The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has delivered a profound shock to the UK. Measures to control the spread of the virus have reached deep into our lives, significantly disrupting factors such as job security, social activity and family life, all of which are essential to healthy lives. The public health workforce and local government have reshaped their work in an effort to contain the infection and protect the most vulnerable. Coupled with a reluctance among patients to expose themselves to unnecessary levels of risk, face-to-face appointments have reduced significantly. Inherently flexible, and accessible. mobile-health (mHealth) solutions have been poised as a possible solution to maintain a continuity of care in the face of mounting unmet clinical needs. It remains uncertain however whether a public appetite for such technologies exists. Utilising a retrospective time-series design, this study analyses web-based searches for health-apps pre and post-COVID-19 lockdown initiation, demonstrating unequivocally that searches for health-apps increased significantly (240%) since lockdown measures were implemented. These increases were consistent and significant across all condition areas, but as high as 3,814% in the case of physiotherapy. As such, it is critical that with high demand for these therapeutics, consumers are directed to safe, trusted and evidence-based technologies; such that any benefits which may be realized, are not overshadowed by the potential dangers of using unsafe and unproven technologies.