Meeting people
Updated September 18, 2026
Is there an app for meeting people?
Yes, lots. The honest problem is that almost all of them are built around one reason to meet someone, usually dating, and if that's not your reason you're in the wrong room. Here's the map, and where Misd sits on it.
The categories
Dating apps match strangers by profile and photo. Friend apps do the same with the romance turned off. Event apps and meetup sites get you into a room with people who share an interest. Professional networks are for the people you already know or want to be introduced to. Each one works for exactly the reason on the label and badly for any other.
What they have in common
They all start from a profile and a stranger. You describe yourself, someone else describes themselves, and an algorithm guesses. The people you actually pass in real life, at the same coffee shop every morning, at the show last night, at the conference, don't appear, because the app has no idea you were ever in the same place.
The people are the ones you already crossed paths with, and the reason to talk is that you were both there.
Misd starts from the place
Misd uses a technology called Moments®: a Moment is recorded when you and another Misd user were at the same place at the same time. Later you open it and the people who were there are in it. No profile-guessing, no swiping through a city. The people are the ones you already crossed paths with, and the reason to talk is that you were both there.
It's an entertainment and community app for anyone looking to meet someone: love, friends, a deal from a conference, the person from the train. Misd doesn't pick a lane, which is the point. The world is getting less social one generation at a time, and the fix isn't another feed of strangers. It's finding the people already around you.
Which one should you use?
If you know exactly why you want to meet someone and you want strangers, use the app with that label. If you'd rather meet the people your life already overlaps with, and let the reason sort itself out, that's Misd. It's invite-only right now, iOS today, Android coming. Get a code on misd.co.
Questions people ask
- Is Misd a dating app?
- Misd is for anyone looking to meet someone, for any reason. People use it for friends, for business, for someone they'd like to see again. It doesn't pick the reason for you.
- Is there a free app for meeting people?
- Misd is free for people. It's invite-only while it grows; get a code on misd.co.
- Is there an app for meeting people near me?
- Misd shows you people who were at the same place at the same time as you. Near you, yes, but because you actually crossed paths, not because of a radius.
Misd is invite-only
iOS today, Android soon. Get a code and bring your people.