Appt.org empowers developers and organizations to build accessible apps for everyone. On this website you will find current statistics about the use of accessibility features on mobile phones, code documentation for iOS, Android and other platforms, official guidelines, in-depth articles and tips.
45%
Almost half of the Dutch iOS users surveyed have one or more accessibility settings activated on their phone.
15%
What is more, a large group even uses two or more accessibility features on iOS.
Most commonly used features on iOS
Adjust text size
35.18%
Dark mode
34.68%
Zoom
10.52%
Bold text
8.8%
Shake to undo off
6.04%
59%
More than half of the Dutch Android users surveyed have one or more accessibility settings activated on their phone.
22%
Also on Android, a large group even uses two or more accessibility features.
Most commonly used features on Android
Adjust text size
37.16%
Dark mode
23.16%
Bigger display size
15.6%
Live captions
4.34%
Screen orientation landscape
1.54%
There are 4.5 million people in the Netherlands with a demonstrable disability. That is more than one quarter of the population (17.8 million).
Apps and websites also need to be accessible to people with a physical or intellectual handicap. This is known as digital accessibility.
Read more about the amount of people with disabilities.
Semi literate people
2,500,000
The deaf and hard of hearing
812,000
Colour blind people
742,000
People with seriously impaired motor skills
472,000
Dyslexic people
450,000
Visually impaired people
200,000
Blind people
80,000
People with a mild intellectual disability
68,000
Accessibility statistics
Almost half of all people with a mobile phone use accessibility features. Much more than you would expect. We researched the real use of all these features.
In-depth documentation
Each platform provides different features to make an app more accessible. This website offers in-depth documentation for iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter and Xamarin.