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Orbit Meet — Who's nearby? Find your friends. Meet new people.
Orbit is a fun and easy way to meetup with nearby friends and discover interesting people around you and at the places you visit.
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I know there are a lot of apps like this but this is kinda weird. It's like privacy is obsolete
@ohitsmerenz Hey Renz, I totally agree and this was one of the primary reasons we built Orbit. For every friend you add to Orbit you choose whether to share the district you're in or just the city. If you’d like to temporarily share your precise locations with each other, or with a group of friends, you can easily arrange a ‘Meetup’ in a few taps. If you choose to be 'discoverable' then other people will only see that you're 'in the area'. At anytime you can choose to go 'Off-grid' which will hide your location from everyone.
@oliverwaters looks good. Super keen to check out the app, what are your plans for android?
How do you see the community reaching critical mass? These kinds of location aware networking apps are tricky to get the ball rolling (I've worked on something similar), and obviously become more sticky when there is activity and interaction to be had.
Also what inspired you both to make Orbit?
@h0rseh0rse Hi Chris! Thanks for the questions.
Android is planned, but we've focussed on iOS initially.
At this stage we're exploring how people use Orbit. The utility aspect of finding nearby friends encourages inviting others to use the app and this will form the foundation of the network. Of course, we also have other plans for growth alongside this.
The idea first came about when I was sat in a coffee shop after a meeting in London. I wanted a way to find out if any friends were nearby and free, and let them know I was in the area. There's simply no easy way to do this.
Looking around I realised there was a lot of other people also sat on their own and that left me wondering who they were. Since then I've hit countless scenarios where an app like Orbit would be useful for discovering people — at conferences, airports, travelling etc.
We're not the first to try to answer the questions "Who's nearby?" or "Who's around me?", but we think our approach helps solve the problems we've experienced first hand whilst tackling the privacy issues associated with location sharing.
@itsmidnightyo This could be due age restrictions. At present the minimum age for use of the service is 18. If that's not the case, let me know.
@itsmidnightyo Drop us a message here and we'll look into this for you - https://orbitapp.zendesk.com/hc/....
@raynes_cc Thanks Andrew. It's a little quiet now but we're growing so hopefully you'll see people popping up soon!
Looks bit common concept, Requesting to develop for Android asap, Target global market reach, especially Asian countries like India and near by, because this kind of apps are very less!
Pros:Clean UI, Simple Navigation and Pretty self explanatory
Cons:Similar, Not available for Android, Enough Market Reach
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