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This study aimed to describe engagement, acceptability and satisfaction with a supportive care networking app under real-world conditions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 10,952 individuals used the app during the study period (2018\u20132022). The app is designed to enable \u201ccaptains\u201d to assemble a network of friends and family members to provide timely, and individually tailored, supportive care (including assistance with tasks such as taking children to school, cooking meals, grocery shopping, and transport to appointments). Engagement was determined from server data, whilst acceptability and satisfaction were captured using purposed-designed surveys.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Users were mostly female (76%) and aged between 30 and 49 years (61%). The most common reason for using the app was sudden illness (web: 81%; mobile: 64%). An average of 42 tasks were requested per network, with a 32% acceptance rate. Significantly more tasks were requested (web: 52.2 tasks per network; mobile: 31.7 tasks per network; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) and accepted (web: 43.2%; mobile: 20.2%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) in the web app vs. the mobile app. Task requests in the web app most commonly related to food (43% of requested tasks), social (15% of requested tasks) and children (13% of requested tasks). The task acceptance rate differed by task categories (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), with tasks relating to transport, medical appointments and children accepted at the highest rates (56%, 52% and 49%, respectively). Acceptability and satisfaction data suggested that the app was well received and overall, participants were satisfied with the app.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Findings suggested that this support care networking app achieved widespread uptake for a wide variety of supportive care tasks. 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