Connect · 18+

I’m here.Who’s up?

A Connect Shpeel is a plan you say on camera: where you are, what you want to do, and how many more people you need. People near you ask to come, and the group decides.

The Connect tab: plans near you, with who posted them, what they said and how many are in.

For example

“I’m at the padel courts in Campo de Ourique.Seven o’clock, two courts.I need two more.”

Fifteen seconds, one take, your face. The app writes out what you said, so people can read it before they play it.

From a plan to a group

  1. The SHPEEL camera counting down from 15.

    You say it

    Record your plan. Choose how many people, up to eight with you, and when it ends, up to three days ahead.

  2. A plan open in the app, with the area, how far away it is and a button reading Ask to join.

    They ask to come

    People within 5 km, and anyone who follows you, see your plan. To ask, they record a few seconds of their own.

  3. Inside a group: the meeting spot, somebody waiting on a yes, and the group’s messages.

    The group decides

    Everyone already in says yes or no. It takes every yes. Once you’re in, you get the exact spot and a group thread.

The rules

Up to 8 people
You choose the size, from two to eight, you included.
Within 5 km
Plus anyone who follows you, wherever they are.
Up to 3 days ahead
A plan ends when you said it would, and leaves everyone’s list.
One no is enough
A request needs a yes from everyone already in. One no closes it, and nobody learns who said it.
Requests last 12 hours
Or until the plan starts, whichever comes first.

Your intro, once

The first time you ask to join anything, you record fifteen seconds about yourself. Only the people deciding on you see it. It never shows in the feed, on your profile or in search.

Connect is 18 and over. It asks for your date of birth the first time you open it, and nobody sees it.

Connect asking for a date of birth before the first plan.

What we do with where you are

Strangers see an area
They see the neighbourhood and a distance rounded to 100 metres. The exact spot appears once you’re in the group.
It goes when you go
Delete your account and your plans, your intro, your requests and your messages go with it.

We check a phone number and the video you record of yourself, nothing more. Meet somewhere public, tell a friend where you’re going, and leave if it feels wrong. The terms say the same.

What are you up for?