1. Find a plan, or post one

Open M IN and you see plans within a few kilometres of you, today and this week. Nothing is ranked by likes, because there aren't any. Just what's on, where, and when.

Where you are sits at the top of the home screen; tap it to pick a city or use your location. Under Browse by activity, tap a circle and the plans filter to it, or tap Type your own for anything that isn't there, like pickleball. One row narrows it down further: Filters, Today, Tomorrow, This week.

A plan is small on purpose. It has a name, a time, a public place, and a number of spots. Something like this:

That card tells you what you need: the game, the area, the time, and how many people are still wanted. The host's name and verified tick are one tap away.

Posting your own takes about a minute. Give it a plain name, pick a time and a place, and set how many people you want, anywhere from 1 to 20. You can add a photo; it's checked before anyone else sees it. Specific plans fill faster. "Walk around KBR, 6:30 am, slow pace" gets more yeses than "anyone free?".

2. Ask to join

Found one you like? Tap Ask to join. That's it. You don't write a cover letter and you don't pay anything.

Your request goes to the host. Until they answer, you can change your mind and withdraw it, and nobody's put out.

3. What the host sees

The host sees a list of people who asked. For each one: their name, their photo, and the verified tick. They say yes or no. A no doesn't need a reason.

Once the spots are filled, the plan is full. If the host wants more people, they add spots. Hosts decide who comes, because they're the one letting strangers into their Sunday morning.

4. The plan chat

When the host says yes, you're in a small group chat with the host and everyone else who's going. This is where you sort out the details: who's bringing the bat, whether it's the first gate or the second.

The chat is private to the people in the plan, and encrypted in transit and in storage.
You can send voice notes, react to messages, and send a secret message that's seen once, then gone.
The host can drop a pin on the exact spot. The bench, the bandi, the ground's side entrance.

Nobody outside the plan can message you. There are no DMs from strangers on M IN.

5. On the day

Go. If you're not sure you're at the right gate, share your live location in the plan chat for 15 minutes, an hour, or until the plan ends. It switches itself off.

Can't make it any more? Leave the plan. Your spot opens up for someone else and you lose access to that chat. A quick "sorry, can't come" in the chat first is kind.

Got on well with someone? Wave at them. If they wave back, you get a private chat. If they don't, nothing happens and nobody's embarrassed.

Group deals at places

Some places give M IN groups 5% or 10% off the bill, sometimes a flat amount, when you go together. They show up in the carousel on the home screen. Our team agrees every deal with the place before it appears, and those places put an M IN sign up at the counter.

Make a plan from the deal. Open it and start a plan at that place. People ask to join as usual.
Go together. Some deals need a smallest group; the deal says how many.
At the bill, the host shows the plan's code. The place scans it in the M IN app and takes the discount off.

Until more places sign up, the carousel also shows offers and events our team picks from other apps and sites, like EazyDiner, Nearbuy, Swiggy Dineout, Playo and event listings. Each one says where it's from and links there. They aren't M IN deals and have no M IN code, so check the offer on its source before you go.

Have a café, restaurant, turf or venue? List it on M IN. It's free, with no commission.

What's private, and what isn't

Your phone number: Never shown to anyone. Not the host, not the people in the plan.
Your chats: Encrypted in transit and in storage. Only the people in the chat see it.
Live location: Only for the people in that plan chat, only while you're sharing, and we don't keep it.
Nearby alerts: Off unless you turn them on. We use a rough area, a square about 5 km across, never your exact spot, and delete it when you turn alerts off.
Your profile: Your name, photo and tick are shown to verified people on M IN, so hosts can see who's asking.
Blocks: Silent. The other person isn't told, can't see your plans and can't join one you're in.
Government ID: We don't ask for Aadhaar, PAN or any other ID.

Who it's for

Anyone 18 or over who'd do more things if one or two other people were up for it. People new to a city. People whose friends moved away, got married, or sleep by ten. People who want a game, not a group chat that never meets. It is not a dating app. Plans are usually three to six people, in public places.

We're starting in South India, with plans in Hyderabad and plans in Vijayawada first.

How a plan goes, start to finish