The World Health Organisation has highlighted the worldwide lack of prosthetics services and monitoring tools. In particular, the assessment of the met and unmet needs of prosthetics services has been identified as one of the five major global research priorities. In this context, it is crucial to review the current state of art concerning available tools for the assessment of real-life prosthesis usage, guiding the design of the next generation, aiding service providers in decision making, and supporting the understanding of the users’ true needs. Thus, this study aimed at providing an overview of presented methods and technology, as well as recommendations and guidelines to monitor the use of limb prostheses in community settings, outside the laboratory or clinic.A search on four databases (MedLine, CINAHL, Web of Science and Scopus) for articles in English, with no year limits, was performed using keywords related to experience (i.e. physical activity , real world , daily-life ), population (i.e. amput*, prosthe*, artificial limb ) and technology (i.e. monitor sensor, wearable, actimeter). The search led to 51 scientific articles.We evaluated which, why and how technologies have been used in the daily-life of prosthetic users, with particular focus on the information provided by the monitors related to activity patterns, functional mobility and prosthetic use. Our findings indicate an extensive application of wearable sensors (mainly located in or on the prosthesis) to understand the daily usage of prostheses, to compare different components (sockets, liners, types of prostheses, etc.), and to study associations between in-lab and out-of-lab motor performance, and between self-reported and objectively measured information from the real-life of amputees. Findings illustrate the relevance of considering specific daily-life needs for prosthetic users in design of research. We aim, with this study, to guide the design, validation and translation to clinical practice of the next assessment tools of limb prostheses.