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 namePublisherCountry
AlertswissFederal Office for Civil ProtectionCH
VoteinfoSwiss Federal ChancelleryCH
beookionesoft GmbHCH
Edubase ReaderEdubase GmbHCH

‘Business’ category

App namePublisherCountry
BIZ AppAWE Schaffhausen GmbHCH
Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft CorporationUS
Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft CorporationUS
WebExCisco SystemsUS
ZoomZoom Video CommunicationsUS

‘Shopping’ category

App namePublisherCountry
Bring! Shopping Lists & RecipesBring! Labs AGCH
CoopInstead of the Coop Supercard app, we chose the Coop shopping app. This allows better comparability with the other apps in the “Shopping” categoryCoopCH
Lidl PlusLidlCH
Migros – Shop & SaveFederation of Migros CooperativesCH

‘Finance’ category

App namePublisherCountry
one – control over your cardsViseca Payment Services SACH
PostFinance AppPostFinance AGCH
TwintTWINT AGCH
UBS & UBS key4UBS AGCH

‘Health and fitness’ category

App namePublisherCountry
Groupe MutuelGroupe MutuelCH
MyCSSCSS Kranken-Versicherung AGCH
MyHelsanaHelsana VersicherungenCH
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 namePublisherCountry
FairtiqFairtiq AGCH
SBB MobileSwiss Federal Railways SBBCH
Uber – Request a rideUber Technologies, Inc.US

‘Communication’ category

App namePublisherCountry
Klapp – School CommunicationKlapp GmbHCH
ThreemaThreema GmbHCH
WhatsApp MessengerWhatsApp LLCUS

‘Medical’ category

App namePublisherCountry
1st Responder Canton of BernDOS Group SACH
EchoSOSUbique HealthCH
MedgateMedgate Partner NetworkCH
RegaSwiss Air RescueCH
Well. Your Health DigitalWell Gesundheit AGCH
Medgate couldn’t provide us with test access.

‘News and magazines’ category

App namePublisherCountry
RTS InfoRTS Radio Télévision SuisseCH
SRF NewsSwiss Radio and Television (SRF)CH
TeleBĂ€rnCH MediaCH
TELETEXT AppAdmeira Broadcast AGCH
watson NewsFixxpunkt AGCH

‘Productivity’ category

App namePublisherCountry
ePost AppKLARA Business AGCH
Microsoft 365 (Office) Microsoft CorporationUS
My SwisscomSwisscom (Switzerland) LtdCH
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 namePublisherCountry
Disposal + Recycling ZurichERZ Disposal + Recycling ZurichCH
local.ch: Telephone Book SwitzerlandSwisscom Directories AGCH
Localcities: the community appSwisscom Directories AGCH
ParkingpayDigitalparking AGCH
SBB InclusiveSwiss Federal Railways SBBCH

‘Tools’ category

App namePublisherCountry
BE-LoginBedag Solutions AGCH
DecorDezor SACH
Die PostDie Schweizerische Post AGCH
SwissIDSwissSign Group AGCH
The ‘BE-Login’ app will soon be replaced by a completely new app.

‘Weather’ category

App namePublisherCountry
MeteoSwissFederal Office of Meteorology and
Climatology
CH
SRF Meteo – Weather SwitzerlandSwiss Radio and Television (SRF)CH

Selection of Android apps

App namePublisherCountry
Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft CorporationUS
Migros – Shop & SaveFederation of Migros CooperativesCH
SBB MobileSwiss Federal Railways SBBCH
SRF NewsSwiss Radio and Television (SRF)CH
ThreemaThreema GmbHCH

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