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Finding people who share your participating passion — to go hiking , biking , run , whatever — is a pretty enduring problem . existent booster and family unit are n’t always going to be into the same sporty pursuit as you and making new crony at the gym or crag can be kinda ill-chosen . Ditto trying your luck on random Facebook or WhatsApp groups . Step forwardLiveliness , a Spanish inauguration build a community app around shared sporting passions .
The freemium app , which was exhibit this workweek at 4YFN during the MWC barter show , let user set up a profile to find others with the same bodily process interests .
There ’s a chat function and the power for user to localise up events other users can sign up to join . It also features a feed of ( non - substance abuser ) organized consequence , geared toward learning and improving at different sports , such as run clubs , street yoga , callisthenics session and so on . These can include pay events , giving the inauguration a route to pull in commissions . It also plans to monetize through a premium interpretation of the app , with additional features for ratifier .
Helping users connect with qualified sports coaches is another designing goal for the app .
Founder and CEO Marco Savino say he had the idea as he was keen to find multitude to go hike with and was n’t impressed with other meet - up apps ( including the longtime actor in this space , Meetup ) — control a gap for an app dedicated to showy types . “ The main idea of the app is people can produce plan together , ” he told us . “ For example , I want to go to the beach tomorrow and do running — so you could issue your programme and people can join . ”
The app was sonant launched almost a year ago but scram a major update last summertime . “ We started in August last year to improve the app and get all the feedback , ” said Savino . “ We have — mainly here in Spain — in total like 2,300 user . In the last three month people really start to use the app , making plans , creating issue . ”
Users ramble in years from immature to middle aged . There ’s also a big mix of sport interest — and user can tag one or several interests — but he suggests running is presently the most popular .
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“ We just tried to make the app as unsubdivided as possible so people understand and know how to use it , ” he added . “ If you go and see all the plans , you could see the the great unwashed talking and doing some meeting so it ’s really nice to see hoi polloi start to realize the app and use it . ”
With mainstream societal web feeling increasingly break as a human connection tool , there could be an opportunity for niche societal electronic web like this one to quietly elbow in and build adhesive friction by make more welcoming and biotic community - minded space focused around shared interest . Fitness trailing appStrava has certainly been getting more active on the societal networking front .
Hurling insults in the online culture wars is n’t a fun pastime for most people . Why not tune out the auditory sensation and fury of X et al . and take a punt on a small internet that might actually help enlarge your societal circle ?
