Hula will let you know if you've got an STD by telling sending the doctor's results to your phone. Source: suppliedSource: Supplied
A NEW app has been launched that can tell you whether you have a sexually transmitted disease and lets you proudly share the results online to your friends or potential new partners.
The free app, called Hula, makes the whole devastatingly embarrassing situation a whole heap easier by firstly helping users find a nearby test centre suited to them by listing its services and a contact number so they can booked.
A screenshot of the Hula app showing how it makes test results easy to understand and share. Source: suppliedSource: Supplied
Sadly, the app can't replace the doctor or the test itself (yet, who knows what the next iPhone could bring?) but when it's time to pick up the results you won't have to face the doctor as Hula sends them directly to your mobile in an easy-to-understand and interpret interface. If you're gonorrhoea free, it'll simply have a negative symbol next to it on the app. If not, there's a positive icon, which is probably easier to take than in person.
The idea is to promote a simpler, less (mentally) painful screening process in the hope of helping people deal with their result, whatever it is.
If you want to share with the world your results, Hula will let you securely do so. It even has a feature that lets you 'friend' another Hula user to both share results, something that could help improve the safety of online dating.
With the rise of dating apps, Hula is looking to make the mobile dating scene safer by partnering with MISTER, an app that helps gay men get together by introducing themselves over mobile. Users can romantically make their result available on their profiles. However, it is believed this could prove even more dangerous as it could lull users into a false sense of security as someone could easily post a clean record and have contracted an STD since.
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