Your profile
Put a face to the people you pass. Your profile introduces you to others nearby, and the people you've met stay here so you can find them again.
Meet people nearby. Keep in touch.
PocketPass is an app for meeting people nearby over Bluetooth and staying in touch through chat.
Android
- Version
- See the releases page
- Size
- Shown with the release
- Published
- Shown with the release
- SHA-256
- Listed in the release's update.json
iOS
- Version
- 0.2.5 beta
- Requires
- iOS 16 or later
- Get it from
- TestFlight
Take a look
Conversations
Keep the conversation going after you've met. Send a quick message, share a photo or bring everyone together in a group chat.
Friends
Add the people you want to stay in touch with, see who's around and send a wave to say hello.
Games and rewards
Play a round of Bingo, collect puzzle pieces and see how you're doing on the leaderboard. The tokens you earn can go towards a new hat for your Piip.
Settings
Make PocketPass feel right for you, from its look and sounds to the notifications you receive. This is also where you manage your account and nearby encounters.
Your Piip
Make a Piip that looks like you, or try something completely different. Pick its features, play with colours and save a few favourites to switch between.
How it works
How passes work
The idea is the same as StreetPass on the Nintendo 3DS.
1
Your phone holds a few passes
The app keeps a few single-use passes on your phone. Your data is completely private this way.
2
Passing someone spends one pass
Two devices with PocketPass in Bluetooth LE range automatically send encrypted payloads to eachother using these passes, which means your device identifier data is never compromised
3
Both of your devices confirm
Once both of your devices confirm the pass, your Piips now show on eachothers devices!
Passes are anonymous until both sides confirm, and encrypted so they cannot be copied or forged.
Tokens
Tokens and games
Earn tokens by passing people, playing games and walking. Spend them on hats.
Earn tokens
- Encounters
- 30 tokens the first time you meet someone, 5 for meeting them again on another day.
- Weekly Bingo
- A new card of goals each week. 25 tokens per completed line, 150 for a full card.
- Puzzle Swap
- Pieces come from passing people and walking, or 15 tokens each.
- Walking
- With Step Rewards on, 1 token per 400 steps, up to 25 tokens a day.
Play
Bingo
Puzzle Swap
World Tour
Step Rewards
Avatars
Piips
Your Piip is the avatar other people see when you pass them.
Make one in the editor, keep a few in slots, or import a Piip with a Pretendo Network ID. Hats cost tokens in the shop, and a Ko-fi membership unlocks all of them for 36 days per payment, matched by your Ko-fi email or the account named in the message.
Developers
Developer API
Sites and apps can connect to PocketPass accounts.
Sign users in with PocketPass and use the API for profiles, friends, messages, notifications, tokens and encounters, with live updates. People see what an app asks for and can disconnect it at any time.
Community
Community and support
Have any questions or bugs to report? We have a discord for that! Ko-fi memberships help pay for hosting; if you signed up with a username, put @yourusername in the Ko-fi message.