Cracks in the Ice was an education app developed by The Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney. It was removed from Google Play Apr 30, 2026 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Cracks in the Ice had been downloaded 6.7 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Cracks in the Ice was rated 3.73 out of 5 stars, based on 26 ratings.
App Information
Cracks in the Ice was free to download. The APK download size was 10.17 MB. The last available version was 2.0.5. The last update was on February 8, 2024.
Technical Requirements
Cracks in the Ice required Android 4.4+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play September 2017.
Description
The Cracks in the Ice app provides trusted, evidence-based, and up-to-date information and resources about crystal methamphetamine (ice) for the Australian community.
Key information areas include:
1. Get the facts about Ice a. What is ice? b. How many people use ice? c. Why do people use ice? d. What are the laws about ice?
2. What are the effects of Ice? a. What are the physical effects of ice? b. What are the mental health effects of ice? c. What happens when you use ice with other drugs?
3. Staying safe a. When and where do I get help? b. How do I support a loved one?
There are also targeted resources available for specific groups including families and friends of someone using ice, health professionals, schools, and community groups.
App features include:
• Trusted, evidence-based information about crystal methamphetamine (ice) for the Australian community • Search content with ease to quickly find all the relevant information you are looking for • Get notified about the latest evidence-based information about crystal methamphetamine (ice) as it breaks • Share relevant information with friends and family • Save information and resources to read later • Access key information, resources and functionalities even when offline (note, some features and external web-links will still require internet access to function).
Cracks in the Ice was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, informed by community members across Australia and developed in collaboration with researchers from the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at The University of Sydney, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University.
Find out more about our drug education resources at www.cracksintheice.org.au and www.sydney.edu.au/research/centres/matilda-centre.html
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★★★★★
Overall, it's a fairly comprehensive collection of resources about methamphetamine, for a range of audiences (individuals, their friends & family, clinicians, frontline workers, teachers, students, etc.), in a simple & relatively easy-to-use app format. While I'd like to see more information added which explains dual diagnosis in more detail, for all the demographics I mentioned above, that's about the only thing I noticed that was absent - apart from that, there's a pretty good collection of info available that covers most things I could think of. Good job, devs! Oh, one more niggling issue, just a little one. . . Can you please make the back button work? My Android's physical back button is currently not functioning as I'd expect, when I use it to try to navigate back to the previous page I was viewing in the app, which is a common issue when an app has been developed for iPhone initially then expanded to Android devices. It's a pet peeve of mine, so I'd love you to fix it! :)
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