The Tick App

Name: The Tick App
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.2093024253845215 (44 reviews)
Author: University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps

University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps

3.2

44 reviews

10K+

Downloads

Everyone

About this app

Help prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. By sharing when and where you encounter ticks you will help researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University to better prevent tick-borne diseases. The Tick App also provides information on tick identification, tick removal and other prevention ideas. You can also submit ticks for identification by university staff.

The Tick App was developed as part of a collaborative research study between the Midwest and Northeast Centers of Excellence in Vector-borne Disease.

Updated on

Jul 17, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

No data shared with third parties

Learn more about how developers declare sharing

This app may collect these data types

Location, Personal info and 6 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.2

44 reviews

Drew Manuel

July 7, 2024

Started out fine with the daily logs. For some reason, it no longer launches properly. Tried restarting my phone, but it didn't help. Also keeps running in the background after closing for no discernable reason unless forcefully stopped. Will update this review if either issue is addressed.

4 people found this review helpful

University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps

July 11, 2024

Thank you for letting us know about this issue and for the patience. An app update (v5.0.2) to fix these problems should be available as of this morning, 7/11/24. If you continue to encounter issues or have feedback, please let us know by emailing tickapp@vetmed.wisc.edu.

Lynn Rhenisch

July 9, 2024

just signed up for the Tick study from Columbia U and Wisconsin. Answered the survey, then loaded the Tick App on both my PC and my Samsung smart phone and registered with my email and a password. The app starts to load, then goes back to entry screen and phone message says "app keeps stopping" and won't load.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps

July 11, 2024

Thank you for trying out the app! We apologize that it doesn't seem to be working at the moment. An app update to fix these problems should be available as of this morning, 7/11/24. If you continue to encounter issues or have feedback, please let us know by emailing tickapp@vetmed.wisc.edu.

Roger Rittenhouse

June 16, 2020

Don't bother until they get the app working better. They ask you to sign up and then require you to answer screen after screen of questions. After minutes of doing this it flipped back to the first page and none of my inputs were saved. 10 minutes of work for nothing.

23 people found this review helpful

University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps

June 17, 2020

Thank you for trying out the app. We're sorry that you ran into a problem! What you experienced shouldn't have happened and we would like to further examine the problem (you're the first one to report this and crashes like yours did not happen during our testing). Could you email us at tickapp@vetmed.wisc.edu and we can help figure out the problem?