Familiar: Faces and Places
Social Networking
Only for iPhone
Free
iPhone
Familiar shows you what's actually happening around you — and gives you a reason to go.
Run clubs. Trivia nights. Neighborhood cleanups. Sunday watch parties. Real groups, at real places, that meet again and again. Browse what's near you, join what looks like your kind of thing, and show up in person.
START SOMETHING
Anyone can start a group. Pick a real place, say when it meets, write a line about it — your town can find it from there. Keep it open to everyone, or approve each person who asks to join. Every group gets a private board where members sort out the details: who's bringing what, who's running late, where everyone's meeting.
SEE YOUR TOWN
A map of the groups meeting near you, and the places your own week actually takes you. No feed to scroll. No follower counts. Nothing to perform.
FAMILIAR FACES
Here's the part no other groups app can do. Familiar quietly notices the places your daily path takes you — the coffee shop, the gym, the same morning walk — so when you're looking at a group, it can tell you that you've already crossed paths with people in it. Not strangers from the internet. People your real life already puts in front of you.
BUILT FOR REAL LIFE, NOT SCREEN TIME
• Your exact location is never shown to anyone — only place names
• Crossings appear on a delay and never in real time, so the app can never be used to see where someone is right now
• Background detection is optional, off by default, one switch to turn off
• Report and block on every profile, every group, every post
• 18+ only
Open it, find something worth going to, and close it. That's the whole point.
Ratings & Reviews
Events are here.
A group can now be a club that meets again and again, or a one-time event with a real date — a street festival, a cleanup, a fundraiser. Pick the days and time, or pick the date, and your town can find it.
Reminders.
You'll get a nudge the day before and again the morning of anything you've joined, so you don't miss something because the week got away from you.
Also in this update:
• Close the map panel when you want the whole map
• See any group on the map before you decide to join
• Faster sign-up — fewer questions before you're in
• Better support for larger text sizes and dark mode
The developer, blake silver, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- blake silver
- Size
- 39.7 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- This app is rated 18+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Blake Silver