HelloMates is for the things you would do if someone came along.
Basketball in the afternoon, a run before work, a round of golf, a walk with the dog, a hike at the weekend, a board game night, a concert, a study group before the exam. You post the activity or you join one - either way you know what, when and where before you go.
NOT A DATING APP
HelloMates is not a dating app and does not want to be. There is no swiping, no rating of people and no popularity score. It is about the shared activity, not about the person.
HOW IT WORKS
- Post an activity in under a minute: what, when, where, how many.
- Join instantly or by request - the host decides.
- If it is full you go on the waiting list. When a seat frees up you get one hour of priority.
- A group chat for everyone taking part. Only after your place is confirmed.
- If the time or the meeting point changes, it shows up in the chat.
YOUR LOCATION STAYS YOURS
You pick an area and search around it - type it in, or tap once and let the app read your area from the device. For that the app asks for the coarse location permission; you can decline it and type everything by hand. Your position is turned into a postcode area (about 5 km) right away, and only that is stored - your exact position never leaves the device. The meeting point of an activity is a public place described by the host - never a home address.
WHAT OTHERS SEE
Your name, your username and whatever you write in your profile. Never your date of birth - others only see an age range. There is no scoring and no rating of people.
SAFETY AND RESPECT
- 16+. Age is checked when the account is created.
- Report and block wherever it may be needed: profile, activity, single message.
- You can undo a block at any time in the settings.
- Before every activity you see the advice that matters: public place, tell someone, travel there yourself.
YOUR DATA
- Servers in Frankfurt.
- Access to everything stored about you, right in the app - Settings, My data.
- Delete your account in the app too, with a plain statement of what happens.
- No advertising, no cross-app tracking, no advertising ID.
HelloMates starts in Germany, in German and English.
Find people nearby to do things together. 16+.