# OnlineTribes — AI-Powered Connections > AI-Powered Connections (iPhone/iPad app by DAMIAN JABŁONSKI.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onlinetribes/id6742100288 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [DAMIAN JABŁONSKI](https://appshunter.io/developer/1796791802) - Category: Social Networking, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 15.6 · 256 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2025-07-19 - Data updated: 2026-07-24 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onlinetribes/id6742100288/reviews.md ## What is OnlineTribes? Online Tribes is where people make new friends, join private communities, and build meaningful relationships with like-minded people worldwide. Real connection starts with shared interests. Online Tribes helps you find people who share your values, goals, hobbies, and passions. Whether you want to make new friends, find a language exchange partner, meet locals in a new city, or build and lead your own community, Online Tribes connects you with people who get it. MAKE NEW FRIENDS & FIND YOUR PEOPLE • Get Smart AI matched with people and private groups based on your interests, goals, and values • Chat with anyone in your own language using real-time AI translation • Make friends through genuine group conversations in small private spaces • Find a language exchange partner, accountability partner, or people who share your passion • Meet new people after moving to a new city, studying abroad, or wanting more from your social life • Go social on your terms: no swiping, no endless browsing, no performance JOIN A TRIBE. OR BUILD YOUR OWN. Online Tribes lets you join communities or create your own. • Join small private groups built around hobbies, goals, interests, and shared values • Create your own community in seconds • Set the topic, invite your people, and lead something real • Build friendships one-to-one or in groups • Connect across countries with AI translation • Stay in control with private groups, no public feed, and no data sold PEOPLE COME TO ONLINE TRIBES TO Make new friends with the same interests and passions. Meet new people after moving to a new city or country. Find like-minded people worldwide without swiping. Connect with foreign friends through AI translation. Find a language exchange partner who becomes a real friend. Build and lead a community around a shared goal or passion. Meet locals and go social in a new place. Find an accountability partner for personal growth. Join hobby groups that are genuine and active. At Online Tribes, everyone is welcome. No matter who you are, where you come from, what language you speak, or how you identify, there is a community here for you. We are committed to building a space where every member feels respected, included, safe, and genuinely connected. make new friends · meet new people · find your people · smart AI matching · AI translate · language exchange · group chat · like-minded people · make friends online · friend finder · foreign friends · social app · build a community · hobby groups · meet locals · online friends · private group chat · accountability partner · find community Online Tribes is committed to member privacy. We do not collect personal data for advertising purposes. We do not sell your data. Your information is processed securely in line with our privacy policy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://buddamind.github.io/privacy_police_online_tribes/privacy-police-en.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium Monthly Plan | $9.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 9.0.2 — 2026-06-13 Updated store graphics. ### 9.0.1 — 2026-05-20 What’s new in this version: Improved AI experiment features, fixed performance issues, and made the app faster and more stable. ### 8.0.0 — 2026-04-28 AI & engagement (the headline) SPARK conversation guide — Grok-powered AI that intervenes in quiet tribe chats with on-topic prompts; runs twice daily with depth-escalation, deadback backoff, and "awaiting human activity" standdown. Weekly Rituals — AI-generated weekly challenges per tribe. Interactive polls in global and tribe chat, plus AI-generated tribe activity polls. Weekly top contributor announcements in chat. AI Buddy matching with in-chat match announcements. Notifications Personalized reconnection nudges for bonded user pairs (tiered copy generation). New-member highlights and nudges. Unread-summary + weekly-digest schedulers (throttled). Unread notification count badges on tribe cards. 7-day reconnection active-window (prod fix landed today). Tribes & profile OWNER badge on tribes you own (+ promoted co-owners). Tribe registration: user names the tribe; AI generation simplified. Community-chat private mode + revamped onboarding flow. Async member-count display; deactivated tribes filtered out of search/discovery/matching. "Invite a friend" entry-checklist task; share CTA after tribe creation. Sharing & deep links Open Graph intro-card preview (per-user variant) for /t/{tribeId}?u={userId} shares. Tribe invite deep links land in community chat (no auto-join); JPEG OG. AppsFlyer Smart Script + ATT-aware late start. Auth & security Terms-version check on existing-user login (today's fix — accepts new ToS version). Email/password login enabled in debug builds for prod_pl. Server-side AI chat for profile generation; feedback submission migrated to Cloud Function. Individual user blocking with admin fallback view; blocked-user enforcement in invitations + chat (race-condition fix). Performance Tribe-matching: dedupe concurrent calls, partial cache hits, per-invocation user fetch. Cache-first user fetch on notification redirect; FCM prefetches target tribe. Story videos forced to 720p for weak decoders. Firebase Performance Monitoring (startup, auth, CDN traces). Composite Firestore indexes for messages/notifications/suggestions. Crashlytics integrated into LoggerService. Localization & infra Country-code support in cached location + profile migration with manual-capture fallback. Marionette MCP + persona orchestration framework for UI automation. Build/CI: iOS removed from prod pipeline, sequential function deploy targets refreshed. ### 7.2.1 — 2026-03-16 Added a global performance monitoring SDK to analyze app speed and stability across different regions. Minor performance improvements and internal diagnostics. ### 6.0.7 — 2026-03-12 Fixed an issue where Welcome Tribe owners could not see new members in the tribe context menu. ## Apps similar to OnlineTribes | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Chatliker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chatliker/id1637917778) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [Together Hub](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/together-hub/id6479521328) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Social Networking | | [RoundTheCorner.eu](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roundthecornereu/id6741391379) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [lens. - True Photo Sharing App](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lens-true-photo-sharing-app/id6463451254) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [TribeLife LLC](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tribelife-llc/id6446477831) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Social Networking | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-24.*