A community app for gay and LGBTQ+ people, not a dating app. See what's happening nearby, and find your people in Meetups.
18+ only. Free to download.
Tonight 19:40 · Shinjuku
Tonight 20:15 · Nakano
Saturday 10:30 · Shinjuku Gyoen
Shinjuku Wine Club is getting drinks tonight at 7. Anyone want to join? 🍷
Impromptu board game night in Nakano at 7. First-timers welcome 🎲
Saturday run from Shinjuku Gyoen, all paces welcome 🏃
Open the app and see the Shouts from people around you: a walk tonight, a show closing this weekend, a pop-up board game night. React, comment, or translate anything in another language. You only ever see a rough distance, never anyone's exact spot.
Spot a Meetup you like on a Shout or in Discover, or get invited, and join. Then check the schedule, post on the board, and chat with members. Regular meets bring back familiar faces, and every impromptu night brings someone new.
Got a question, a plan for tonight, or something happening nearby? Shout it out! Add a Meetup you're in if you like, and let people around you discover and connect. Your exact location stays private.
A Shout is a short post for the people around you. They react, reply, translate it if it's in another language, or start a 1:1 chat with you. Your exact location stays private; others only see a distance like "within 500m".
The queer photography show at a gallery in Shinjuku was wonderful. It closes this weekend, so go see it!
Tap a reaction. These are the same animations as in the app.
Anyone in a Meetup can post a Shout about an impromptu gathering with the Meetup attached. People nearby tap the card and land right on the Meetup. Met someone nice on a Shout? Invite them to your Meetup.
Writing a Shout? Tap Link and pick a Meetup you host or belong to.
It goes out with the Meetup card attached.
On Home, your Shout carries a Meetup badge.
Open the Shout, and the Meetup is one tap away.
Link your MeetupWriting a Shout? Tap Link and pick a Meetup you host or belong to.
Every Meetup is its own small community. Get to know the members on the board, plan on the schedule, and keep talking in the Meetup chat.
Notices, hellos from new members, free talk, photos from last week, and polls on where to go next.
Impromptu nights and regular meets in one list, like a Saturday morning run from Shinjuku Gyoen.
Hosts approve who joins, so every community stays friendly and safe.
The questions we hear most, answered the way you'd hear it in a Shout.
So it's another dating app?
Nope. You start with what's happening nearby, not a grid of profiles.
Who would I actually meet?
People who share an interest. Runners, board gamers, book people, all in their own Meetups.
Plans in chat usually fizzle out…
Here they go on the Meetup schedule, with a date and a place.
What if I'm free tonight?
Check the Shouts. Meetup members post Shouts about impromptu gatherings nearby all the time.
And after your first gathering?
You stay in the community. Familiar faces every week, and new friends every time.
Can I still chat one-on-one?
Yes. Start a 1:1 chat, or talk with everyone in the Meetup chat.
Download PONGE, Shout what you're up to, and find your community wherever you are.
