Private Kit User Reviews

Private Kit
Private Kit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Customer Experience

Positive experience31.0% of reviews
Neutral22.4% of reviews
Negative experience46.6% of reviews

~ Based on 58 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Private Kit Safe?

Private Kit appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Private Kit is 73/100.

This assessment is based on 121 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.7/5.

Safety Analysis

59.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
11.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
28.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 121 App Store ratings for Private Kit.

Is Private Kit Legit?

Private Kit appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Private Kit is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Too complex

I simply cannot figure out how to use it.

Needs better howto and help info

No idea how to add health authorities. This app needs much better howto and help info so users know what to do with it, how to configure and operate it. Seems potentially useful.

Data import not intuitive home screen always says not enough data. No support

Tried numerous time to import locations data from google with out success. Documentation is thin on how to do this . Preferred file type . What to do if you encounter problems . Good idea but need polish to be useful

Great Idea - Poor Execution

Always On makes no sense. There are very specific times - vector points - that need to be tracked. Please put more resources into developing a more rigorous and robust app.

No support

Is this app working as intended anywhere; for anyone?

I emailed various staff and received two replies. I provided feedback over at least two updates, again no response.

Incomplete instructions such as : select trusted authority but no explanation or source list for one near by. And the import your google movements is useless without cheater instructions. At the top the app states: open this place again and the download will automatically import.

So get with it team or go back to gaming. Thanks
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Needs work

Great at logging my movement, keeping my data private, and exporting these data if I ever need to do that. UI needs work. It also crashes when I try to view my movements on the map on my iPhone 8.

Huh

Doesn’t work, confusing instructions, map lags and shows no info

Good idea, still lots of bugs

Every time I try to open the map it crashes/closes the app before loading anything.

I think this app is still in beta stage, so I’m expecting bugs. However it’s not very usable at this stage. I’m keeping it so it’s still recording my locations Incase I need them, and hopefully the next updates will make it useful.

The previous version didn’t crash, but it didn’t display any data on the map either.
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Great Idea with poor system workout

It looks as an App done by some MIT students in their free time. I can not see my routes, and the intersection information, as tested against my friends here - are simply nonexistent. Reporting is not obvious and data fidelity overall seems unreliable.

Does not Import Past Locations

It downloads my past locations but will not upload them to the app.

Without location history you get a message that says, “Not enough data,” which makes the app useless.

New update

So when you click on the visualize data streams button, it shows you a piece of a map momentarily before booting you out of the app. Looks like another bug but hopefully you guys know this by now. And also would like more info about choosing an information source. Are we supposed to look up our local and any other .gov website that supposedly does testing for COVID-19?? Kinda confusing, well a little bit.
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Import location history good - did it work????

The new version allows us to import our location history but there is no indication that it actually worked. Did I do it right? Who knows. I downloaded the data, got a long string of odd characters, but did that import my location history into the app? Please add something to show “we have location data from X to Y” or something to tell us that the data actually imported into the app.
The ability to “Visialize data streams” crashes the app.
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What is the point?

First, I thought I was signing up to help with a potentially new way to track our current situation, but never did learn the tricks. For the first few weeks, I noticed the circles around where I went and the potential intersections with others. Never understood how it could be useful, for example, when we drove along rides where bicyclists and pedestrians were walking, yet I was overlapping with people. Now, that doesn’t appear at all and the map page locks up when clicking the button to see my overlaps. I don’t understand how if it isn’t shared with anyone, how do I see their overlaps? Is this helping anyone or any organization?
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One suggestion, 2 criticisms

3 stars for effort, but less for usefulness now. Suggestion: Many many people want to be able to do something and helping with their own contact tracing is a good start. Too much of the current contact tracing method relies on patient memory, which gets less precise as you go back in time. I suggest this app add a simple notebook feature where users can enter their own contacts. An easy interface to select the date & time and make a note if it was a public place (grocery store, work) or a private encounter including names __________ (eg met with 2 friends ____ & ____ for whatever activity). The info gets dropped out once it’s 15 days old. Should be easy coding and zero privacy issues since it’s user input and doesn’t get sent out anywhere. If the user gets the virus, they’re well prepared for the contact tracing interview and if they hear of someone getting it, they can scan their own history list to see if they should self isolate.
Criticisms: 1. Why is the “trail” marked with giant green bodies instead of just a line connecting dots? Simple dots would far better pinpoint locations where there may have been a stop (eg grocery). 2. It doesn’t seem to work well in our rural area. The ‘public data set’ is far from matching our state’s map of reported cases. But maybe that’s one of the parts under development.
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Worked good until update.....

After last update I can no longer see my trail. It shows the map zoomed way out and then crashes.

I leave my Iphone at home & mostly use Apple Watch??

I have the app running on my I-phone. But I mostly only wear my Apple Watch when out of the house. Will my watch serve as a suitable substitute for my phone?
Thanks
John

Needs at least a minimal user manual

I hope this app is giving the developers useful information; that’s why I continue to give it my location data. But as a user, it’s frustrating to not have any information on what, export, import or load data do. At least where I live in the SF area in California, loading public data doesn’t seem to reveal anything on the map.
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Poor design and does not work

The U/X does not exist. The user does not know what he/she is using the app for. There are giant purple blobs (supposedly your locations) and no green trails (as claimed) on the app. Furthermore the purple blobs (my supposed locations) are also showing up in areas I don’t even visit. Maybe GPS triangulation errors? I deleted the app and won’t bother downloading it as Apple and Google are working in contact tracing techniques which I am sure will be better implemented in the phones.
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Other countries?

Will this work if I'm in Canada?

Doesn't work

It didn't log my first trip. After making sure the app was open, it logged my second trip. After my third trip, it shows no trip. Google does much better in maps.