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Flare is an iPhone app that introduces people at the same event. Guests scan in and answer a few questions, and Flare lights two compatible people’s phones in the same color and rhythm. They follow the light across the room, it holds steady when they’re together, and then the phones go away.

Partly, but only in person. Flare has three kinds of introduction: dating, friends and work. There are no photos, swipes, chats or feeds, and it only works at a live event. You can’t browse anyone, and nobody can find you from home.

You can try the demo any time to see how the light behaves. Real introductions only happen at a live event, because they need a code from the host in the room.

Yes, for now. Flare is an iPhone app and needs iOS 18 or later. If much of your crowd uses Android, it isn’t ready for your event yet. Guests on older iPhones without Ultra Wideband can still take part, using Bluetooth to sense closeness.

Not yet. Tell us if that’s what’s stopping you from running an event: hello@downloadflare.app.

Guests never pay. Hosts pay once per event for its size: up to 10 is free, 15 is $29.99, 50 is $79.99, 100 is $149.99 and 250 is $299.99. There’s no subscription and no per-match fee. Prices are U.S. prices, and Apple shows your local price before you buy.

In the app, open the menu, choose Host an event, create a matching template or use Flare’s defaults, then create the event and go live. Here’s the full guide.

No. Everything runs on your iPhone: templates, events, the code, live controls and results.

Yes, up to 12 per template. Each can be single choice, multiple choice, a 1 to 5 scale or short text, and you choose how each answer shapes introductions. How to create a template.

Up to 250 guests per event right now. We recommend a small rehearsal first, then an event of 50 to 100, before you fill a bigger room.

No. You see totals: how many joined, how many introductions were offered, how strong they were, and how many led to a meeting. You never see anyone’s answers or who matched with whom.

They’re how Flare grades fit from people’s answers: a Spark is compatible, a Glow is strong and a Flare is rare. You see the totals in your results. Guests never see a grade on a match, and it doesn’t predict how a conversation will go.

Each different phone that joins uses one place, across the whole event. Rejoining on the same phone doesn’t use another. Someone leaving doesn’t free their place for someone new. How to choose a size.

Yes. Run this event again copies the venue, capacity and exact questions, and proposes the next monthly date. Each event has its own code, results and payment.

Templates and events are tied to your iPhone’s secure identity, and can’t yet be moved to another phone. If you’re running something important, keep a note of your questions, and share the invitation separately. Email us about an active event.

Each guest needs an internet connection, over cellular or Wi-Fi, to join and be matched. If signal is poor, offer guests the venue Wi-Fi.

Yes. Pause matching stops new matches for a moment like a speech. It ends active introductions, and guests need to rejoin when matching resumes, so use it sparingly.

Your event, including the venue, its safety, age checks where the law or your event requires them, and responding to reports. Don’t describe Flare as screening, verifying or guaranteeing the safety of guests. It doesn’t do those things. See the terms.

Open Flare at the venue and scan the live code on the event’s screen, or type the six-digit code your host reads out. If you scanned a poster with your camera, the page will tell you how to finish in the app. Step by step.

The code changes every five minutes and only works while the event is live. That way, everyone you could be matched with is actually in the room.

No. Guests don’t create accounts. Their phone holds a secure device key that’s used instead. Flare asks for an optional first name in the profile, which stays on the phone and is never sent to our service.

In order: first, code applies the rules that can’t bend, like both people being adults, mutual preferences at dating events, and blocks. Next, it shortlists the best candidates for each person using your questions. Then an AI model ranks those shortlists using answers alone, and Flare picks the best pairs across the whole room. More on matching rules.

Their light keeps searching. New people arrive and others finish resting, and Flare tries again. In a small room, or for someone with narrow preferences, it may not find anyone, and your welcome should say so. Guests who chose a Good or Strong match can widen their chances by switching to Okay.

Yes. While your light is searching, choose Okay, Good or Strong beside Light up for. Each event starts at Okay, and you can change it any time until you’re matched. A match has to reach the higher of the two people’s levels, so lowering yours never gives someone else a weaker match than they asked for. Nobody sees your level.

Tap Clear, right under the light. Both lights end straight away, and the other person sees “Not this time” with no reason and gets their rest time back. You rest for about two minutes, and the two of you won’t be matched again at this event.

So you have time to actually talk. By default the rest is 45 minutes for dating, 30 for friends and 15 for work. If you couldn’t find your match, or the match timed out, it’s refunded. If you clear a match, you rest for about two minutes instead.

While you’re looking for someone, keep Flare open. While you’re waiting for a match, you can put your phone away with notifications on, and Flare will tell you when your light finds someone.

That’s where it works best. In a bright room, the rhythm and the phone’s vibration do more of the work, and the pulse still quickens as two people get closer. The app also has a Beacon mode that uses full brightness to make the light easier to spot.

No. Flare doesn’t use GPS. Closeness is worked out between the two matched phones over Bluetooth and, where available, Ultra Wideband. That distance never leaves the two phones, and our server never receives a position.

Nobody you meet, and not your host. Answers go to your event’s private room to do the matching. They’re deleted when you leave, when the event ends, or after 12 hours at most. Read the privacy policy.

Not through Flare. When the event ends or you leave, the match ends. There’s no message, no profile and no way to look someone up.

While you’re lit, tap Block or report under the light. A block means you’ll never be matched again at any event. A report also goes to the organizer and to us. How safety works.

In the app, go to Settings and choose Delete everything. Here’s exactly what that removes.

No. Flare is for adults 18 and over, at any kind of event.