Your social life, by design.

Igodo is a free London app for making new friends as an adult, through curated in-person gatherings we call connects.

A few recent connects.

Each one curated by someone on Igodo.

Jazz It Up at NT's Loft: the group talking in a red-lit room under paper lanterns
Jazz It Up at NT's Loft. Live jazz under paper lanterns. Strangers at 7, planning the next one by 10.
People browsing a stall at the Playing Outside market
A wander through the Playing Outside market. Slow browsing, makers' stalls and easy chats with the people behind them.
London Side Quests: five of the group in a mirror in a gilded room, a chandelier behind them
London Side Quests. The kind of day you'd never plan alone: a picnic, Mayfair's galleries and a friendly debate about where to eat.
The Sunday Chapter at Sevente: three people reading at a round table, red coffee cups between them
The Sunday Chapter at Sevente. Good coffee, quiet reading and chats between chapters.

The next connects.

Jazz It Up

Live sets, spoken word and whatever else is worth a detour after work

A tradition curated by Rho.

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The Sunday Chapter

Chill sundays with a book, a coffee and a few other readers.

A tradition curated by Gyamfia.

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More to follow.

Belong to a tradition in the app, and you'll hear when there's a new date.

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How it works.

  1. Find a connect that suits you.

    See what's on across London and who's curating it.

    The Igodo home screen: a few connects sorted for you, with what is coming up

  2. Join or curate a connect.

    The curator sets the size. A set time, a public place. The exact address opens once you are in.

    A connect in Igodo: its picture and title, curated by two people together

  3. Say hello, then go together.

    Everyone going is in one group chat before the day, so you arrive knowing a few names. We call it the circle.

    A circle chat in Igodo: the people in a connect talking in one thread

  4. See them again.

    Stay connected with the people you meet.

    The people you met, in Igodo: the five who were there, each with a Stay connected button
Optional

The quiz, if you want it.

A few questions place you among six social styles, and Home sorts connects by how well they fit yours. Some connects ask for it before you join.

A social style result in Igodo, Wanderer, with what it means for you

The opposite of a feed.

Most social apps want your attention. Igodo wants you out the door. No feeds to perform for, no streaks, no swiping. Just real, curated plans, and the people who pick the same one.

If it works, you need it less over time, because the people you meet become yours.

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Some connects come round again.

Those are traditions. Belong to one and you'll hear when the next one is on, and anything its curators want to say in between.

The Sunday Chapter Chill sundays with a book, a coffee and a few other readers. Curated by Gyamfia Jazz It Up Live sets, spoken word and whatever else is worth a detour after work Curated by Rho London Side Quests Exploring London, a few of us at a time. Curated by Ayra

The house rules.

One-to-one messages only open once you've both chosen to stay connected, and anyone can be blocked or reported.

A one-to-one conversation in Igodo, which opens once you've both stayed connected
  • Show up.

    If you say you are coming, be there, and tell the circle early if that changes.

  • Be open and kind.

    Everyone is a stranger making the same leap, so make room for them.

  • Be someone they can see.

    A photo that shows your face and an about line that says who you are.

  • Look after each other.

    Meet somewhere public.

Rho, Igodo's founder

What if it were easy to meet new people, platonically, over the things you already love or want to try? Easy to grow your circle as an adult? That's what I'm building Igodo for. Making new friends shouldn't be as hard as it is.

Rho, founder

Got a plan of your own?

Curate it on Igodo. We help the right people find it, you welcome them in your circle and you get a report after every connect. Igodo charges no fees, even on paid seats.

Curating on Igodo

Run a night or a venue?

Plenty of people want to go to nights like yours but don't want to go alone. On Igodo they go together.

For venues and organisations

We are more digitally connected than ever, yet more socially disconnected. Let's change that.

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