The document discusses an experiment at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focusing on mobile app quality, emphasizing energy consumption, performance, and user perceptions. It references studies on digital media usage time and average daily hours spent per mobile app visitor by age. The comparison includes progressive web apps, native apps, and hybrid apps.

1. VRIJE
UNIVERSITEIT
AMSTERDAM
VRIJE
UNIVERSITEIT
AMSTERDAM
Ivano Malavolta
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Experimenting on Mobile
Apps Quality - a tale about
Energy, Performance, and
Users’ Perception

2. VRIJE
UNIVERSITEIT
AMSTERDAMTwo facts (I)
Share of Digital Media Time Spent
Source: comScore Media Metrix Multi-Platform & Mobile Metrix, U.S., Total Audience, June 2017

3. VRIJE
UNIVERSITEIT
AMSTERDAMTwo facts (II)
Average Daily Hours per Mobile App Visitor by Age
Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, U.S., Age 18+, June 2017

4. VRIJE
UNIVERSITEIT
AMSTERDAMThe tale
Energy consumption
(of progressive web apps)
Performance
(of native apps)
Users’ perceptions
(of hybrid apps)