Android-based application developed in 2012, which uses game elements as a motivational tool to influence player behaviour. TH turns completing tasks into a role-playing game where each task is a challenge and completing them earns points. 


TH (MDJ Software, 2013)

iOS gamification app. The core of the app is a to-do list, which serves as a notepad while incorporating a role-playing spin similar to TH. 

The main player challenge is to input daily tasks as quests to be carried out. The process of remembering to do the quests (i.e., the chores) earns players rewards. As each player completes a task from the to-do list, they move forward on the quest map. Players can choose their own avatars 


EW (Supermono Studios, 2013)

To explore gamification in task-management applications, the authors investigated two memory-aid task-manager apps.

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A Study on Gamified Task-management Apps: 
- Selection of Gamified task-management app
- Choose subject population 
- Conduct Survey: Compare both groups with Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.
- Post-study Interview

Methodology (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications)

 Kappen, D., Johannsmeier, J., Nacke, L.,(2013) Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications. Stratford, Ontario, Canada, October 2-4, 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2583008.2583034

 Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications 

Selection of Gamified task-management app (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications)

- Of the 14 people, who were interested in participation, seven had iPhones and seven had Android phones. 
- Among this sample population, we had eight female and six male participants playing either application.
- The age range of the participant sample was 19 to 44 


Choose subject population (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications) 

After 4 days of use of the apps, a survey consisting of 60 questions in total was conducted. Responses to the questionnaire items were indicated using a 7-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (7). Authors compared responses of players to using TH and EW as a gamification application instead of using their standard task manager 


Conduct Survey (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications)

The aim of the interview session was to obtain a better perspective on the challenges, frustrations and fun experienced by the participants in using these apps.

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