Blázquez Martín, DavidTorre Díez, Isabel de laGarcía-Zapirain, BegoñaLópez-Coronado, MiguelRodrigues, Joel2026-02-262026-02-262018-05-09Martín, D. B., De La Torre, I., Garcia-Zapirain, B., Lopez-Coronado, M., & Rodrigues, J. (2018). Managing and controlling stress using mhealth: systematic search in app stores. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.2196/MHEALTH.886610.2196/MHEALTH.8866https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/5260Traditional stress management techniques have been proven insufficient to tackle the needs of today’s population. Computational-based techniques and now mobile health (mHealth) apps are showing promise to enable ease of use and access while educating end users on self-management. The main aim of this paper was to put forward a systematic review of mHealth apps for stress management. The scenario chosen for this study consists of a sample of the most relevant mHealth apps found on the British and Spanish online stores of the two main mobile operating systems: iOS and Android. The apps have been categorized and scored base on their impact, presence, number of results, language, and operating system. A total of 433 different mobile apps for stress management was analyzed. Of these apps, 21.7% (94/433) belonged to the “relaxing music” category, 10.9% (47/433) were in the “draw and paint” category, 1.2% (5/433) belonged to the “heart rate control” category, and 1.2% (5/433) fell under “integral methodology.” Only 2.0% (8/433) of the apps qualified as high or medium interest while 98.0% were low interest. Furthermore, 2.0% (8/433) of the apps were available on both iOS and Android, and 98% of apps ran on only one platform (iOS or Android). There are many low-value apps available at the moment, but the analysis shows that they are adding new functionalities and becoming fully integrated self-management systems with extra capabilities such as professional assistance services and online support communities.eng© David Blázquez Martín, Isabel De La Torre, Begonya Garcia-Zapirain, Miguel Lopez-Coronado, Joel RodriguesAppsControlManagementmHealthStressjournal article2026-02-262291-5222