# The Checkin — Social but without the noise > Social but without the noise (iPhone/iPad app by Brian loz.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-checkin/id6760565220 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Brian loz](https://appshunter.io/developer/958207858) - Category: Social Networking, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 18.6 · 64 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Released: 2026-05-10 - Data updated: 2026-09-10 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-checkin/id6760565220/reviews.md ## What is The Checkin? Social media used to be fun. Now it's exhausting. Too much noise. Too much pressure. Too many posts are competing for your attention. Even sharing something simple has started to feel like overkill. Checkin is different. It's social the way it used to feel — fast, honest, low-pressure. Instead of posts, you share Checkins: quick, lightweight updates about what you're actually doing right now. The song in your headphones. The game you just finished. The movie you're halfway through. The walk you just wrapped up. No captions to agonize over. No filters. No performance. Just real life, as it happens. WHAT YOU CAN CHECK IN - Music — share what you're listening to - Watching — movies, shows, sports, whatever's on the screen - Playing — the games you're into right now - Workouts — auto-imported from Apple Fitness and Strava - Places — restaurants, cafés, cities, anywhere worth remembering - Trips — where you're headed and when - Activities — anything else you want to mark ONLY THE PEOPLE YOU CHOOSE Checkins aren't public by default. You decide who sees what — close friends, family, a small circle, or just yourself. No followers. No strangers. No algorithm pushing your life to people you've never met. A FEED THAT MAKES SENSE Your feed is chronological. Real-time. Real life. What your friends are actually doing, in the order it's happening. No ads. No suggested content. No rabbit holes. YOUR DAY, REPLAYED At the end of each day, Checkin gives you a Replay: a clean timeline of everything you checked in to. Your morning workout, the album you played on the commute, dinner with a friend, the match you watched at night. It's a low-effort journal that builds itself. BADGES WORTH EARNING Earn badges for real things you do — not for scrolling. Foodie for trying new restaurants. Cinephile for watching films. Multi-Sport for mixing up your workouts. Your profile reflects how you actually spend your time. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Clean, dark interface that stays out of your way - Works with the apps you already use — Spotify, Apple Music, Apple Fitness, Strava - React to friends' Checkins with stickers, comments, or a quick emoji - Start private and open up when you're ready WHY PEOPLE ARE SWITCHING Traditional social apps turned sharing into work. Every post is a performance. Every scroll is a commitment. Checkin strips it all back to what people actually miss: the feeling of casually knowing what your friends are up to, without the noise. No likes to chase. No trends to keep up with. No strangers in your feed. Just you, your people, and your day. Download Checkin and share your life the easy way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Checkin Premium | $2.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.5 — 2026-08-31 New stories bar at the top of the feed: see at a glance what each of your friends is up to, with their emoji or the venue logo if they’re checked in somewhere. Friends who haven’t posted yet today will appear dimmed. • We redesigned the status bubbles (“What are you doing?”) to look cleaner and offer better contrast, and added a clock icon when there’s a time limit. • Tapping someone’s story now takes you straight to the related content: their status, the place they’re at, their video, or their workout — no extra steps. • New check-in selector: quickly choose what you want to post, with alerts when there are live games, nearby places to check in to, or a recent Apple Health/Strava workout waiting for you. • The Workout button now takes you straight to importing from Strava or Apple Health, or adding a workout manually — no unnecessary questions along the way. • Starting with this version, all check-ins are shared with your friends by default. If you’d rather share with a smaller group, you can select a specific Circle. • Fixed issues that could cause the app to crash when opening certain check-ins from stories. • Visual improvements throughout the app: buttons with a true glass effect and sharper icons in the bottom navigation bar. ### 1.4 — 2026-07-12 - Apple Watch support — see your friends' check-ins right from your wrist - Premium for business owners — unlock advanced analytics for your place - Performance improvements and bug fixes ### 1.2 — 2026-06-06 Polls & Questions — now live! Ask your friends and other users to help you choose between songs, movies, books, or anything you can think of. They'll respond to your poll, and you'll be able to see the results. You can also ask for recommendations or advice — a great place to eat, somewhere to stay, or a spot with amazing views. Add our home screen widget so you never miss a moment with your friends. A fresh new profile — everything you need, right where you'd expect it. Express yourself with GIFs. No photo for your status? Use a GIF that fits the vibe — we have thousands to choose from. Got a song that pairs perfectly with a dance GIF? Add it. It'll look great. ### 1.0 — 2026-05-11 No release notes. ## Apps similar to The Checkin | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Inowings Messaging](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inowings-messaging/id6755436523) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [Monnett](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monnett/id6751275753) | 3.2 (9) | Free | Social Networking | | [Torre Messenger](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/torre-messenger/id1627081404) | 4.3 (6) | Free | Social Networking | | [SeenU](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seenu/id6749520048) | 4.8 (356) | Free | Social Networking | | [aVotar](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/avotar/id6751607482) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Social Networking | | [Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/buffer-plan-and-schedule-posts/id490474324) | 4.7 (34,187) | Free | Social Networking | ## More apps by Brian loz - [NORT X](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nort-x/id6481705425) All apps by Brian loz: https://appshunter.io/developer/958207858 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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