Vodafone has announced the winner of its Appstar competition to develop a Vodafone 360 app. Mark Salvin, an 18-year-old Computer Science student at Southampton University has netted €25,000 for developing the Jogger Tracker app, enough cash to wipe out his student debts entirely…
The Jogger Tracker app uses GPS to calculate stats like calories burned and distance travelled during a run. Mark’s now in the running (pun intended) to win €100,000 as one of 7 finalists from across Europe.
With the average UK student debt likely to be £23,000 by the time Mark graduates, his winnings are already enough to soak up the cost of his university life entirely. More realistically he could also use the cash on £2 pints from his student union bar, 10,858 of them to be exact.
You can vote for Mark’s app or one of the other 7 apps in the final of the Vodafone Appstar contest online now . You won’t get your student debt erased but you may get a warm feeling from doing something nice.
Out now | £free | Vodafone
