Covid tracker app users report mostly positive experience, despite battery issues

Covid Tracker app users thought it handled data protection and transparency aspects well. File photo: Niall Carson/PA

The HSE's Covid tracker app could be improved by having notifications which prompt users to submit a daily health status update, according to a new study.

The study, carried out by a team of researchers from University of Limerick, University College Cork and NUI Galway, analysed 1,287 user reviews from the Google/Apple playstores "to identify the aspects of the app that users focused on, and the positive/negative sentiment expressed".