Özet:

The widespread use of smartphones and mobile devices in all areas of human life has led to the demand for the development of software running on these devices. Mobile apps are software applications designed to run on mobile devices such as phones, tablets, or watches. The softwares, coded and designed for mobile devices, have taken an indispensable place in the lives of individuals in the last 20 years with the development of technology. It is stated that mobile applications are generally used in the categories of games, weather, communication, maps and navigation, music, sports, and news. An important part of mobile applications under the category of sports is used to collect data and monitor performance in health and exercise sciences. The number of mobile applications used in performance measurement and monitoring is increasing day by day due to their commercial availability. This increasing interest and orientation towards mobile applications used in performance measurement and monitoring reveal the necessity of a correct understanding of the terms, equipment, methods, and application stages used in these applications. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to define mobile applications, which are increasingly used by researchers and practitioners in the field of sportive performance, from a holistic perspective, to examine them in line with scientific research, to explain the terms and equipment in their use, and to give information about the application steps.