# Rewards would most motivate kids to stick with a treatment app

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## Reading

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.

## Topline

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?

Rewards would most motivate kids to stick with a treatment app.

Respondents could select more than one option, so shares may sum to more than 100%.

- Earning rewards, prizes, or gift cards: 49.7%
- This does not apply to me: 28.7%
- Seeing visual progress bars or improvement charts: 20.1%
- Unlocking levels, badges, or achievements: 12.1%
- Maintaining streaks for daily completion: 12.0%
- Competing in challenges or leaderboards: 8.6%
- Receiving encouraging messages or praise: 8.6%

## 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: 2026-03-06 → 2026-03-16
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-1-22](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-1-22)
- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-1-23](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-1-23)

## Citation

Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-1-22](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-1-22)