FAQ

ANEAR is a social app that connects you with friends and acquaintances in real life. The app shows you when contacts are in the same city or if someone is planning to travel to your city – without revealing exact locations.

ANEAR is suitable for anyone who wants to stay in touch with friends easily. It's particularly useful for former classmates, university alumni, clubs, or friend groups whose members live in different cities.

Yes, ANEAR is free to use. In the long term, we plan fair, local advertising for events in your city – without personalized tracking or data sales.

No, never. ANEAR only shows that you are in the same city – without street, address, or GPS coordinates.

In Ghost Mode, you are invisible to all contacts. You can also ghost individual people – you disappear from each other, even if you're in the same city. The other person knows nothing about it.

We work according to strict GDPR standards with European servers. Location data is processed exclusively on your device and not shared with third parties. You retain full control at all times.

When your planned travel period overlaps with that of a contact, ANEAR shows this overlap. This way you know in advance that you'll be in the same place at the same time.

Groups are private and invitation-only. You can plan and organize events together, with time-limited chats that delete themselves automatically.

ANEAR focuses exclusively on real encounters instead of endless feeds. No likes, no public profiles, no exact locations. Instead: city signals, travel plans, Ghost Mode, and private groups.

Yes, worldwide – as long as you have an internet connection.

Yes, anytime in the settings. Your data will be removed, except if it must be temporarily stored for legal reasons.

ANEAR was founded in 2025 by Maic Mattis and Dr. Markus Thies. We are an independent founding team from Stuttgart and finance ANEAR completely privately.