A three-year-old app, the Guardian Circle, suddenly got over 5000 new downloads due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This app which was previously struggling to get attention had a growth of over 2500% in the month of March alone.
The Guardian Circle is a crypto-powered emergency application that assists to build a micro-economy around an emergency response in areas that needs it the most. Some of the features of the app include voice interface, panic button, heart rate monitor and crash detection.
Once any of the listed emergencies are activated, a medical team, as well as private security, is notified. Since this is a crypto-powered app, people who make use of this app are rewarded with $GUARD crypto.
About a quarter of the Guardian Circle users reside in the United States with the remaining distributed across the globe. Some other countries with high usage of the app are Brazil, India, Egypt, Iraq, Myanmar and Pakistan.
According to CEO and co-founder, Mark Jeffery, Guardian Circle is about to go into partnership with another company. This aim of this partnership is to create a combined product that will help the company entice new venture capital interest.
Another crypto powered app that has witnessed an increase in use due to the COVID-19 crisis is Civitas. This app was created by a start-up based in Canada. This app can be used to track COVID-19 cases in Latin America.
Source: Cointelegraph
