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With the increase in availability of gambling applications (apps) for mobile phones, it has never been easier for individuals to access gaming systems. A proportion of these users will be affected by gambling disorder (GD). Traditional therapies for GD can be geographically and financially difficult to access. Mobile health apps can be useful for other addictions and provide another avenue of treatment for GD. Our objective in this study was to review the features, models of treatment, and aims of apps marketed to assist people in addressing their gambling. We searched the three largest app stores in Australia and performed a descriptive analysis based on the Mobile App Rating Scale of the apps purporting to be of assistance in managing GD or problem gambling. The number of apps available for addressing GD in Australia was vastly outnumbered by the number of apps for gambling or gaming. Apps that met the inclusion criteria most often aimed at total cessation of gambling, but did not use a recognizable therapeutic model. A majority of apps featured a single tool, most often a sober time tracker. Few of the apps were affiliated with existing services, and those that were tended to have a broader range of features and tools. Mobile apps present another way for individuals who are struggling with GD or problem gambling to access treatment. For apps to be effective, more attention needs to be paid to their design in order for them to be both useful and noticeable in the milieu of more invitingly designed apps that promote gambling. Resume Etant donne le nombre grandissant d’applications de jeux de hasard pour telephone mobile, il n’a jamais ete aussi facile d’acceder a des systemes de jeu. Un certain nombre des utilisateurs de ces appareils developperont une dependance au jeu (DJ). Les therapies conventionnelles en matiere de DJ peuvent etre difficiles d’acces en raison de la distance geographique et de leur cout. Les applications mobiles dediees a la sante, parfois pour traiter d’autres formes de dependance, pourraient offrir des possibilites de traitement du jeu pathologique. Nous avons analyse les caracteristiques, les modeles de traitement et les objectifs des applications qui pretendent aider les individus a dominer leur DP. Nous avons fouille les trois principales boutiques d’applications d’Australie a la recherche de tels produits, puis les avons soumis a une analyse descriptive fondee sur un Mobile App Rating Scale [echelle d’evaluation des applications mobiles]. Le nombre d’applications destinees au controle de la DJ est largement inferieur a celui des produits dedies a la pratique des jeux de hasard et des jeux video. Les applications retenues visent pour la plupart l’abandon definitif du jeu, sans reposer sur un modele therapeutique reconnaissable. La majorite comporte un seul et unique outil, soit un dispositif de minutage du temps passe sans jouer. Quelques-unes sont jumelees a des services existants; elles tendent a offrir un eventail plus grand de caracteristiques et d’outils. Les applications mobiles offrent aux personnes aux prises avec une dependance au jeu une autre voie d’acces au traitement. Pour ameliorer leur efficacite, toutefois, il faudra accorder une plus grande attention a leur conception et faire en sorte qu’elles se demarquent nettement des applications autrement plus attrayantes qui font la promotion du jeu.

Win Big Fast! An Evaluation of Mobile Applications Available in Australia for Problem Gambling