Towner vs Roamer

Life is best enjoyed with others. And interests bring us together. On Towner, an interest is an Into. Follow Intos to see who shares your interests nearby and to receive activity alerts about opportunities to connect in your area that match your interests. Towner is a hyper-local social networking platform for finding people who share your interests in the area. Have a hobby? Looking to meet new people? Want to get a group together for an activity? Have something you’d like to discuss with people nearby? There are 3 main ways to connect: (1) People Nearby If users choose to make their profile Discoverable, then they can see other discoverable users browsing in the general area. By selecting a profile, a user can see what Intos are shared and then start a private Chat with the user by sending them a message. (2) Chats A user can post a Chat to start a group conversation on any Into. Each Chat is location-based, so only users whose browsing area include the Chat’s location can discover the Chat. (3) Plans A user can post a Plan, or casual event, to share an opportunity to connect in-person around an Into (e.g. Walk, Social). Each Plan is only visible to users whose browsing area includes the Plan’s location. If the Plan is posted in a Community, then any Community Member can discover the Plan. Other notable features: Plans are designed for safety Each Plan, by default, hides location details until a user has asked to join and then the organizer has approved that user. All Participants of a Plan are automatically added into a group chat. Communities designed for diversity Towner Communities serve groups with diverse interests. It provides an easy way for Members to connect with other Members with similar Intos. User profiles built on trust To encourage user-vetting, Towner users vouch for one another. Vouches can only be made by users who’ve previously received a Vouch to enhance their reliability. Intos are endless From broad to specific, Intos allow users to find others who share their interests, no matter the interest - as long as it encourages the flourishing of a supportive community. Any user can suggest additional Intos. To learn more about Towner, email hello@towner.app

Everything a group trip needs, in one shared place: the itinerary on a map, the group chat, and expenses that split themselves. Everyone sees the same plan, the moment it changes. A group trip usually lives in six places at once — the chat thread, a spreadsheet, an expense app, a notes app, an inbox full of confirmations, and four separate camera rolls. One person ends up as the search engine for all of it. Roamer replaces that with one trip everyone can open. THE ITINERARY, ON A MAP Every flight, ferry, stay and dinner in order, pinned where it actually is, so you can see the shape of each day. Everyone you invite can add to it — not just whoever created the trip. EXPENSES THAT SPLIT THEMSELVES Log what you paid, split it evenly or your own way, and see exactly who owes whom. No spreadsheet and no arithmetic, and each expense sits next to the dinner, ferry or stay it paid for. A REAL GROUP CHAT Photos, GIFs, reactions and built-in polls, inside the trip itself — so the decision lives where the plan lives, instead of scrolling back through a thread to find an address. IT WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Your itinerary, tickets and documents are stored on your phone, so they open on the ferry, on the trail and at the gate. Changes sync when you are back online. ONE GALLERY FOR THE WHOLE TRIP Everyone's photos in one shared album as they are taken, instead of four camera rolls and an album nobody gets round to making. EVERY DOCUMENT IN ONE PLACE Tickets, confirmations, passes and links, filed against the stop they belong to rather than buried in an inbox. AUTOFILL FROM A CONFIRMATION Upload a booking PDF or a photo of one and Roamer fills in the type, dates, location and details for you. NOTES AND PACKING LISTS Shared lists the whole group can edit, plus private notes only you can see. INVITE ANYONE Send a link, watch the RSVPs land, and get a notification the moment someone joins the trip. Roamer is free to use, and everyone you invite can use it free. We do not sell your data. No advertising, no data brokers. Trip content is visible only to the people you invite. A small independent project, built in British Columbia. info@theroamerapp.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Roamer Terms of Service: https://roamer-web.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://roamer-web.vercel.app/privacy