at aura – Make Friends IRL

Discover people who share your interests and are actually near you right now — no account, no cloud. Wave, match, meet in real life.

The person who shares your interests might be sitting ten meters away right now. You would just never notice each other. at aura changes exactly that.

at aura shows you people in your immediate vicinity who share at least one interest with you — in the café, on the train, at the library, at a festival. No account, no cloud, no GPS: everything runs directly from iPhone to iPhone via Bluetooth.

HOW IT WORKS

• Pick up to 10 interests — from 518 niches across 84 topics

• Your radar shows people in range who share something with you — the more specific the shared interest, the brighter their card glows

• Wave — a match only happens when both people wave. Nobody can just message you.

• Chat directly from device to device, end-to-end encrypted — works entirely without internet

• Share your social links or a photo if you want to

• Find each other over the last few meters with the ultra-wideband direction arrow

REAL ENCOUNTERS INSTEAD OF ENDLESS SCROLLING

at aura is not a dating app and not another online profile. No swiping through strangers on the other side of the world — only people who are actually here right now. Meet new people, make friends, feel less alone — in real life.

PRIVACY IS THE ARCHITECTURE

• No account, no login, no server — nothing is ever uploaded

• App Store privacy label: “Data Not Collected”

• No GPS — proximity comes from Bluetooth signal strength, never from your location

• Your identifier rotates every 10 minutes — nobody can track you

• One switch makes you invisible at any time

YOUR SAFETY

• Chat only after both people wave (double opt-in)

• Received photos stay hidden until you actively reveal them

• Blocking works instantly — reporting right from the chat

• Community rules with zero tolerance for harassment

GOOD TO KNOW

The app’s interface is currently in German — English is coming. Requires an iPhone with iOS 17 or later and Bluetooth. Free, no registration, no subscription.