Questions

Yes. There are no paid features at launch. If we ever show ads, they will be our own or based on the page you’re on, never tracking ads, and you’ll be told first.

A 3-digit ZIP area is big enough to show what’s going around and far too big for anyone to find your family. We never ask for the full ZIP or your location. Try the map on the home page.

Only you, on your phone. The server knows each person only as an age band and sex. Photos stay on the phone too.

Your logs sync to our server so they can be restored and counted in the community trends. Other families see only area totals. The operator can see synced logs (without names) to run the service. Details are in the privacy policy (draft).

No. It records and informs. Symptom guides show likelihoods and “watch for” signs, with a clear note to contact a doctor when you’re worried. In an emergency, call 911.

We publish it ourselves so we control when and how it updates. You download it from our Download page, and it updates itself from our server.

Only from a source you trust, and only after checking it. Every BugNet download has a published SHA-256 checksum and signing-certificate fingerprint, and the app checks both before installing any update. The Download page shows how to check them yourself.

An iPhone version is planned after Android.

Healthy check-ins are what make the numbers meaningful. “3 sick families” means little without knowing how many checked in. One tap on “All well” is enough.

A small independent developer, publishing as Apsinthion. Not Big Tech, and never will be.