How English-Speaking Mobile Users Can Support Ukrainian Defenders

Publication date:

13.03.2023

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In May 2022, the CHI Software team presented the Be with UA app intending to help Ukrainian defenders. It combines two helpful features: teaching users something new with educational quizzes and financially assisting the Ukrainian army.

The Idea Behind the App

The app contains three types of quizzes for English- and Ukrainian-speaking audiences. While playing, users watch static and video advertisements. One view equals 0,014 cents, meaning that every 1000 ad views bring on average $14 of help for Ukrainian soldiers. This figure can be higher if users follow a link from the ad or watch a video till the end.

The biggest advantage is that the app does not require any purchases or donations to contribute. Users only need a stable Internet connection and several minutes of their free time during the day.

The 3 Types of In-App Quizzes

At the core of the application are two quizzes for Ukrainian-speaking users and one for the international audience:

A quiz in English based on interesting facts about Ukraine. Being the biggest European country, Ukraine is still unknown to many foreigners. Be with UA helps fix that by asking questions that reveal Ukrainian geography, pop culture, politics, etc.
A quiz based on the Lviv dialect. Users have to guess what a certain word from Lvivska Gvara (a dialect) means in Ukrainian. It can be challenging since Lvivska Gvara is a collection of Ukrainian, Polish, German, Jewish, Hungarian, and even English words and expressions that have been forming for decades on the territory of modern Lviv. So these words mostly differ from the Ukrainian language. Nevertheless, the dialect is still common among Lviv residents.
A quiz based on the Ukrainian grammar rules. As a lot of Ukrainians are currently switching from the Russian to the Ukrainian language in their everyday lives, they need some help to regain grammar knowledge. The app offers quizzes on several grammar topics.

Download Be with UA for your iOS or Android smartphone.

Comments from a User and Team of Creators

We had no intention to produce something extraordinary – rather, we wanted to make every effort to bring our victory closer. It turned out that the Be with UA app resonated with people.

Here is the app’s story from one of its creators:

On the third day of the war, I realized that it wouldn’t be over quickly and started to consider ways to help our country. Today, many Ukrainians have lost their jobs and regular income – they want to help the army but don’t know how to do it right. So it was important to create such an application that wouldn’t require any financial investment. On the other hand, this product should be fun and useful, requiring minimum effort from users. I found like-minded people among my colleagues, and we came up with the idea of an app “BE WITH UA”: all the money from ads views we will donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine,