Our app is designed to ensure that no one ever has to worry about being without menstrual products when they need them most. Quickly send alerts detailing your needs, whether it's a tampon or a pad, along with the urgency, location and a personal message to express yourself. Users nearby will receive a push notification on their phone, which inform them that your alert has been posted. They can also see all the active alerts in a list, filter them by location, product or urgency and respond to them if they can help. If someone can help you, they accept your alert and connect with you through a chat to communicate easily about where to meet to give you the product.
The active alerts also appear on an interactive map, enabling community members nearby to visualize your location and connect with you more easily.
It’s about getting you the help you need, exactly when you need it.
Users can create a profile using their email and choose a secure password. Upon creating their account, they can customize their profile by providing their name, date of birth (users must be over 16 years old), and a personal description. They can also upload a profile picture. Once registered, users can easily log in across different devices using their credentials.
Users can view their profile and edit all fields. From the profile screen, they can also access their settings.
Users can create an alert by filling out a form with all necessary information (what is needed, their location, etc.). Once the alert is created, it can be viewed in the "Lists" under the "My Alerts" tab, where users can edit the alert, delete it, or mark it as solved when they have received the help they needed.
Users will receive notifications on their phones when another user within a specified radius of their location sends an alert. The preferred radius is set upon account creation and can be modified from the profile settings.
Alerts can be viewed in list form or on a map. In the "Lists" under the "Pal's Alerts" tab, users can see alerts posted by others, with icons indicating the product type and urgency, as well as location, time posted, and other necessary information. Clicking on an alert reveals an option to accept it, which initiates a chat with the person who posted the alert.
On the map, alerts are marked with icons, alongside the user's current location, enabling spatial visualization of alerts that can be accepted, as well as the user's own alerts. The current user's alert and other users' are distiguished by colour. Clicking on an pal's alert icon displays the alert's information and an "Accept" button and clicking on an alert created by the user displays the information and two buttons: "Edit" and "Resolve".
TBD: This feature is not yet finalized as users who post an alert currently do not receive a notification when another user responds to their alert.
A timer is available for users to track the duration of tampon use, addressing a critical issue for those who menstruate: the risk of forgetting to remove their tampons on time, which can lead to serious health issues such as Toxic Shock Syndrome. The timer starts a countdown from 6 hours (medically recommended maximum time for tampon use) and sends reminders to the user when it's time to change the tampon.
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