After5 vs VolEver

After5 is a social network that helps you discover and create plans through your friends' networks. Every day at 5 PM, you'll get a notification to set your Mood and unlock the app. Once inside, you can see what your friends are down for, create plans, receive invites, and discover plans through friends of friends. Plans are temporary group chats built around real-life experiences. Whether you're grabbing dinner, heading to an event, exploring the city, or meeting up after work, every plan includes a chat, time, date, and location, then automatically deletes the day after it ends. Plans can be: • Open – Nearby friends of people going can discover and join the plan, with or without bringing more friends. • Close Friends – Only close friends of current plan members can discover and join. • Invite Only – Only invited members can join. As new people join an Open Plan, their nearby friends can discover it too, allowing plans to grow organically through trusted social connections. Unlike traditional social media, After5 is designed to help you make plans—not consume content. There are no endless feeds, no content rabbit holes, and no pressure to stay online. The goal is simple: spend less time scrolling and more time with friends.

VolEver is a mobile application that connects people from Ukraine with local volunteers in Czechia, Poland and Lithuania who offer practical support. The aim of the app is to help people find their way in a new country, strengthen social connections and support dignified integration through a safe and easy-to-understand digital tool. The app was created as part of the international project Volunteers Everywhere — VolEver, which responds to the need for better coordination of volunteer support and more accessible assistance for people from Ukraine living in host countries. Through the app, users can offer or request practical support in everyday life, such as: - practising the local or another language, - accompaniment to public offices, medical appointments or other institutions, - orientation in a new city or region, - tutoring, mentoring or leisure-time support, - other forms of volunteer support, depending on current possibilities and needs. VolEver places emphasis on safe connections, user verification and support provided by volunteer coordinators and intercultural workers. The app is available in Czech, Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Russian and English to make it easier to use for people from Ukraine and local volunteers. The aim is to ensure that support is clear, dignified and safe for everyone involved. The app is intended primarily for people from Ukraine and volunteers in Czechia, Poland and Lithuania. Although it may be available for download in other countries, its current operation and support are focused on these three countries. VolEver supports meaningful volunteering, mutual trust and the involvement of people from Ukraine in local communities. The VolEver app was developed as part of the Volunteers Everywhere project, supported by the European Union through the ESF+ Social Innovation+ initiative.