Table 1 Themes, sub-themes, categories and codes

Theme 1 personal experience

Mobile phone usage

Features

SMS

Videos

Internet searching

Calls

Voice messages

Applications

WhatsApp

Youtube

Tiktok

Facebook

Timings

Morning

Evening

For health

COVID-19 information

Home remedies for diarrhoea

Irregular manustral cycle

Sexual health issues

Contact doctors through mobile phone

Family planning usage

Reason for using family planning

Space between children

Don't want more children

Malnourishment

Poverty

Reason for not using family planning

Side effects

Want to have a son

Theme 2: Acceptability of mobile application

Perceived benefit for women

Provide information and education

Family planning method

Side effects and how to manage them

Address misconceptions

Cost-effectiveness

Travelling cost

Doctor's fee

Fee for side effect management

Features for mobile application

Language

Local language (Urdu)

Features

Videos

Pictures

Voice recordings

Information about family planning

Family planning method

Usage

Side effects

Advantages

Information about misconceptions related to the method

Other information

Infertility

Information regarding family planning facilities

Perceived benefits for providers

Save the time of counselling

Women will have all the information on side effects

Women already know the potential benefit

With the given time, provide can serve more women

Theme 3: self-efficacy

Increase empowerment

Women can make the decision on their own for family planning method

It will help to reduce dependency on community workers and providers

Increase self-confidence