BoredCrew

Someone you know is free right now.

Say when you’re free. See who else is. Turn it into an actual plan.

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How it works

Your crew at a glance.

  1. Add your people

    Turn your card over. They scan it.

    Your code is on the back of your card. Whoever scans it becomes one of your people straight away. No phone number, no spelling a handle out loud.

    1. Tap your card
    2. They point a camera at it
    3. You’re contacts now
    The You tab: Joelle’s card turned over to her QR code, HJKMN-PQRST, and a banner over the top: Rany added you. You’re contacts now.
    Sam’s phone, Add people: Joelle’s card, @joelle, and “You and Joelle are contacts now.”

  2. Say when you’re free

    Say when you’re free. It clears itself.

    Not a switch you forget to turn off: a window. Only people you’ve added and your crews see it.

    1. Bored

      Nothing on. Come get me.

    2. Down for anything

      Name it, I’m in.

    3. Out and about

      Outside already. Say where.

    4. Recharging

      Battery low. Back later.

    5. Working

      On the clock. Ping after.

    Your people get one buzz, once an hour at most. Recharging and Working buzz nobody.

    The check-in: What are you up to? Bored is picked: Bored until 11:00 PM, and Continue.
    The Crews tab: you’re Working until 6:00 PM, and 3 of your people are free today: Lena, Sam and Sofia.

  3. Make a crew

    Two or more of your people.

    The beach lot, the flat, the five-a-side group. An emoji, a name, two or more people.

    1. Tap New crew
    2. Tick who’s in it
    3. Pick an emoji and a colour
    4. They see it in their Crews tab
    The crew sheet on sky: 🏖️ Beach crew, with Lena, Sam and Sofia ticked. “Lena, Sam and Sofia will see it in their Crews tab.” Make the crew.
    Crews on their own colours, each with its emoji: The flat, Five-a-side, Pizza Fridays, Karaoke lot, Ramen run, Camp crew, and Beach crew, new.

Plans are tickets

From bored to bowling at eight.

A plan is a time, a place and the people coming. Make one and the crews you pick get asked.

When, where, cost, crew

Everything on one stub.

Cost each, dress code, a bring list, the weather for the hour, add to calendar.

The back

Memories, for the people who were there.

Flip the ticket and the day is on the back.

Memories

Photos from the day, a line on each.

Only the plan’s people see these. Never on a public plan.

Discover

Find something on. Sydney first.

Public plans on a map, and a globe of what’s on anywhere. Join one in a tap, or ask to join one your crews are going to.

  • Tonight
  • Tomorrow
  • This weekend
  • Free
  • Your crews
  • Join now
  1. Three friends jumping off a jetty into the water, drawn in one line

    Sunset swim, Bronte

    Fri 6:30pm · 4 going · 2 spots

    Join
  2. Three friends singing into microphones in front of a screen, drawn in one line

    Karaoke, Shibuya

    Sat 9pm · 6 going · 2 spots

    Join
  3. Two friends eating skewers and tacos between market stalls, drawn in one line

    Street food, Yaowarat

    Sat 7pm · 5 going · 3 spots

    Join
  4. Three friends on a stone wall watching the sun go down, drawn in one line

    Sunset at the Miradouro

    Fri 7:30pm · 8 going · 4 spots

    Join

A public plan shows a place, never an address. Private and crews plans stay off Discover.

On your Lock Screen

The plan follows you to the Lock Screen.

Widgets for who’s free, tonight’s ticket and what’s asked of you. A Live Activity counts down to the start and takes your answer.

The Lock Screen at 6:48: 4 free, Quiz night tonight at 7:30pm at The Royal, and the Live Activity counting down 42 minutes to it, with Going, Maybe and Can’t; the Dynamic Island carries the same countdown.
The Today View: Set your status, Bored until 7:30pm, with Buzz them; 4 free now, Sam, Lena, Roy and Sofia; 14 plans on in Australia; tonight’s ticket, Quiz night at The Royal; and Sam asking you to Bowling on Saturday at 8pm, Going chosen. The Dynamic Island counts down 42 minutes.

Built to be private

What BoredCrew never does.

  • Never records where anyone is. Location is read once, on a tap, never in the background.
  • Never uploads your address book. Matching happens on your phone, and nothing from your contacts is kept.
  • Never shows who’s free to anyone outside your crews and your people. A status is seen by the people you share it with, and no one else.
  • Never scores a person. No flake counts, no streaks, no follower counts.
  • Never tells anyone who looked. No read receipts, no story views.
  • Never shows a public plan’s address, or your name on one, to a stranger. A stranger sees the place’s name and how many are going, never the guest list.
  • Never sets a cookie on this website. No analytics, no third parties.

Blocks are silent and go both ways. A person reads every report, usually within a day.