myStudyPal app launches in the UK
An Irish startup company which has developed a web and mobile app that
enables Junior and Leaving Certificate students to create a personal and
fully flexible study timetable in minutes, has announced the release of the
latest version of its app.
The company also announced its expansion into the UK market as the
myStudyPal app is now available for GCSE and A-Level students.
The app was founded in 2018 by University College Dublin student Mark
Nealon. In 2017 he decided to defer his place at university, after
experiencing first-hand the negative effect the stresses and strains the
Leaving Certificate can have on a student's wellbeing, to develop an app to
help students stay in control of their exam preparation while also making
time for other activities.
Released in 2018 the myStudyPal app was used by over 4,500 Junior and
Leaving Certificate students in 2019, representing around 4% of the exam
student population.
"We've been working hard throughout the summer to develop a far superior app
which can now be downloaded by our users," Mr Nealon said. "Following the
success of the app last year we plan to triple, if not quadruple, the number
of users during the coming year."
"Students in the United Kingdom are also experiencing the same need for a
personalised study timetable and building on the positive traction we have
received in Ireland we have now expanded our app to cater for GCSE and
A-Level students. We hope to gain similar traction in the UK market this
year, a market roughly ten times the size of the Irish market."
The myStudyPal app is free to download in Ireland and in the UK until
October 31.
The app enables students to plan their study and social time in minutes,
giving them the reassurance that they are organised and are covering all the
work they need to, while also ensuring they take some essential time away
from the books. The app covers all popular subjects students study for the
Junior, Leaving, GCSE or A-Level exams.
The app can also reschedule missed study sessions at the click of a button
and can reorganise timetables if any social plans are added at short notice
and provides push notifications about upcoming study sessions.
"I struggled with poor time management," Mr Nealon said, "leading to
increased anxiety as the Leaving Certificate exams came closer, which in
turn meant I hit the books harder and failed to find time for non-academic
activities like sport and hanging out with friends which are vital for
supporting your mental health."
"After completing the Leaving Certificate, I thought that there had to be a
better way for students to make a study plan and structure their study
around their academic, extracurricular and personal lives instead of either
being slaves to their study or leaving too much to the end. From experience,
I knew that unless students had a way to control their study, it would
control them, so myStudyPal was born."
myStudyPal is headquartered at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and
Entrepreneurs at UCD and is supported by Enterprise Ireland and the Dún
Laoghaire Rathdown Local Enterprise Office.
Mark Nealon was the overall winner of the 2019 Irish Student
Entrepreneurship Forum National Final and is now entering his second year at
UCD where he is studying Biomedical, Health and Life Sciences.
New wellness app KeepAppy set to launch
A new Irish wellness app that empowers users to take control of their mental
and physical wellbeing, is set to launch in Ireland.
KeepAppy co-founders Aimee-Louise Carton and Will Ben Sims designed the
platform which enables people to track the vitals that most impact an
individual's state of mind.
KeepAppy is designed to increase self-awareness and encourage engagement
with positive behaviour practices and will be available on the App Store and
Google Store.
It contains 10 key features focused on empowering, educating and cultivating
a wellness-oriented lifestyle, through three main areas: Prevention, Growth
and Care.
Aside from its 10 key features, KeepAppy's core mission is dedicated to
making a positive social impact on everyone. Its founders have developed a 1
for 1 model, meaning for every user who subscribes to the full version of
KeepAppy, they will donate a lifetime subscription to someone in need,
chosen by the helplines they work with.
The platform enables consumers, who may or may not suffer from mental
wellbeing issues to record their wellbeing through a mood tracker,
journaling, goal setting and more. KeepAppy can be described as a gym for
everyones wellbeing, where users have an array of 'equipment or tools to
help them take control of their mental health.
KeepAppy is a strictly confidential app - its founders have committed to
never abusing or selling users data, in contrast to many other wellness
platforms.
Aimee-Louise Carton said KeepAppy aims to become the leading wellness app
for Irish people. "Its a strictly confidential platform where users can
journal their moods and gain access to a host of other services that can
improve their mental state of mind in a matter of minutes."
===========================================================
The fb-exchange mailing list
Manage account, subscribe or unsubscribe:
//www.freelists.org/list/fb-exchange
Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/fb-exchange ;
Administrative contact: insight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
===========================================================
