Selection of the Best Educational Application Based on Android with SMART Method (Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique)

Aims: Android system is widely chosen by smartphone users in Indonesia. One of the reasons for its popularity is the large number of free applications supported by Google Play Store. The large number of applications on the Google Play Store provide many choices for the needs of the community. But sometimes, this actually makes people have difficulty in choosing an application they need. This research will create a decision support system (DSS) in choosing the best application, so that it can help the community in choosing the application they need.

Methodology: The factors used in choosing include rating, file size, compatibility and others. The method used to determine the best application in this research is the SMART (Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique) method. This method can be used to support decisions in choosing between several alternatives. The implementation is made web-based with the PHP language to make it easier for the public to access this system.

Results: The result of this research is the ranking of educational applications based on the criteria of rating, reviews, size and installs that can be taken into consideration by users in choosing applications.

Conclusion: SMART method can be used easily to generate application rankings. The results of data processing may change if the priority or weight of a criterion changes.