wimzi

say where you're going. see who can make it.

wimzi is for the plans that happen in the next two hours. Post a ping; every friend sees whether they can get there in time, and taps I'm in. No group chat to wrangle, no plans to plan.

get the app iPhone · free · friends only
the wimzi feed: a ramen ping starting now, with 'starting now' and 'mia's going' stickers, a verdict line reading 29 min away, and an I'm in button 18 min away · you'd make it friends only

how it works

now, one word, a place. that's a plan.

Three taps to post. Nothing to fill in, nobody to invite one by one. Your friends' phones do the rest.

1

post a ping

An emoji, a few words, a place, and when. Bowling at eight. Coffee walk, now. Pick a look if you feel like it.

the create sheet: bowling at highland park, 30 minutes from now, Highland Park Bowl, a pink send it button
2

everyone sees their own answer

Each friend gets a verdict worked out on their own phone, from where they're standing: "18 min away, you'd get there 22 min early". One tap to say I'm in.

the feed with a verdict line under each ping
3

who's coming, and how far out

A map with your route, the people going, and their pins if they've switched on on my way. It stops when they arrive.

a ping's detail: the poster, the map with a friend's pin 14 minutes out, and the people going
a ping's chat: lane 7 come thru, bringing my own ball, 10 min out save me a lane

under every ping

talk only to the people going.

The chat is scoped to the ping. It starts when the ping does and it's gone a week later. No thread that lives forever, no scrolling back to find the plan.

  • 🗺️
    a map with your routeand everyone's eta, if they've shared it
  • 👋
    one "we're here" from the hostat start time, to everyone coming
  • ⏱️
    move it, close it, call it offthe host stays in charge; everyone's told
  • 🔕
    mute a busy oneyou still see the chat, it just stops buzzing

the rules

the opposite of an event app.

Most of what wimzi is, is what it refuses to be.

friends only

no discovery, no followers, no strangers.

You add people with a link or a handle, and only they see your pings. Make groups for the people you always ping together.

your location stays yours

the verdict is computed on your phone.

Your position goes nowhere unless you turn on on my way for one ping. Then it goes to that ping's people, and is deleted when the ping ends. No ads, no tracking, no selling anything.

two hours, then gone

pings expire. yesterday is gone.

The point is who's around right now, and whether you can be there in time. There's no calendar, no history, no maybe.

get wimzi

iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Free.

get it on the App Store

Got an invite link from a friend? Open it after you install and you're friends.
Got a ping link? Open it and you're on the ping.