gained mass adoption, there were a gazillion (more or less!) health-related websites and people didn't know which were valid, which were crocks, and which fell somewhere in between. The same thing is happening with smartphone apps, too.
I think these types of apps are for people addicted to there smart phones. After all, nobody in the world understands what makes you happy better than yourself.
Interestingly, health monitoring apps need to be careful not to make any substantial claims about health... or else they'll be regulated by the FTC as a medical device. So watch out, GPS app that cures depression!
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