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Example APA Style: Apps

Date published by Date updated: July 27, 2018

The APA Style has specific rules for the reference of information from an app or mobile application software. In addition to the name of the person or entity that holds the rights for the app you also have to add in square brackets that it is a mobile application.

 Mobile application
APA-format RightsholderName, (Year). TitleSoftwareProgram (Versionnumber) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://WebAdress
In reference list Tinder Inc. (2015). Tinder (Version 4.5.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/tinder/id547702041?mt=8
In the text
  • According to the mobile application software ‘Tinder’ … (Tinder Inc., 2015).
  • Tinder Inc. (2015) suggested in the mobile application software ‘Tinder’ that … .
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