Get Boogso on your phone
Free to download. Free to use for finding care, booking, and keeping your records. You pay providers for care, and nothing to us.
The Android app is in testing. If the Play link isn't live yet, leave your number below.
First run
Setting up takes about a minute
Choose your language and region
Somali or English, and the region you're in so we show you providers nearby. Both can be changed later from settings.
Verify your phone number
We send a code by SMS. No email address needed, no password to invent on the spot.
Get your Health ID
Issued immediately and shown on your profile. From here, everything attaches to it.
Permissions
What the app asks for, and why
Every permission below is optional except the first, and the app tells you what it's for at the moment it asks — not in a block on install.
- Phone number. Required. It's your account and how a clinic reaches you about a booking.
- Location. Optional. Used to attach coordinates to an ambulance request and to sort providers by distance. Decline it and you can type a location instead.
- Notifications. Optional. Appointment confirmations, reminders and results. Nothing promotional.
- Storage. Optional. Only to save a record or receipt to your own device when you ask to.
Not on Android?
The iOS build is next in line. It isn't available yet — we'll announce it on this page, and inside the Android app.
If something goes wrong
Common problems
I never received the SMS code
Codes can take a minute on congested networks. Check that the number you entered includes the correct country code, wait sixty seconds, then request a new code. If it still doesn't arrive, message us on the contact page with the number you used and we'll check the delivery log.
The app won't install on my phone
Boogso needs Android 7.0 (Nougat) or newer. On older devices Google Play will show the app but refuse to install. There is no workaround for this — the security features the app relies on don't exist on older versions.
It says my location isn't available
Turn on location in your phone's settings and allow Boogso to use it. If you're indoors it can take a few seconds to get a fix. You can always send an ambulance request without location and describe the pickup point instead.
I changed my phone number
Your Health ID and records belong to you, not to the SIM. Contact us from the app or by email and we'll move your account to the new number after verifying it's you.