Coronavirus App Challenge Winners

Gordon (age 12) from Hong Kong created this exquisite educational app to help students spend their holiday during the pandemic wisely while learning something meaningful. The latest wave of the pandemic caused schools to close in Hong Kong and to shift the summer holiday to April. We hope you will find this thoughtful app as much fun as we did. Bravo Gordon!

3rd grade student Sherlock (age 8) from Hong Kong created this fun app to solve a practical problem his family faced while playing the game Settler of Catan to pass time during the pandemic. We are impressed with Sherlock's progress in learning programming and look forward to his future projects.

Peres (age 10) from Hong Kong created this app to have some fun during the difficult months of the pandemic and hopes that others will find the games in his app enjoyable. Way to go Peres and keep up the wonderful effort.

5th grader Emily Shum (age 11) from Hong Kong used her time during the school closure in Hong Kong to create this versatile app to provide information and help people all around the world in their daily challenges with the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking forward to your next projects Emily!

Tanisha is a 12 year old 7th grader from Jakarta who wanted to combat mental health issues induced by the pandemic. She created an app that provides facts, dispels myths, and allows users to meditate. We hope you give it a try!

Students from the 1st Vocational and Technical High School of Trikala, Greece came together to create this app that allows you to use SMS to instantly contact 13033 in Greece (needed for permission to leave your home). Their aim is just to help their communities waste less time. We love seeing larger teams work well together!

11 year old 6th grade students Tanisha and Nishita from the USA created this wonderfully thoughtful app to increase awareness of donation locations in their state during COVID-19. Bravo and we look forward to what you will create in the future.

16 year old Tirth from India, who aspires to be a great technological innovator, created this versatile app to make his contribution to help his fellow citizens during the COVID-19 crisis. Keep up the great work Tirth!

Charity worker David Taylor from United Kindgom and his collaborators from the over 70's group in his charity created this great app to provide a lot of useful information about the pandemic in multiple languages. What a great example of collaboration for computational action!

15 year old high school student Samyak from the USA created this very thorough and multifaceted app to address the many needs people face during the pandemic such as diagnostics, prevention, getting real time updates, etc. We are very impressed, keep up the fantastic work Samyak!

10 year old Vatsal from the USA, who loves programming, created this app to help people track the COVID-19 cases worldwide. Keep up the great work Vatsal!

15 year old high school student Jayant and his collaborators Sam, Nathan and John, who are from the USA, are very passionate about coding and Computer Science. They created this app to help people in the USA find out about the most serious COVID-19 cases in counties close to their location. Bravo team, impressive work!

17 year old high school student Haroune from Algeria created this wonderful app to spread awareness about COVID-19, to test people's knowledge of the disease and to offer basic diagnostics. Keep up the great work Haroune!

11 year old children's book author Akshaj from India became passionate about creating apps during the lockdown and created this extensive app to spread awareness about COVID-19 in an interesting and simple manner.

8 year old 4th grader Pratham from India created this lovely app to generate positive vibes with India's ancient Vedic chants to help with the pandemic effort. Enjoy the wonderful sounds!

12 year old 7th grader Navneet from India created this wonderful app using educational comics and sounds he collected from the internet to create awareness about COVID-19 pandemic and to teach how to remain safe without fear. You are in for a real treat!

12 year old 7th grader Prayanshi from India created her first app during the pandemic to learn about app design and to contribute towards COVID-19 awareness. We are very impressed.

19 year old undergraduate student Sneha from India created this comprehensive app to help people during the lockdown period. The brilliant app has a login feature and contains games, quizzes, COVID-19 information and connection to helplines and emergency numbers. Bravo Sneha!

17 year old high school students Aishwarya, Anagha and Avleen from Singapore are passionate about helping their communities and bringing change through technology. They created this amazing app to connect those in need with those who volunteer to help them.

13 year old 7th grader Navjot from the USA, who dreams about becoming a software engineer some day, created this multifaceted app to aid his community during the pandemic.

14 year old 9th grader Saatvik from India created this clever app to facilitate contact tracing without having to worry about privacy concerns. It is impressive how powerful a simple idea can be.

New to coding, 10 year old Manas from India created this great app for people to assess their symptoms and risk as well as raise awareness about the deadly COVID-19.

11 year old Levi from India created this wonderful app to help his fellow citizens during the pandemic.

11 year old Aunam from India created this lovely app to spread awareness and help stop the spreading of illness all over the world.

11 year old tech enthusiast Nikhil from India created this thoughtful app to inform people about the pandemic situation and update them on the latest COVID-19 news.

9 year old Amaya likes creating new apps and games. She has done very well with her Coronavirus app that prompts the user with questions to help determine if they may have the illness.

10 year old 6th graders Darsh and Jyoti from India created this interesting app to give out general information on Coronavirus. The app also has fun games related to social distancing.

10 year old Vansh from India created this adorable app -using his own voice- to give information about the ways of preventing Coronavirus, to share data about infection cases over the world, to inform about the lessons the pandemic taught us and to thank the heros who are making a difference.

11 year old Akshaj from India created this thoughtful app to spread awareness about COVID-19. The app allows setting reminders to wash hands, has a video about a DIY mask and much more.

16 year old 12th grader Daksh from India created this great app to allow the users get real time statistics related to COVID-19 at the global level and for each country.

14 year old 8th grader Risha from the USA created this app to keep children engaged during the quarantine. The app is part quiz and part game and brings awareness to preventative and hygienic behaviors -including practicing social distancing- in an easy and fun way.

14 year old tech enthusiast Diego from Italy created this app to help his fellow Italians during the pandemic. The app allows the user to have access to important contact numbers, to view official sources of information and much more.

Liam, Adam, Fionn and Brent from New Zealand created this app for their fellow citizens to help with the hand-washing process during the lockdown.

15 year old Dhruv from India created this fun app to give positive and helpful messages to its users in a game format.

12 and 14 year old sisters Bethany and Ice from Hong Kong created this wonderful app to motivate the users to keep themselves and their living environment healthy and clean through defeating virtual viruses with their points accumulated in the game. The app includes a series of facts to keep users informed about the COVID-19 coronavirus. Last but not least, the app has a location tracker function in which users can record the places they went to previously and know if there have been serious outbreaks in the areas they have visited, and carry out the necessary precautionary measures.

13 year old 7th grader Prajwal from India created this astonishing app as an expression of his passion for social service in hopes that a free-to-use and user friendly app could have a large impact on the minds of people to understand the seriousness of this outbreak. The app brings people having symptoms of COVID-19 to the notice of the government through a database and collects data from other certified sources to bring awareness to people about the virus.

Developer Marco from Italy created this versatile app to share some important information regarding COVID-19, show the status of Coronavirus in the world with charts and even help the user find a Hospital nearby in case of an emergency.

Technical writer Mohammed from Egypt created this thoughtful app to help people stay updated about the numbers of COVID-19 cases around the world.

Daniel Condor, Cender Quispe, Umbert Lewis, Kevin Montañez, Anthony Bacilio Ruiz, as part of the Biomedical Informatics Unit in Global Health - UPCH and members of Team Peru Contra COVID-19, created this app to support the screening of COVID-19, and to decongest health systems, providing simple and clear information.