VertiGo Exercise (AR)

Features

• Difficult to know – as the app is mostly unusable.

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• collect medical information? No
• require a login? No
• Can be password protected No
• have a privacy policy? Yes
• require internet access? No

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✔ The app does state that it is not intended to replace a medical consultation, and strongly advises that users see a doctor.

✔ The app developers state that it has audio and visual guides through 21 vestibular exercises and reminders for medication and exercise schedules – all of which may be helpful for users. However, these have not been reviewed as part of this app review due to inability to access. 

✔ Online search suggests the app appears to have been developed by the Indian branch of a large pharmaceutical company.

✘ The app only works with a marker which it states will be provided by a doctor. There is also a download for a marker available in the drop down menu on the app.

✘ App has not been updated since June 2017 despite negative feedback from users that it does not work well due to the marker.

✘ HOWEVER, when attempting to download the marker from the app the web page is not available.

✘ A large number of users posted reviews saying that the marker didn't work, and the experience of this reviewer is that the main app features are inaccessible.

✘ An online search for the marker by the reviewer yielded zero results.

✘ You can't access the exercises or prescriptions without the marker. However, you can access the diet information.

✘ The diet information has 2 diets “low-salt diet” and “trigger-foods”, however, they're not comprehensive as each contains only 4 suggestions.

✘ The low-salt diet doesn't comment on foods with low salt.

✘ The app doesn't appear to state that a low salt diet is recommended for people who have been diagnosed with Meniere's disease, or tell the user what to look for (in terms of salt content) when shopping.

✘ The app doesn't appear to advise people with a history of hypotension that they should seek medical advice before commencing this diet (potential safety issue).

✘ Neither diet suggestions include some of the well-known diet advice for helping with vertigo (depending on the cause of the vertigo).

✘ The app doesn't mention which types of vertigo can be helped by diet or which are triggered by certain foods.

✘ The app gives references to journals it has consulted but only 2 journals and 1 website are listed.