Discover what’s happening
See short-lived plans around a fixed map area without broadcasting anyone’s live location.
Closed beta · Melbourne
Make plans while they still feel spontaneous.
Flare shows what people nearby are genuinely up for doing now—without broadcasting anyone’s live location.
18+ communityForeground location onlyHost-approved access
✦
New nearby flareSomething is happening 800 m away
✓
You’re inPrivate meeting details unlocked
Drinks & social✦Food & coffee✦Sports & active✦Study & work✦Arts & culture✦Explore outdoors
Inside Flare
From a nearby idea to
“see you there.”
Explore the actual closed-beta experience from discovery through accepted access.
Choose with context
See the activity, host and intentionally approximate area before deciding whether to join.
Meet the host
Review a public profile and shared-event context before choosing whether the plan feels right.
Unlock private details
Accepted participants receive the exact meeting point and arrival guidance—never the public map.
Meet with clarity
A temporary event chat helps the group coordinate without creating a permanent public thread.
Create in the moment
Turn a spontaneous idea into a short-lived invitation for eligible people nearby.
Why Flare
Social apps show you people.
Event apps show you dates.
Flare shows you now.
Most plans begin with a small window: an hour free, a place you already are, and the feeling that you would rather do something than scroll past it.
Flare turns that window into a visible invitation—temporary, local and controlled by the person hosting it.
One simple journey
From “what’s happening?”
to “see you there.”
✦
See what’s happening
Open the local map and find active plans that match the moment you are in.
✦
Ask to join
View the host, activity and approximate area, then send a request when it feels right.
✦
Meet with context
Once accepted, unlock the exact meeting details and a temporary event chat.
Designed for real life
Spontaneous does not have to mean careless.
Every core interaction has an explicit boundary: who can discover a plan, who may join it, when exact details appear and when access ends.
Location with boundaries
Public map areas are intentionally offset. Exact meeting details stay protected until a host accepts you.
Plans that expire
Flares are about what is happening now—not building another endless event directory.
Host approval
Hosts review profiles before deciding who receives private event access.
Connections, not followers
People who meet through a shared flare can choose to stay mutually connected.
Controls that matter
Leave, remove, block and report are built into the event journey—not hidden in a help centre.
A clean ending
Discovery, private access and chat follow a deliberate post-event lifecycle.
Privacy by design
Your location is a permission, not a broadcast.
Flare takes one accurate foreground reading when it is needed. A host’s exact meeting point is stored separately while the public map receives one stable, randomly offset area.
- Never continuous live-location tracking
- Exact details only for accepted participants
- Server-enforced expiry, blocking and removal
PRIVATEExact meeting pointHost + accepted participants⌖
protected separately→
PUBLICApproximate areaStable, randomly offset centre
✦
◇ Connected after a shared flare
Beyond one event
Meet in the moment.
Stay connected by choice.
Connections are private and mutual. They begin in the context of a shared flare, can be removed at any time and never override a block.
Read the community standards →We’re testing deliberately
Request a place in our focused Melbourne closed beta.
We are starting small to learn what makes a local network feel useful, trustworthy and alive before opening it more widely.
TestFlight beta · Invite only