Nowadays, thousands of popular applications are designed to help users improve their lives through behavioural adjustment (e.g., meditate more, stay hydrated). However, our understanding of how certain design features align with constructs of behavior theories remain limited. We analyze 208 apps from the Apple App Store and identified 12 design features afforded by current tools that we classified according to the Self-Determination Theory. The taxonomy reported in this paper, we argue, provides a simple tool for designers to evaluate how specific features, and combination of features, may work to motivate users towards their desired goals. Additionally, the presented taxonomy is intended to help researchers test new interventions by discussing relevant research gaps.

如今，成千上万的流行应用程序旨在通过行为调整（例如，打坐更多，保持水分）来帮助用户改善生活。但是，我们对某些设计特征如何与行为理论的构造保持一致的理解仍然有限。我们分析了Apple App Store中的208个应用程序，并确定了我们根据自决理论对当前工具进行分类的12种设计功能。我们认为，本文所报告的分类法为设计人员提供了一种简单的工具，可用于评估特定功能以及功能组合如何激励用户实现其期望的目标。此外，提出的分类法旨在通过讨论相关的研究差距来帮助研究人员测试新的干预措施。