enca - Meet IRL, keep the memory. No follows, no DMs.
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Tired of following everyone you meet? enca is a low-pressure way to stay connected. When you hang out, show each other a QR code and you each get a card of the other person. That's it. No follows, no DMs, no feed to keep up with, no numbers swapped. Your cards become a collection of people you've actually met, and the count goes up every time you meet again. Pick a cover that feels like you and collect limited ones at events. Free on iOS and Android.
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Hey Product Hunt!
Be honest: how many people do you follow that you met exactly once?
Somewhere along the way, "nice to meet you" turned into "what's your Insta?" And now there's another feed to keep up with, more stories to react to, and DMs you feel bad about leaving on read. We love our friends. We're just tired.
enca is our answer to that. When you meet someone, at a concert, a con, a meetup, or just hanging out, you show each other a QR code. You each get a card of the other person. That's the whole thing.
No follows. No DMs. No feed. No likes. Nothing to keep up with.
What you get instead:
• A collection of cards from people you've actually met in real life
• A count that goes up every time you meet again, so the friendship grows offline, not in a chat
• Group enca, so the whole group gets each other's cards at once
• Covers that make your card feel like you, plus limited ones you can only get at events and venues
Close enough to remember each other. Far enough that nobody owes anybody a reply.
(And yes, "enca" is a verb. It comes from "encounter.")
It's free on iOS and Android. Would you enca someone instead of following them? We'd love to hear what you think!