HappenousMeeting people you don’t know yet.
What Happenous does to make meeting safer, and what it doesn’t. A two-minute read before your first Activity.
If you’re in danger, call 112. Happenous can’t send help. Get somewhere safe, then report it in the app.
Your meeting point stays private.
The exact meeting point is never public, and our servers enforce it.
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Before you’re accepted
An approximate area
Until you’re accepted, you see an area about 3 km across.
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Once you’re in the Crew
The exact point, for the Crew
Only the Host and accepted Crew see the meeting point.
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If you leave
Hidden again, straight away
Leave the Crew and the meeting point is hidden again.
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Always
Nobody sees where you are
No live location, and photos lose their location on upload.
Who gets in, and who came.
A specific plan, a Host who decides who comes, and a record of who turned up.
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Around one Activity
You meet to do one thing, at a stated time and place.
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The Host approves the Crew
The Host accepts, declines or waitlists every request.
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Check-in records who came
Each person enters the Host’s code at the meeting point.
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Reviews only from people who were there
Only people who both checked in can review each other. Private notes go to our safety team only.
Before you go.
Ordinary good sense, with the app’s help.
Meet in a public place
A park gate, a café, a ground. Never someone’s home.
Read the whole Activity
The level, the cost in ₹, what to bring, the house rules.
Look at the Host’s profile
What they’ve hosted, and reviews from people who turned up.
You can always leave
No reason needed, and it never counts against you.
On the day: Activity Mode.
From an hour before, the meeting point, Crew chat and safety tools sit on one screen.
Share my plan
Send the plan to someone you trust, from your own phone.
Running late
Tell the Crew how far away you are, in one tap.
Can’t find the group
Let the Host know you’re there and looking.
Safety
Report, leave, or call 112 from the same screen.
Who can reach you.
Strangers can’t message you, nobody sees your phone number, and Nearby Buddies is yours to step out of.
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Chat only where you’ve agreed to it
Your Crew’s chat, which closes a day after, and your Buddies.
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Your number stays yours
Your phone number and email are never shown to anyone.
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You choose who sees your profile
Public, Buddies only, or private. Change it any time in Settings.
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Pause Nearby Buddies
For an hour, three hours or the rest of the day. Nobody sees you, and your position is deleted.
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Hide from one Buddy
Neither of you sees the other in the water, and they aren’t told. Undo it in Settings.
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Bumps go quiet
After three bumps you haven’t answered, your phone stops buzzing for the next ones.
Blocking and reporting.
From any profile, Activity, message, Moment or comment.
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A block works both ways
You disappear from each other: search, messages, requests and Moments.
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Reports are read by people
Our safety team acts on them, and records a reason for every action.
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Nobody is told who reported
We don’t share outcomes either. Timings and appeals
Adults only
Happenous is for people 18 and over. We ask your date of birth before you join or host, and delete any account that belongs to someone younger.
The Host Code
Every Host accepts it before they can publish an Activity.
- Describe the Activity truthfully.
- Say clearly what it costs.
- Use the agreed meeting point.
- Look after your Crew until the Activity ends.
- Respect anyone who leaves.
- No surprise guests — only the Crew you accepted.
- Follow the safety requirements for your category.
Once the Activity ends, the Host is no longer responsible for the Crew. From then on, everyone is responsible for their own decisions.
Read it in the TermsWhat Happenous doesn’t check
We don’t verify identities, run background checks or give trust ratings. Reviews describe what happened before, not what will happen next. Meet in public, tell someone where you’re going, and leave if anything feels wrong.
Get Happenous.
Free, for anyone 18 or over.