500 strangers walked past you today.None had to stay strangers.

FirstMove turns any space you're already in into a place you can actually meet someone. Privacy as architecture, not a setting.

Free on iOS and Android.

A packed crowd at a gig, hands in the air, glow wristbands lit up

Wherever people gather.

Bars, parks, gyms, festivals, gigs, clubs, conferences, campus, cafés, co-working.

Not a nightlife app. A VibeZone can switch on anywhere a room fills up. If people gather there, FirstMove fits.

A woman at a beach festival looks back over her shoulder and smiles, with the crowd and main stage behind her

Rooms full of people. Phones full of nothing real.

You walk past 500 potential connections a day.

The person next to you is there for the same reason you are. Neither of you says a word.

FirstMove is the bit that's been missing. A safe, mutual way to make the first move when you're already in the room.

The 3-Way Handshake.

Three steps, and you both have to be in the room. Nothing happens without mutual consent.

  1. Step 1: Knock

    In the app

    Send a Knock to someone to indicate interest. Nothing happens unless they accept.

  2. Step 2: Challenge

    In the crowd

    A quick challenge helps you pick each other out in the crowd or the room.

  3. Step 3: Connect

    In person

    You both decide it's time. Put the phone away and go and say hello.

Profiles only exist while you're in the VibeZone. Nothing follows you home.

Privacy is the architecture. Not a setting you toggle.

Consent-first by design
Nothing happens without mutual opt-in. The handshake is the product.
Ephemeral by default
Profiles, chats, and presence reset when the event ends. No long-term digital residue.
Hyperlocal, never global
Location data stays inside the geofence. We don't follow you home.
Built for IRL
The win condition is you putting the phone down and saying hello.
Two phones showing a live VibeZones list and a venue detail page with its map location

Find it. Walk in. Say hello.

  • Find what's on, where you are.

    A live feed of what's happening around you: bars, gigs, festivals, conferences, campus nights.

    See how discovery works
  • Social, only when you're there.

    A VibeZone switches on when you arrive and disappears when you leave. Your profile goes with it.

    See how VibeZones work
  • The ones worth planning around.

    Time, location, who's going. Full details in one tap. Save it, share it, show up.

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Questions people actually ask.

What is FirstMove?

FirstMove is the presence layer for the physical world. Walk into a venue, festival, conference or campus running a VibeZone and the app switches on, letting you connect with people who are actually in the room through a consent-first protocol called the 3-Way Handshake. Walk out and it switches off.

Is FirstMove a dating app?

No. FirstMove is not a dating app, a ticketing platform, or another social network to maintain. There is no swiping, no follower count and no social graph to build. People use it to meet collaborators at a conference, find their crew at a festival, or say hello to someone at a gig. Romance is one possible outcome, never the product.

How does the 3-Way Handshake work?

Three steps, and you have to be in the same room to start. Knock: send a Knock to someone in your VibeZone, without knowing who they are in the room. Nothing happens unless they accept. Challenge: a quick challenge helps you pick each other out in the crowd or the room. Connect: you both decide it's time, put the phone away and go and say hello. Nothing reaches anyone who has not opted in, so there are no unsolicited messages and no accidental matches.

What happens to my data after the event?

Your profile only exists while you are inside the VibeZone. When the event ends, the profile, the chat and your presence end with it. Location data stays inside the geofence, so you are not tracked between venues. Privacy is the architecture here, not a setting you toggle. Full detail is on our security page.

How much does FirstMove cost?

FirstMove is free for attendees on both iOS and Android. There is no premium tier for meeting people.

Where does FirstMove work?

Anywhere people gather and a VibeZone has been switched on. Bars, parks, gyms, festivals, gigs, clubs, conferences, campuses, cafés and co-working spaces. If people gather there, FirstMove fits.

Still deciding? See how FirstMove compares to the tools you already use.

One more thing

Real life is already happening.
Be there.

Free on iOS and Android. No social graph to build. No follower count to maintain. Walk in, activate, meet someone real, walk out.