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What it's actually for

A single example of how In Town can benefit you.

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01The situation

There are people you'd see more of, if you knew when to

Not the close friends you already text every week. The other ones — the college roommate two states over, your brother's family, the guy who moved for work. You'd happily get dinner. You just never find out they were forty minutes away until the photos show up afterward.

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Your friends

0 nearby

  • Jordan ReyesNot nearby · updated 12m ago
  • Sam WhitakerNot nearby · updated 1h ago
  • Priya NairNot nearby · updated 2h ago
  • Marcus BellNot nearby · updated 5h ago

Quiet most of the time. That's the point.

02Setup

You join a group

Someone already in the group shares the group's password with you directly. You join, and from then on everyone in the group sees each other's name, proximity, and phone number. For the one-off friend who isn't in any group, you can send a friend request directly.

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Groups

WCWeekend Crew12 members

Joined with a password

Members

0 nearby

  • Jordan ReyesDenver area
  • Alex DuarteKansas City area
  • Nina PatelDallas area
03Six weeks later

Jordan drives south for a wedding

He isn't thinking about the app. He isn't checking in anywhere or posting about it. His phone, however, is checking if friends are nearby — the same thing it has been quietly doing all along.

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Jordan Reyes

updated just now

Rounded to ≈ 11 km before sending

Somewhere in this square. That is the most precise answer the app has.

04The product

You both get a notification

Seventy miles apart is close enough to be worth a text, so In Town says so — once, to each of you. At this point, the app has done its job. Now it's up to you.

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In Town

now

Jordan Reyes is in town

Someone from Weekend Crew is nearby.

Sent once, to both of you.
Nothing to open. Nothing to watch.

05The part that matters

Coffee at four. Exact locations never shared

You knew Jordan was around. Jordan knew you were around. You coordinated a spontaneous hangout, taking advantage of your time in town.

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  • wait — are you actually here?
  • in town till Sunday! wedding thing
  • coffee at 4?
  • yes. send the address

The address came from Jordan, not from us.

That's the whole idea

In Town exists to make that moment possible. No precise location sharing, no map of your friends to scroll through at midnight. Re-connecting friends in person, even when you aren't expecting it.

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