1st Place App – Secondary | RestauArte – Secondary School Paços de Ferreira (E.P do Vale do Sousa).

The restoration of furniture is used to financially value an old piece and/or to adapt a piece of furniture to a new function. Thus, the use of the app will serve as leverage for the restoration of furniture and, therefore, will contribute to reduce resource consumption, preserving the environment, and contributing to the increase of circular economy.

Award presented by Sandra Aparício – GALP Foundation.

1st Place App – Elementary School | MyOwn – Agrupamento de Escolas Camilo Castelo Branco, Vila Nova de Famalicão

In our school every year students lose clothes and other objects that are kept in the lost property room without being claimed. To solve this problem we created the MyOwn solution. This solution has a native application for Android phones and a personalized label. Through the application, and by scanning the tag, it is possible to quickly and reliably identify the owner of the clothes and the lost items.

Award presented by José Vitor Pedroso – Direção Geral de Educação.

2nd Place App – Secondary School | UniAccess – Quinta do Marquês Secondary School, Oeiras

It is very difficult for secondary school students to find information about higher education courses and applications, since they are dispersed. So we decided to create an app that gathers most of the available information about university choice, having as differentiating elements the location, tuition fees and being public or private, calculate the student’s average and compare it with the course, and help in choosing it, using a psychotechnical questionnaire.

Award presented by Leonor Cunha – SRS Advogados

2nd Place App – Elementary School | EcoBenefit – Escola Básica Irmãos Passos, Guifões, Matosinhos

This idea is aimed at collecting waste , with the goal of reducing the impact of pollution. It aims to combine the ecological awareness of citizens with a challenging/fun movement, as well as involving companies that have environmental concerns.

Award presented by Nélson Pereira – Synopsys.

3rd Place App – Secondary School | SafeShop – ENTA – Azores School of New Technologies

Our application is part of a management system for access to commercial spaces. With our application people know, through a traffic light system, if a shopping space is full or if they can go shopping. With the SafeShop app and by using the coordinates of the smartphone it is possible to access information about the capacity of the shops and other information. This is a proposal to improve people’s time management and increase the sense of security.

Award presented by Manuela Pinto – APPI 

3rd Place App – Elementary School | 4Planet – Camilo Castelo Branco Secondary School

Most citizens don’t know their ecological footprint, i.e., the impact they cause on the Planet. Based on this assumption, our target audience are young people from 10-15 years, because they will be the future generation and in them lies the hope of our planet. We want all users to be challenged to reduce their ecological footprint by adopting sustainable behaviours. Our secret ingredient is the ability to challenge friends/neighbours…to fulfil challenges that will save the Planet!

Award presented by Lucília Teles – APM

Future Up Award | GreenTasks – Escola Básica N.1 Saboia

This app allows you to virtually take care of a plant that grows as you fulfill the tasks suggested by the app, such as recycling, planting trees, cleaning the forest. We earn points that can be used to access virtual products necessary for the development of the plant.  As we earn points, we move up a level and earn rewards. We prove that we have completed the task by submitting photos. We receive daily notifications so we don’t forget to take care of our plant.

Prize presented by Sandra Aparício – Fundação GALP

Cooler Planet Award | Movel4You – Paços de Ferreira Secondary School (E.P do Vale do Sousa)

This native app is a platform for aggregating suppliers / sellers of furniture, socially and ecologically sustainable. This app will contribute for the inversion of the online furniture buying paradigm in the traditional search engines, once the user, in a fast, safe and simple way, will find the furniture he wishes to buy, without having to spend much time. Movel4You meets the needs of the customer who, increasingly, opts to buy furniture online.

Award presented by Gonçalo Cardoso de Pina – BNP Paribas

PT Young Student Award | Evina Pimenta (11 Fontes) – College Senhor dos Milagres

The application 11Fontes, more than solving the problem of the recurrent habit of buying plastic water bottles and jugs, intends to be the application of the municipality of Leiria that gives the effective solution to find the nearest source of drinking water. Besides being able to know if we are near a fountain, with 11Fontes, we know in real time the occupation of the fountain and also the possibility of scheduling it for the most convenient date. Fill your bottle again for free!

Award presented by Luísa Ribeiro Lopes – .PT

Technological Award | AquaSaver – Maia Secondary School

 AquaSaver App programs an alarm that is emitted when the amount of water and the time considered necessary for a bath is exceeded. It aims to improve the living conditions of the population that suffers daily from the difficulties of water scarcity and its unequal distribution. The secret ingredient is being able to visualise water expenses on our mobile phone, being able to analyse them, which will allow a greater control of them and contribute to the reduction of water bills.

Award presented by Sandra Martinho – Microsoft

Public Award | UpCM – Military School

 This non-profit application, aims to facilitate the exchange, sale and donation of uniforms Collegiate. The application also allows the exchange of messages which facilitates communication between users thus determining a place and a way to do business.

Award presented by Margarida Ferreirinha – REN

1st Place App | 1936 (Sponsored by Synopsys)

In José Saramago’s book “The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis”, 1936 is the year in which the alter-ego of Fernando Pessoa dies. This book is part of the curriculum of Portuguese high schools and this group of students created an application about the book, presenting two scripts to users, so they can get to know the locations where the book takes place. An app created by students from Escola Secundária Quinta do Marquês (Oeiras).

