For iPhoneFreeNo ads18+Any city
Meet people in a new city.
Solo traveller, expat, exchange student or new in town? See who’s around, join a plan, or post your own in one sentence.
Screens from the app. The people and numbers in them are samples.
Ideas for a first plan
Ideas, not real plans: anything you’d do with a friend. Post one in a sentence and people nearby can join.
Live from the app
Not ideas: real plans.
Posted by people in London, straight from the app. Acaso posts none itself.
This week in London
Real plans from the app. Never an address or an exact spot.
Your first evening.
How a first evening on Acaso can go.
Screens from the app. The people and numbers in them are samples.
You land.
A new job, a new flat, a term abroad or a few weeks with a backpack, and nobody’s number in your phone yet. Sign in with Apple, then add your first name, your birthday, a photo and what you’re into.
Open the map.
It opens on your own city. You see roughly where people are, by neighbourhood, and the plans they’ve posted, never anyone’s exact spot. If nobody has posted yet, the first plan is yours.
Tap join. You’re in.
Pick a plan that sounds like you: a run, a coffee, a quiz night. Plans are open unless the host sets a limit or says yes to each person.
The chat says hi.
Every plan has its own group chat. One tap sends “Hi all, just joined”, and the hellos, which gate of the park and “running ten minutes late” all land in one place.
You’re there.
Meet in public: a café, a park, a busy bar. Tell a friend where you’re going, and leave whenever you like. Next time, post your own.
Who it’s for
Everyone here was new once.
Just moved for work.
Your colleagues go home at six. See what’s on near your flat tonight, or post the plan you wish existed.
On a term abroad.
Everyone who arrived your season is in one chat, and the city’s plans are open to anyone, not just your course.
Travelling solo.
Add where you’re going next and see who’ll be there the same week, with a chat for that city before you land.
New in town.
Any town. The map opens on your own city, and if nobody has posted there yet, the first plan is yours.
Free means free. Everyone nearby, every plan and every chat, with no weekly plan to unlock people, no paid boosts and no ads.
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Meet someone new, by chance.
Most days, Acaso introduces you to one person nearby you’d probably get on with, and says why. Say olá and a chat opens. Pass, and nobody is told.
Off in Settings if you’d rather not.
And the weeks after
Your cohort.
Everyone who arrived in your city the same season as you, in one chat. The people in the same boat.
Where next.
Add your next trip and see who else will be in that city at the same time, with a chat for that city and month before you land.
Before you meet anyone
Apple sign-in. Rough locations. Easy exits.
Sign in with Apple, only.
It’s the only way in, so every account costs a real Apple Account, and one closed for breaking the rules can’t come back with it.
18 and over.
Your date of birth is asked when you sign up, and anyone under 18 is refused. Others see your age, never the date.
Report or block from anywhere.
From a profile, a message or a plan. Reporting blocks them for you at once, and they’re never told who reported them.
Your neighbourhood, never your spot.
Your phone rounds your position to about a kilometre before it’s sent. Others see a neighbourhood and a distance like “2 km away”. The map shows neighbourhoods and counts, never a pin on a person.
A filter reads every message, plan and bio before it’s posted, and refuses threats, sexual content, slurs, and a phone number in a plan or bio. Someone reported for something serious by a person they have met on Acaso, or reported by more than one person, is paused automatically.
Women and non-binary people can choose to be seen only by women and non-binary people.
It covers Nearby, the map, your cohort, introductions and your profile. A plan you post shows your first name and photo to whoever sees the plan.
Fair questions.
Something else? Write to [email protected].
Is it free?
Yes. Acaso costs nothing to use, nothing in it is for sale, and there are no ads. If a plan is at a café or a bar, what you order you pay to them; Acaso takes nothing from it.
Is it safe?
Everyone signs in with Apple and must be 18 or over: a date of birth under 18 is refused. A filter reads every message, plan and bio before it’s posted and refuses threats, sexual content, slurs and phone numbers in plans or bios. You can report or block anyone from their profile, a message or a plan; reporting blocks them for you at once, and they’re never told who reported them. Someone reported for something serious by a person they have met on Acaso, or reported by more than one person, is paused automatically. Acaso doesn’t run identity or background checks and isn’t at the plans, so meet in public, tell a friend where you’re going, and leave whenever you like. If you’re ever in danger, call the emergency services first.
Is it a dating app?
No. Acaso is for making friends in a new city, and it isn’t a matchmaking service. If two people hit it off, that’s theirs. But nobody here signed up to be hit on: comments about anyone’s looks, chat-up lines and pushing after a no don’t belong in chats or at plans.
Does anyone see my exact location?
No. Your phone rounds your position to about a kilometre before it leaves, and the database rounds it again. Other people only ever see your neighbourhood and a distance band such as “2 km away”, never your coordinates, and the map shows neighbourhoods and counts, never a pin on a person. Acaso keeps no history of where you’ve been. You can hide from Nearby in the app’s Settings, or turn location off for Acaso in your iPhone’s Settings.
Who posts the plans?
People who use Acaso. Every plan is posted by someone in the app; Acaso posts none itself. Plans are open unless the host sets a limit or says yes to each person, and every plan has its own group chat.
Which cities?
Any city. Acaso opens on the city you’re in, empty or not, and any other city is a tap away. It’s made in London, so that’s where we’re telling people first. Where nobody has posted yet, the first plan is yours.
How do I delete my account?
In the app: Settings, then Delete my account. It removes your profile and your photos, including the photos you posted into chats, and your messages leave every chat. A copy can stay in backups and logs for a short time afterwards. The privacy policy has the details.
Is it on Android?
No. Acaso is for iPhone.
Who runs Acaso?
One person: Danial Barkhordar (Dani), in London. Questions, ideas and complaints all go to [email protected].
When is it out?
We’ll give a date when there is one. Leave your email and you’ll get one line the day Acaso is on the App Store. We keep your address until we’ve sent it, or until you ask us to remove it. No newsletter.
New here? So is everyone.
Wherever you land, the map opens on your own city. Where nobody has posted yet, the first plan is yours, and the people around see it on the map.
You’re on the list. One email, the day Acaso is on the App Store.