Launched in 2020, this tool arouses the curiosity of new users, in a context of high inflation.
Faced with galloping inflation, the French are looking for all the solutions for their purchasing power, and an application could well seduce them. Launched in 2020, the French application “All my helpersoffers its users to calculate, to the nearest euro, all the aid to which they are entitled, depending on their situation. An idea stemming from an observation: “In France, many households miss out on the aid for which they are eligible. For example, there are 1 million workers who do not apply for the activity bonus», Details Cyprien Boutard-Geze, the founder.
In order to make its tool viable, the team has chosen to approach companies, associations or even schools directly: if they decide to obtain the application, they must pay a subscription of two euros per month per user from their structure. Thus, they are the ones who give access to the application to their audiences, which is not available on application stores such as Apple or Android. A choice aimed atprovide a free service to users and without advertisements, where the data of our users is fully protected“, explains Cyprien Boutard-Geze.
The concept is attracting a growing number of curious people, intrigued by the possibility of discovering that they are entitled to public aid, while rising prices are putting a strain on household budgets. “This time last year, we were getting 5-10 inquiries a month from companies wanting to inquire about our app. Today, we are around 50 to 100 requests per month, counting only companies with more than 50 employees“says the founder.
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The vocation of the team is also to make people discover “local aid, which we know even less», like the AILE, an aid of 1000 euros set up by the city of Paris to help scholarship students to move. In total, the tool lists 1,500 local and national aids. A list much more complete than that of the government app “my social rights.gouv“, which lists about forty. “All my helpers” aims to be constantly up to date:We have a team of 5 people who, all day, read the texts of laws, the minutes, at local and national level to identify aid», Details Cyprien Boutard-Geze. Thereby, “as soon as new help is available, the users concerned by it receive an alert“.
A direct link with businesses and organizations
Gradually, the app won over various companies and now has just over 100,000 users and 80 corporate clients. “In the beginning, we were going to canvass the companies. The HR departments were a little wide-eyed but they realized the interest of such an application“says the founder. From now on, its device interests all the more the professionals that their employees “demand a salary increasein the face of inflation. The application can thus give a small boost to the purchasing power of their workers, while there is “many sectors in which it is complicated to increase salaries“, pleads the leader. Its tool identifies prestigious clients, such as the BPI, “Houses and services», University establishments such as Paris Saclay or Audencia, or associations such as La Croix rouge and Emmaüs habitat.
Now profitable, the team around “All my helpersplans to strengthen by the start of the school year, by recruiting 15 additional people. In particular, it wishes to develop links with public bodies: “Public bodies want to publicize the aid and are very interested in our systemremarks Cyprien Boutard-Geze, considering possible partnerships with these players. Finally, “All my helpersshould present a new tool within a few months, which would take the form of acomplete overview of aid in France“. Objective : “clearly present all the existing systems, with the figures available on the aid in question, while providing our own data and the information that we have been able to deduce from it “, notes the founder.
His tool returns to a problem raised in recent months: during the presidential election, Emmanuel Macron indicated that he wanted to act for the French who did not call on social aid to which they were nevertheless entitled. The candidate then proposed to set up a “solidarity at the source“, in order to “fight against this injustice that is the “non-recourse”“. A goal shared with the application of Cyprien Boutard-Geze.