This appeared last week:
App: Tracking menses and more for endo, adeno and PCOS patients
Unlike most period apps available, QENDO not
only helps patients track their menstrual cycle, pain and mood but is also a
tool to manage chronic illness.
It is aimed at people with endometriosis, adenomyosis and polycystic ovarian
syndrome who are after an easy way to record information to later share with
their doctors.
There is an ovulation diary where patients can keep record of their symptoms,
including pain, bleeding, bowel and bladder function, headaches, bloating, breast
tenderness, temperature, stress and energy levels, mood and mental clarity.
The app also allows the user to go further and identify their own symptoms,
assess patterns and frequency of flare ups and detail pain location, intensity
and sensation.
…..
The app is available via the App Store and Google Play.
Compatibility: iPhone iOS 10.0 or later. Android
4.4 and up.
Cost: Free
Here is the link:
https://www.ausdoc.com.au/practice/app-tracking-menses-and-more-for-endo-adeno-and-pcos-patients/
Why am I concerned?
If this app is a good and functionally rich as is claimed, and seems, then why is it offered for free? Surely the answer can only be that the app is harvesting a trove of pretty intimate personal data from these patients to be monetised by being on sold to third parties.
If you go to the app website here it is clear there is data being collected:
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/qendo/id1514681675
With that made clear it is up to the user to read the terms of use very closely before use I reckon.
As those who read here would know there has been major pushback in the US for such data collection and some period tracking apps have claimed to have disabled data-collection capabilities in response. Maybe QENDO could do the same – or at least offer an option?
David.
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