Pinglo — Lost & Found

Anyone can walk up and say "that's my phone." Most lost-and-found apps take their word for it. Pinglo asks for one thing first: a private detail only the real owner could know — the crack in the corner of the screen, the last four digits on the card inside. No match, no handover. Reporting takes about a minute. Pick a category, drop roughly where it went missing, add the one private detail. Then browse what is actually near you, because the feed now runs on your device's real location — or switch to Everywhere and search with no distance limit when you're travelling. Found something that isn't yours? Post a sighting and the owner is notified the moment you do. When a claim checks out, it moves into private chat, so nobody has to publish personal details to get their things back. Campuses, venues and workplaces get a private layer on top: Communities. Each site has its own space, walled off from the public feed — a safety feed where non-emergency alerts carry a real severity, from Info to Heads-up to Urgent, and run from Active to Resolved; a place map with severity-coloured pins; a member list with a verified star; direct messages that open only after the other person accepts your request; and a group chat. Any member can flag an open alert to the community's own officials. Once you've joined, Face ID gets you back in — no code to retype. City University of London is live now, with more launch partners rolling out. One idea runs through all of it: you don't get your things back by asking nicely. You get them back by knowing something about them a stranger couldn't. What you can do: - Report a lost or found item with the one private detail that verifies a real claim - Browse reports near you by real location, or switch to Everywhere with no distance limit - Post a sighting and notify the owner instantly - Get notified on your phone when someone spots your item, claims one, or messages you - Join a private Community for your campus, venue or workplace, and get back in with Face ID - Follow a Community safety feed with severity levels, an Active-to-Resolved lifecycle and a place map - Flag an open alert to your community's officials - Message another member directly, once they accept your request - Check a claim through private chat before anyone meets up - Report or block unsafe interactions - Confirm when an item has actually been returned - Earn points for helping out and redeem them for badges