Show HN: Convosphere – Real-life proximity chat
(convosphere.app)3 points by jothetaha 2 days ago
The idea for Convosphere came to me a few years ago, when I was visiting a friend in Sardinia. I had just landed at the airport and needed to get to the train station. I wanted to share a taxi with someone else but didn’t feel like going around asking people one by one. That’s when it struck me: what if there were an app that allowed me to instantly connect with everyone nearby – like a group chat for people in the same location? That became the seed of the project.
On the technical side, Convosphere is built with Flutter for cross-platform development, and the backend currently runs on Firebase+Firestore. The app is available as a web app, Android, and iOS, and it supports location-based group and one-to-one chat, events, and a trust score system for safer interactions.
You can try Convosphere at the following links:
WebSite: https://site.convosphere.app/
WebApp: https://convosphere.app/
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.convospher...
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/it/app/convosphere/id6737458247
Feedback welcome!
I love the idea, was waiting for ~20 years to materialize. The UI on Android/Web is very inaccessible. Tiniest fonts I ever seen on my screen. Also, on the radius selection widget, the counter showing "1 online" is confusing: I believe the counter should not count myself.