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an i-phone launches the Life Plus app

myHIV has gone mobile! Now you can access your favourite myHIV tools from your i-phone.

Our free app gives you secure access to the award-winning suite of tools from this website on your i-phone. The app, called Life plus, has been developed with a panel of people living with HIV, medical experts, and partner charities.

Life plus has been funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

What does the app do?

some shots of the Life Plus app on an i-phone

  • Sends discreet, free reminders for your meds and apointments.
  • Logs your blood counts as you get them so you can track your treatment's progress.
  • Records secure and private notes on the move.
  • Stores up-to-date information about your medication.
  • Integrates with your myHIV account - any changes you make on your phone will sync with your website account, and vice versa.
  • Links to key information and support resources on myHIV, should you need them.
  • Give full access to the facilities of myHIV, including the community forums.

Where can I download the app? 

You can download Life plus from the i-tunes app store here:

app store

You can also search for life plus in the i-tunes app store.

If you are already a member of myHIV you can download the app and just log straight in with your usual membership details.

If you're new to myHIV you can create your account when you set the app up. Your app details will let you login to the website too and you'll find all of your mobile data there when you arrive.

How secure is the app?

All of your personal data is encrypted in transit and stored on a secure server. In addition you can set the app to lock so that no-one else can stumble upon it on your phone. In fact the app's called Life plus so that it's not obvious that it's about HIV.

If you still have concerns about your privacy you can always register with an alias - you don't have to give us your real name. We only ask some details so we can understand and demonstrate who we are helping. 

Just like myHIV we won't share the data that you do give us on the app with anyone else. 

Why just the i-phone?

We could only afford to develop an app on one platform and our research showed that the majority of our target audeince used i-phones. If Life plus is a success we'll try to secure funding for other platforms.

 

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2 comments

  • The app seems to really struggle syncing data which has been input. One moment it's there and working and the next time you log on its gone and there's a message saying Trying to Sync.
    There is no refresh facility so you have no idea if its actually working. Ironically, when I log on from my iPad, it seems to work but the iPhone is a disaster.

    Posted 20:55 Mon 07 Jan 2013 by Amadeus69

  • Hi Amadeus

    We're sorry to hear that you've been having trouble with the app. We've been working on a new version that will be available in the App Store in the next week or so, and hopefully that will solve the problems you've been having.

    Regards

    The web team.

    Posted 10:05 Wed 09 Jan 2013 by thtstaff
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