nearerFriends don't leave. They drift.
A private map of your people. Friends you haven't seen drift outward, so you notice in time.
You
Three quick questions
Optional. They help me build the right thing first. Skip is fine.
You're on the list.
If you're among the first 100, your 3 months of Pro are saved. We'll confirm by email.
Bring your people. When three friends join with your link, you get the iPhone beta first. Your link is in the centre of the map; send it from here:
The slow part
You meant to text in March. It's November.
Friendships rarely end. They thin out, and the longer the gap, the stranger the first message feels. Nearer shows the gap while a two-line text is still easy.
How it works
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Put your people on rings. Closest in the middle. Only you see it.
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One minute, once a week. Tap who you saw or wrote to.
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See the drift early. Someone moves outward. Say hi, and they come back in.
Why it matters
A close friend takes 200 hours or more together, and when contact drops, friendships fade while family ties mostly hold. Across 148 studies, people with stronger social ties were 50% more likely to survive over the study period.
Sources: Hall, 2019 · Roberts & Dunbar, 2011 · Holt-Lunstad et al., 2010
Privacy
Your people stay on your phone: no account, no server with your map on it, nobody is told they're on it, no trackers. Export or delete everything inside the app at any time. The privacy policy is short and in plain words.
Questions
- When does it launch?
- Early 2027, on iPhone, in Switzerland, the EU and the UK. One email on launch day.
- What does it cost?
- Free for up to 10 people. Pro is CHF 44.99 a year or CHF 6.99 a month, cancel any time. The first 100 on this list get 3 months of Pro free.
- What about Android?
- iPhone first. Join the list anyway: if that changes, you'll hear about it in the same email.
Put yourself on the map.
The first 100 get 3 months of Pro free. Launch news only, no spam.