Percep2 — Talk to people nearby. Without adding anyone.

The problem

Before you can talk to someone,
you have to become someone.

A friend. A follower. A match. A saved contact.

The apps you already use were built to assemble a list of connections — and then, maybe, let you talk. Conversation became the reward at the end of a process.

So here's what happens. You're standing in a place full of people you'd have something to say to, and there's no way to say it. The restaurant that just opened. The show going on right now. The crash one street up. Everyone knowing the same thing, nobody saying a word to each other.

There's no shortage of people nearby. It just got harder to talk to them than to someone on the other side of the planet.

How it works

Open it. The conversation's already there.

You're already in two rooms

One for your neighbourhood, about a kilometre across, and one for the whole country. Both named after the place they cover. No friend list, no request to join — open the app and you're in.

Discovery shows what else is on

Chats people started about something specific — a match, a queue, a power cut. Say something and it moves into your list. Ignore it and it stays out of your way. Most vanish after two hours, built for right now.

If it was worth it, it keeps going

Whoever started the chat can turn it into a Closed Chat, and everyone already talking comes along. After that, people join by invite link.

What changes

Five things that work differently here.

Talk first, connect later

You shouldn't have to decide someone's interesting from a photo before finding out whether they are. Here the conversation comes first — which is the order people met in before the internet flipped it around.

Everyone gets a turn

No algorithm picking who shows up. If you're nearby, you're in the chat. Say something and it lands — it doesn't depend on having the most appealing profile, to other people or to a feed.

What's happening, while it happens

New restaurant. Show. Party. Crash on the main road. Beach closed for weather. "Anyone know where the bookshop is?" Neighbourhood information in real time, from people who are actually there.

You decide how much contact you want

Turn private messages off and keep using the chats normally. Block anyone. Direct contact is a setting, not a condition of using the app.

Your building, your office, your group

Message your whole building without anyone's number. Message everyone who works where you work. The group already exists — it's geographic.

Before you install

What you're probably wondering.

Can anyone tell where I am?

No. Nobody sees your exact location — not other users, not the people in your chats. Percep2 only needs to know which area you are in — your neighbourhood, and your country. That’s the whole of it. There’s no pin on a map, no address, no “300 metres away”. You’re in the area or you’re not.

Do I have to take private messages from strangers?

No. You can switch private messages off and still use every chat normally. And you can block anyone.

What if someone's a creep?

You block them on the spot, from their profile, in any chat — not just in private messages. Blocking hides their messages from you everywhere and stops them messaging you. You can also report any message or any profile, with a reason, and reports go to a person who reads them. Where a report holds up, the content comes down or the account goes. If something is taken down, whoever posted it is told why. And nothing lingers regardless: messages clear themselves out after 7 days in Open Chats, 30 in Closed and private ones.

Do I have to show my face or use my real name?

No to both. A display name is the only thing required, and it does not have to be your real one — pick whatever you want people to call you. Photo, bio, country and gender are all optional, all editable later, and you can leave them empty or clear them at any time. Your email address is never shown to anyone.

What does it cost?

Nothing. The app is completely free — including the Professional account, which also costs nothing right now.

So what's a Professional account?

An account type with two extra things: your Open Chats don't expire after two hours, and you can turn them into Closed Chats. Switching is free.

Why do chats disappear after two hours?

Because they're for what's happening now. A chat about the show ends when the show ends. Anything worth keeping becomes a Closed Chat; the rest gets out of the way.

Is this a dating app?

Not only. Some people are looking for a relationship, some want friends or someone to do something with, and some just want to know what's going on nearby. All three fit in the same chat, and that's the part that makes it work.

Does it work where I live?

There is no country list and no waiting list — open the app anywhere and you are in your area's chats immediately. That is why there are two: your neighbourhood is roughly a kilometre across, and early on it may well be quiet. The country-wide room is not. So a quiet street is never a dead end — it is one row above a room with everyone else in it. As more people around you join, your neighbourhood becomes the livelier of the two on its own. We are starting in Malta, which is why it is worth being early there.

Something the page didn't answer? There are people reading. Write to support@percep2.com — we answer within 7 days. Inside the app, Help & Support in the menu goes straight to whoever builds Percep2.

Before you can talk to someone,you have to become someone.