roammate - Travel Buddy Finder

Daniel O'Reilly

About this app

Travel is better together — and finding your travel buddy should be easy.

roammate is a free social travel companion for solo travel: meet travelers nearby, join excursions, and turn a trip on your own into shared experiences. Whether you're backpacking through Southeast Asia, working remotely from a new city, or exploring your own neighborhood, roammate connects you with like-minded travelers and locals who are around right now.

SAFETY FIRST
Solo travel with confidence. Emergency SOS shares your live location with your emergency contacts, check-in timers watch your back on meetups and hikes, and an optional identity-verification badge helps you know who you're meeting. Safety isn't an add-on here — it's the foundation.

MEET TRAVELERS NEARBY
See who's around you in real time. Browse traveler profiles, check shared interests, countries visited, and languages spoken — then connect. No awkward swiping, just people who are up for the same things you are.

JOIN OR CREATE EXCURSIONS
Grab coffee, explore a night market, hit a museum, or head out on a hike. Excursions are lightweight, low-commitment plans you can join in a tap — or create your own and see who joins you.

CHAT, THEN MEET UP
Message travelers instantly with built-in group and 1-on-1 chat. Share photos and voice messages, coordinate details, and get to know your travel buddy before you meet.

BUILD YOUR TRAVEL PROFILE
Your profile is your travel resume: interests, countries visited, languages, and travel style. Track your bucket list, collect badges, and let trip memories tell the story of where you've been.

FIND YOUR PEOPLE
Join groups organized by destination, interest, or travel style. Share tips, plan meetups, and find travel friends before you even land.

FREE TO USE
roammate is free — no premium tier, no paywall between you and your next travel buddy.

roammate is for people who are traveling or about to be. Not a planning tool, not a review site — a live companion for solo travelers, digital nomads, expats, and anyone who wants to meet travelers and make solo travel social.

What’s new

Fixes for problems most people were hitting.

• Fixed a crash that stopped the app opening on some devices.
• Your profile no longer gets stuck on "Could not load your personal info".
• Fixed an error on the Connect screen that affected nearly everyone.
• Better battery life — the app no longer retries a dropped connection over and over in the background.
• Finishing identity verification now updates your profile right away.
• Signing out now stops sharing your location immediately.