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It starts with
a whim.
The friendship-first app for the lonely & the bored. Say what you want to do — find someone to do it with.
Free on iPhone18+Real plans, real people
Whims waiting to happen
- 🌅 Sunset picnic
- 🎤 Karaoke till midnight
- 🍜 Late-night ramen run
- 🧗 First-timer bouldering
- 🎬 Retro movie marathon
- 🏓 Ping-pong tournament
- 🎨 Pottery & gossip
- 🚴 Dawn ride to the coast
- 🌮 Taco crawl
- 🔭 Stargazing on the hill
- 🃏 Board-game blitz
- 🧺 Flea-market treasure hunt
How it works
No swiping. No scrolling.
Just plans.
A lot beats sitting at home bored — here's the whole loop.
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Whim it
Say what you're feeling — “coffee and a long walk” is a perfectly valid plan. Pick a starter or type your own.
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Someone bites
Your whim goes out to people nearby with the same itch. Someone bites — or pitches a tweak — you say yes, and you're chatting.
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Meet up, safely
Somewhere public, plan shared with a friend, a check-in timer for good measure. Photos optional, stories guaranteed.
Features
Built for “let's do
something right now”
The whim feed
Who's around tonight?
Post what you feel like doing — coffee, a movie, board games, absolutely anything — and see who's up for it near you. Whims expire in hours, not days, so the feed is always about tonight, not someday.
Someone bites on your whim — or you bite on theirs — one tap to agree, and you're chatting.
Group hangouts
The more, the merrier
Not every plan is 1-on-1. Open your whim to a small group and let a coffee walk turn into a crew — WhiMate keeps the headcount, the RSVPs and the crew chat in one place.
Crew chat sorts the where & when — and clears itself 24 hours later, so there's no 200-message spiral.
Nearby & map
Whims within walking distance
See what's brewing around you and watch your neighbourhood light up when people get restless. Filter by vibe, budget, distance and timing — “chill, under $10, within 1 km, tonight”.
Your exact location is never shown — people see a rough distance, like “under 1 km”, and while you're checked in your open plans show as a map pin up to ~2 km off.
Convinced already?
Get WhiMate — free on iPhoneSafety
Built for actually
meeting up
Meeting someone new should feel exciting — not risky. Safety isn't a feature tier, it's the default.
18+ only, badges for the verified
Everyone confirms their birthdate to get in. Pass the optional selfie check and you earn a verified badge — look for it before you bite.
Public places first
A built-in list of safe first-meet spots — busy cafés, parks, bookstores — so “where?” has an easy, public answer.
Share your ETA
One tap sends the who-where-when to a trusted contact. Set a check-in timer and we email them if you don't tap “I'm safe” in time.
Nothing lingers
Chats clear after 24 hours, whims expire in hours, and map check-ins switch off after 4 hours. Report or block anyone in two taps.
FAQ
Good questions,
quick answers
Yes — completely free. Posting whims, matching, chat, group hangouts, the safety toolkit: all of it. No subscriptions, no paywalls, no “premium” asterisks.
Everyone is 18+ (birthdate required). Report and Block are one tap away, and reports get reviewed first. Meet in public — there's a built-in list of good first-meet spots — share your ETA with a trusted contact, and set a check-in timer that emails them if you don't tap “I'm safe”. Messages clear after 24 hours.
Someone took a quick selfie that a human moderator matched to their profile. It's optional, it earns a badge, and it's a good signal — not a background check. Trust your gut either way.
WhiMate runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 16.4 or later — download it from the App Store. Your account syncs across devices automatically. WhiMate is for adults — you must be 18 or older.
Only members nearby — that's the point. Your whim shows up for people close enough to actually make it; they never see your exact location, just a rough distance like “under 1 km” (and, while you're checked in, a map pin placed up to ~2 km off). You can edit or cancel a whim any time, and every whim expires on its own (2 hours by default).
Location is what makes WhiMate work: you need it on to post, join or respond, and we refresh it when you open the app — never in the background. Other people see a rough distance like “under 1 km” and, while you're checked in, your open plans as a map pin placed up to ~2 km away — never your coordinates. Showing up on Nearby (the list and the map) is a separate opt-in that switches itself off after 4 hours. We don't sell personal data, and you can download or delete everything from your profile. Details live in our Privacy Policy.
No. All you need to post a whim is location switched on. Instagram, up to six photos of you, a bio and the selfie check are all optional. Each one raises your verification score, and higher scores show earlier in the feed and in Nearby, so people can see who they're meeting. We never post to your Instagram, and we don't ask for a phone number or ID.
Anywhere. WhiMate runs on real proximity, not a city list — set your radius and the feed shows whims posted around you. We're newly launched, so some places are quieter than others: post the first whim and be the reason it isn't. If your area's empty, invite a friend and it's instantly not.
Tap Help & Support in the app, or email hello@whimate.com — a real person reads every message and replies within a day or two. Something urgent about a meetup? Use Report in the app; reports are reviewed first.
Get the app!
Free on iPhone. No card required — just a little curiosity.
On a computer? Point your iPhone camera here.
iOS 16.4+18+
Real plans, real people
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