Vicinity

Esketit LLC

In-app purchases

About this app

Vicinity is the spatial network: the digital third space where you chat in real time with everyone around you. Meet people nearby, make friends in your neighborhood, and play live games together — tied to where you are, not who you follow. No followers, no algorithms — just your local world, live.

Third places — the coffee shop, the barbershop, the park bench — are where neighbors used to become friends, and they're quietly disappearing. Vicinity brings that sense of community back, right where you are: open the app and you're in the room with everyone nearby, across multiple topic channels. Send message requests, create group chats, or join landmark rooms at iconic locations worldwide — but only if you're physically there.

The internet you walk through, not the one you scroll.

POTENTIAL USES
● Meet new people nearby
● Organize meetups by topic
● Chat with others at a sports game, bar, or concert
● Coordinate a class study group
● Get help from a neighbor
● Invite others to a block party
● Recommend shows, restaurants, or events to people nearby
● Ask locals for tips when traveling
● Coordinate group activities
● Host a game night with people nearby — trivia, chess, poker, and more

CORE FEATURES
● Vicinity chat: multiple topic channels for your radius
● Live Games: host or join real-time multiplayer games with people nearby — trivia, chess, poker, blackjack, werewolf, mahjong, and more
● Landmark rooms: audio and text chat at iconic locations worldwide — only if you're physically there
● Private messaging: send message requests to anyone you meet in the chatroom
● Interests: add up to 5 interest chips to your profile so people nearby know what you're into
● Avatars: upload a photo or make one from any emoji or interest — free for everyone
● Premium: group chats, photos in DMs, voice & video calls, ad-free, and more

STARS (★) — THE FUN ECONOMY
● Earn stars FREE by winning Live Games or inviting friends
● Spend stars on fun extras: chat colors, profile borders, badges, hosting events, and promoting posts
● Gift stars or cosmetics to friends right in your DMs — chat colors, borders, and badges they keep
● Trophy badges: climb the ladder from Bronze to the ultra-rare 💎 Diamond — the ultimate status flex

DARK MODE
Vicinity supports both light and dark mode.

PRIVACY AND SECURITY
All location-based rooms are fully moderated. Distance sharing is optional — you control what you share.

Download Vicinity. Community restored.

Ratings and reviews

interesting idea but doesn't really work in practice. if your chat radius is too small it looks like people are talking to themselves bc it just hides messages from people outside your radius. you have to pay money to make a custom chat and nobody seems to be doing that. if you want to talk with people in your neighborhood you're better off making a discord server edit: for some reason the founder saw this as an invitation to connect with me on linkedin?? that's really weird

Similar issue to another reviewer, app hangs on the location setup screen. Then says it cannot determine my location even though precise location is shared and other apps are able to see my location. Seems app needs a round of testing, I like the idea though.

Not ready for public release. Even though I gave the app full, precise location permission, it can't find me, so it won't even let me sign up. No other app has this much trouble with location. DEVELOPERS, do not ask me for anything, I do not work for free. My advice is to not cut corners during QA. Actually test on real phones. I write these to warn others, not to help you.

What’s new

you can now buy star tokens, gift cosmetics, buy badges, and more!