COVID Alert Reviews

by Nonicknamenxhur

COVIDAlert works under the premises that all COVID-19 patients use COVIDAlert and will truthfully report their positive results. Neither of these seem realistic.

by Notapaidreviewer

Firstly, You have to have your Bluetooth enabled all the time. This drains your battery. Most people I know rarely use Bluetooth 24/7. So right there that's a major fail.

Secondly, who's going to volunteer their info? Covidiots won't even get tested.

And here's another example of the lunacy of political correctness. Those who get tested can opt out providing their age and sex. If I'm positive why would i let others know I'm infected? I have to enter a one time code?

We don't have people complying with mandatory 14 day quarantine or wearing masks. Why would they enter a code? Remember, social distancing and wearing masks properly save lives, not COVIDAlert.

Thirdly, COVIDAlert tracks your info. All apps do. Some worse than others.

Finally, COVIDAlert only works in Ontario. The people who think COVIDAlert saves lives probably think JT is the best. Uninstalled.

by Hm1234123

Is COVIDAlert for Canadian residents or travellers?
How to get one time activation code?
I call the Canadian COVID line they told me it is only for travellers. But in app it did mention.

by WorldUser_AM

It would be great if you can add a feature to this application through which the users can report areas, neighborhoods, buildings, transportation terminals, etc where people are not abiding by the health authorities guidelines on social distancing and wearing masks!

by Rndinesh

iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 can’t download COVIDAlert as app is not compatible with iOS 12 yet and requires minimum iOS 13.5 or higher, except for this gap I will recommend everyone to download COVIDAlert.

by Darren Mo

A well-designed app by Health Canada.

- COVIDAlert clearly communicates how the technology works.
- The typography is legible and feels like the Government of Canada websites.
- Beautiful, subtle animations.
- It just works!

by Chickenandporn

So far, seems lightweight and fairly uncluttered, even though we don’t need to look at it until it detects a positive report you’ve been near.

It’s important to use a tool like this that optimizes contact-tracing: Health Canada doesn’t have limitless staff and funds, so we need to make them as efficient as possible with all the tools possible that don’t risk our privacy.

Seems to accurately follow the Apple/Google privacy sharing so that your GPS is not leaked and no one but YOU can choose your share your health info. Privacy is important.

Also because it doesn’t use GPS, it doesn’t drain your battery. No difference so far on my battery comparing to previous days.

by JennySDE

Glad there’s finally a contact tracing app in Canada. If there’s anyone concerned about privacy, COVIDAlert is open source and you can look through the code on GitHub. You can find the link on the developer website.

by Moe393

The only downfall to the COVID Alert app is that you need a minimum iOS update 13.5, and there are many reasons for this. The government of Canada had to work with Apple and Google to release a new software update that allowed you to connect run Bluetooth handshakes in the background so you do not have to have COVIDAlert running. This is why COVIDAlert is only available for iOS 3 13.5 and above. COVIDAlert is clear and protects your health in a privately matter. I definitely do recommend COVIDAlert!

by Jimbo40

We need this.

by Janette908123

When can we get in the USA?

by Mollahasani

Plus it’s the least intrusive app!

by Jjla990

COVIDAlert is innovative and helps protect our health while protecting our privacy. I’m proud that our government was able to come up with such a helpful tool.

by PJenkinsDC

COVIDAlert takes seconds to install, does not track you or record personal information and is a really useful tool to containing g the COVID pandemic.

by Jessie_Yuan

Super easy to download, doesn’t ask for personal data, I’m glad it respects privacy so much while being a helpful public tool. Made all my family members download it too

by Thejejr

Is COVIDAlert only for Canadian residents or also for people around the US?

by Iloveapps84

Funny that there are some people who are stupid enough to leave a negative review on this because they don’t have the latest version of iOS, which is NEEDED to include the tracking stuff. As if that’s COVIDAlert ’s fault. But yeah, devs, you probably should have better limited what the minimum version was for this. Oh well. People are pretty stupid with their unfair reviews. It’s funny to watch. Just wait til people start complaining about location tracking, which isn’t even done in this hahah

by PoopHead53

Doing the world a favor.