2nd Place App | My Pill Dispenser (sponsored by The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)

It’s a wi-fi pill dispenser. The user no longer needs to carry several medication boxes, allowing it to receive a notification on the smartphone to take its medicine. A solution developed by students from Escola Secundária Sá da Bandeira, in Santarém.

3rd Place App | I-Dose Pills (sponsored by REN)

It helps the elderly to manage their medication. A solution based on IoT that shows the patient or caregiver if they have already taken the medication, sending them a notification if something is unusual. An idea from Escola Profissional de Fafe.

Audience Award | Oh My Tools! (Sponsored by SAP)

Support app for an intelligent cable with all the necessary tools in the kitchen, in which various pieces fit (spatulas, shells, etc.) This project was developed in Azores, in Escola Secundária Domingos Rebelo.

Jovem Aluna.PT Award (sponsored by DNS.pt)

Joana Vaz – From the app “1936”, Escola Secundária Quinta do Marquês (Oeiras)

Technological Award | My Pill Dispenser (sponsored by Fujitsu)

1st Place App | Pensa Antes de Publicar (sponsored by Synopsys)

Pensa Antes de Publicar” is the solution that fosters reading habits in children by using virtual reality to animate book images and to play games. João and Mónica are the developers of this app and they both come from Escola Secundária Dr. Ginestal Machado.

2nd Place App | Articulândia (sponsored by Microsoft)

“Articulândia” is the solution created by Rodrigo and Tomás, from Escola Secundária Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, in Caldas da Rainha.
With the slogan “Articulating has never been so spectacular!”, “Articulândia” allows for speech therapy sessions, anytime, anywhere, and for everybody.

3rd Place App | Book Trade (sponsored by REN)

David, Ana and Beatriz are from Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite and the idea behind their app, “Book Trade” is to facilitate the exchanging of books between friends and people who usually go to libraries, schools or universities.

Audience Award | SOSignal (sponsored by SAP)

SOS Signal intends to be the first line of support in case of an emergency. Miguel, Guilherme and Duarte want to develop a centralized solution to alert, locate, identify or call various emergency services available in the country to help in critical situations. They are from Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército.

Digital Young Entrepreneurs Award (sponsored by SIEMENS)

Júlia Pereira – Escola Secundária Domingos Rebelo
Mónica Marona – Escola Secundária Dr. Ginestal Machado
Matilde Teixeira – Agrupamento de Escolas D. Sancho II, Alijó

Technological Award | Pensa Antes de Publicar (sponsored by ANPRI)

1st Place App | FQ9 (sponsored by Microsoft)

Developed by students from Agrupamento de Escolas Eduardo Gageiro, FQ9 is a mobile application for 9th grade students studying Physics and Chemistry. It provides tutorials explaining the content of the program and the resolution for any parameter of the formulas. It stimulates interest and increases the motivation of students to learn the content of this subject.

2nd Place App | Agro Conta (sponsored by BLIP)

Agro Conta, developed by students from Agrupamento de Escolas D. Sancho II, in Alijó, is a mobile application destined to help the small farmers’ economy, since it records the costs incurred in agricultural activities and the income, thus verifying the viability of the farm.

3rd Place App | Help People (sponsored by SAP)

Developed by students from the Vila Viçosa School Grouping, Help People is a mobile application to help people overcome the difficulties associated with a more isolated life. It collects emergency and day-to-day tasks related contacts, such as ordering bread, calling a taxi or asking the local pharmacy for medicine.

Audience Award | Cook Wizard (sponsored by ANPRI)

Developed by students from Nelas, Cook Wizard was the app chosen by the audience, who, for a week, had the opportunity to vote online on their favorite solution. Winner of the Audience Award, Cook Wizard recommends recipes to its users, sorted by type of meal, level of difficulty and cooking time, also considering the ingredients that the user has available at home.

Digital Young Entrepreneurs Award(sponsored by SIEMENS)

Joana Cunha – The Dropper, Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão
Laura Carvalho – The Dropper, Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão
Micaela Franco – Help People, Agrupamento de Escolas de Vila Viçosa

1st Place App | EBSSA + Especial(sponsored by Blip and Microsoft)

Developed by the students from Escola Básica e Secundária de Santo António, in Barreiro, this was the first place app of the Apps for Good pilot project. This winning app was designed for people who have difficulty communicating, such as young people and adults with autism, people with down syndrome or victims of a stroke. This app consists of images organized by themes, to which these people can use to express themselves. In addition, the app also includes an education game, data about the health of each user and emergency contacts.

2nd Place App | SOS Sénior (sponsored by Microsoft) & Audience Award | SOS Sénior

App developed at Escola D. Sancho II de Alijó, who was also the favorite app of the audience. This mobile application is intended for people suffering from “reduced mobility, isolation, chronic diseases and reduced physical and mental capacity”. In addition to buttons that connect to the national emergency number and alerts for medication over a click away, it includes a quick-dialing keyboard and useful tools such as a flashlight, a loudspeaker, Skype, radio or meteorology.

3rd Place App | O Meu Curso (sponsored by SIEMENS and ANPRI)

Developed by a team from Escola Seomara da Costa Primo, in Amadora, that took third place in this competition. Given that many students expressed difficulties in, for example, ‘decorating’ the final grades in the 100 modules of a professional course at this school, this mobile app allows for the introduction of, among other things, the various grades or test dates, improving the organization.