Blood Donor

American Red Cross

About this app

The American Red Cross Blood Donor App puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. Donating blood, platelets and AB Plasma is now easier than ever.

Features:

· Find local blood drives and donation centers quickly and easily
· Convenient, easy appointment scheduling and rescheduling
· Complete your RapidPass®
· Get notified when your blood is on its way to a patient
· View the results of your mini-physical
· Receive appointment reminders and special blood shortage alert messages
· Keep track of total blood donations
· Stay updated on special promotions
· Earn badges for special donation milestones
· Join or create a lifesaving team, recruit other blood donors and view rankings on the Blood Donor Teams Leaderboard

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EULA: http://www.redcross.org/m/mobile-apps/eula

Copyright © 2022 The American National Red Cross

Ratings and reviews

I find the app easy to use in general. Scheduling is intuitive which is very helpful. However, the rapid pass is hit and miss. I've had to restart every time. And, at the end the QR doesn't always show on the screen. I believe it's a Wi-Fi issue, which isn't always available at the donation sites. Best to do before you arrive and screenshot.

I love seeing the 'blood journey' but making appointments on the app is very rough. If I select a location and change my kind, if I select the "back" button I have to start the search all over. It should take me back to the previously searched list, not back to the start of the search. That part of the app is painful, but I like the rest.

Most of the features are awesome, but there is still a lot of clunkiness. They had trouble with rapid passes being unavailable without cell service.... fixed that and created a new problem with donor cards being unavailable. The 'smart scheduling' that is based on your last appointment doesn't account for having given blood on day of, despite the app having access to that appointment. Solvable with 'Were you able to give today?' The in-app scheduling is clunky overall.

What’s new

Security enhancements introducing email address verification.