Rewards would most motivate kids to stick with a treatment app
Core finding
In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted March 6-16, 2026, about half (50%) say that as 10- to 17-year-olds, earning rewards, prizes, or gift cards would have most motivated them to keep using an app supporting a prescribed treatment plan. No other game-style feature comes close; seeing visual progress bars or improvement charts is next at 20%.
Unlocking levels, badges, or achievements and maintaining daily streaks land at 12% each, with competing in challenges or leaderboards and receiving encouraging messages or praise at 9% each. An additional 29% say the scenario does not apply to them.
Selected responses
Rewards would most motivate kids to stick with a treatment app.
Thinking back to ages 10-17, if a mobile app had existed to help you stick with a prescribed health treatment plan (such as asthma care), which of the following game-style features would have most motivated you to use it regularly?
n = 1,000 · Mar 6–16, 2026 · MoE ±3.4%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Mar 6–16, 2026 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.4% |
| Module | Module 1: Technology, Finance, & Media |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044
Thinking back to ages 10-17, if a mobile app had existed to help you stick with a prescribed health treatment plan (such as asthma care), which of the following game-style features would have most motivated you to use it regularly?
- reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044
Thinking back to ages 10-17, if a mobile app had existed to help you stick with a prescribed health treatment plan (such as asthma care), which of these app features would have most helped you actually follow your treatment plan consistently?
Cite this question
Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.