List of selected apps

The Swiss Accessibility Study 2023 – Mobile Apps examines a broad spectrum of apps from thirteen usage categories. The selection focuses on apps that are popular in Switzerland for coping with everyday personal and professional life.

Of the 50 test candidates, six apps were dropped. In the list below, the omitted apps are marked with a strike. The current list includes the 41 apps we are examining as part of the study.

The categories listed refer to the categories in the Google Play Store.App categorisations are not always logical. For example, the ‘Alertswiss‘ app can be found in the ‘Education’ category. For better traceability of the selection, we have kept the categories from the Google Play Store.

These apps have been selected


‘Education’ category

App name Publisher Country
Alertswiss Federal Office for Civil Protection CH
Voteinfo Swiss Federal Chancellery CH
beook ionesoft GmbH CH
Edubase Reader Edubase GmbH CH

‘Business’ category

App name Publisher Country
BIZ App AWE Schaffhausen GmbH CH
Microsoft Authenticator Microsoft Corporation US
Microsoft Teams Microsoft Corporation US
WebEx Cisco Systems US
Zoom Zoom Video Communications US

‘Shopping’ category

App name Publisher Country
Bring! Shopping Lists & Recipes Bring! Labs AG CH
CoopInstead of the Coop Supercard app, we chose the Coop shopping app. This allows better comparability with the other apps in the “Shopping” category Coop CH
Lidl Plus Lidl CH
Migros – Shop & Save Federation of Migros Cooperatives CH

‘Finance’ category

App name Publisher Country
one – control over your cards Viseca Payment Services SA CH
PostFinance App PostFinance AG CH
Twint TWINT AG CH
UBS & UBS key4 UBS AG CH

‘Health and fitness’ category

App name Publisher Country
Groupe Mutuel Groupe Mutuel CH
MyCSS CSS Kranken-Versicherung AG CH
MyHelsana Helsana Versicherungen CH
The publishers of ‘Groupe Mutuel’ and MyCSS were unable to provide us with test access. The ‘MyHelsana’ app has demo access and can therefore be tested.

‘Maps and Navigation’ category

App name Publisher Country
Fairtiq Fairtiq AG CH
SBB Mobile Swiss Federal Railways SBB CH
Uber – Request a ride Uber Technologies, Inc. US

‘Communication’ category

App name Publisher Country
Klapp – School Communication Klapp GmbH CH
Threema Threema GmbH CH
WhatsApp Messenger WhatsApp LLC US

‘Medical’ category

App name Publisher Country
1st Responder Canton of Bern DOS Group SA CH
EchoSOS Ubique Health CH
Medgate Medgate Partner Network CH
Rega Swiss Air Rescue CH
Well. Your Health Digital Well Gesundheit AG CH
Medgate couldn’t provide us with test access.

‘News and magazines’ category

App name Publisher Country
RTS Info RTS Radio Télévision Suisse CH
SRF News Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) CH
TeleBärn CH Media CH
TELETEXT App Admeira Broadcast AG CH
watson News Fixxpunkt AG CH

‘Productivity’ category

App name Publisher Country
ePost App KLARA Business AG CH
Microsoft 365 (Office) Microsoft Corporation US
My Swisscom Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd CH
The Microsoft Office app includes the full range of Office 365 applications. This would have gone beyond the scope of the test. Therefore, the Office 365 app will not be tested.

‘Travel and Local Affairs’ category

App name Publisher Country
Disposal + Recycling Zurich ERZ Disposal + Recycling Zurich CH
local.ch: Telephone Book Switzerland Swisscom Directories AG CH
Localcities: the community app Swisscom Directories AG CH
Parkingpay Digitalparking AG CH
SBB Inclusive Swiss Federal Railways SBB CH

‘Tools’ category

App name Publisher Country
BE-Login Bedag Solutions AG CH
Decor Dezor SA CH
Die Post Die Schweizerische Post AG CH
SwissID SwissSign Group AG CH
The ‘BE-Login’ app will soon be replaced by a completely new app.

‘Weather’ category

App name Publisher Country
MeteoSwiss Federal Office of Meteorology and
Climatology
CH
SRF Meteo – Weather Switzerland Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) CH

Selection of Android apps

App name Publisher Country
Microsoft Teams Microsoft Corporation US
Migros – Shop & Save Federation of Migros Cooperatives CH
SBB Mobile Swiss Federal Railways SBB CH
SRF News Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) CH
Threema Threema GmbH CH

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