Boop is a private mutual-intent app for people you already know. It is for the moment when you think about someone but do not know if making the first move would be welcome: an old friend, family, a former coworker, a crush, an ex, someone from the past, or the person you keep almost texting. Reconnection is one use case, not the whole category. Boop helps you find out if the thought is mutual, without exposing the first move. Anonymous until mutual. Nothing is revealed unless it is mutual. No public search. No swiping. No people-you-may-know feed. You choose who to add.
Trusted by early members in Stockholm and quietly used by people who simply had someone on their mind and wanted a softer way to find out if it was mutual.
You add someone you already know by phone number. You send them a Boop. They receive a quiet, anonymous nudge that someone is thinking about them, but not who. If they never add you back, nothing is revealed. They never know it was you. There is no rejection, no awkward read, nothing to take back. If they independently add you and Boop you too, it becomes mutual. Your names appear at the same moment, on both screens, and a private chat opens. That is the whole product: one small, consensual step toward the person you were already thinking about.
Boop never uploads your contacts. You add people one at a time by phone number. Phone numbers are turned into one-way hashes the moment they reach our servers, so your raw number is never stored in app data. Boops expire after 24 hours. Chats are text-only and disappear after seven days. There are no read receipts, no typing indicators, no online status, no public metrics, no algorithmic matching, and no stranger interaction. Nothing to perform. Nothing to score. Consent at every step.
Boop is for old friends who lost touch, former coworkers who liked each other, family members who drifted apart, and anyone you still think about but have not messaged. Boop is live as an early MVP. It is free to use, Sweden-first, 18+, and built as a web app you can install on iPhone and Android. The core Boop loop stays free: send an anonymous Boop, reveal only if it is mutual, and chat when it becomes mutual. No public search. No contact upload. No feed. No stranger browsing.
Boop exists for one specific moment: you are thinking about someone you already know, and you do not know if reaching out would be welcome. Boop turns that hesitation into a small, consensual signal. You add the person by phone number. You send a Boop. They are told someone is thinking about them, never who. If they independently add you and Boop you back, names reveal at the same instant on both sides and a private chat opens. If they never do, nothing is revealed. There is no rejection, no awkward read receipt, nothing to take back. Boop is not a dating app, not a discovery feed, not a place to meet strangers. It is a private mutual-intent app for people you already know. Reconnection with an old friend, family, or a former coworker is one use case among others: a crush, an ex, the person you keep almost texting.
Safety is built into the mechanic, not bolted on afterwards. Because Boops are anonymous until mutual, the person you reach out to never feels pursued and you never feel rejected. Add only people you actually know. Block works before and after a match and persists across account recreation through one-way phone hashes. Reporting is available in-app. Chats are text-only with server-side link handling and disappear after seven days. There are no read receipts, typing indicators, online status, public metrics, algorithmic matching, or stranger interaction. If something feels off, you can clear the chat, end the connection, or report the person from inside the app.
Boop is built around minimizing what we store. Your phone number is normalized and turned into a one-way hash protected by a server-side pepper the moment it reaches our servers. Your raw number is never stored in app tables. Boop never asks for your contacts and never uploads them. You add people one at a time, by phone number. We use a privacy-preserving pair-token protocol so we are not building a giant directional graph of who wanted to reach whom. There are no cookies for tracking, no third-party trackers, no advertising network, and no behavioural profiling. Boops expire after twenty-four hours. Chats are text-only and expire after seven days. You can delete your account and all associated data from inside the app at any time.
Boop is a private mutual-intent app for adults eighteen and over, for people you already know. By using Boop you agree to use it only to signal interest in people you already know, not to harass, stalk, spam, impersonate, or repeatedly contact someone who has not signalled mutual interest. You may add people manually or pick from your contacts as a convenience; the contact picker is for intentional adding only. You may not enumerate, probe, scrape, or build lists of who is on Boop. You agree to provide a real phone number you control for the one-time SMS verification used during signup. Misuse, including attempting to identify anonymous senders or abusing the invite, adding, status visibility, or quota systems, may result in account restriction or suspension. Boop is governed by Swedish law.