Not built to hook you
No feed, no streaks, no reason to keep scrolling. Cirlo does its job in seconds and gets out of your way. It earns a spot on your phone without stealing your time.
Now in beta on iOS
For the ones worth keeping.
People drift. You move, they move, life gets busy, and the friends who mattered slowly fade. Cirlo helps you hold onto them before they become someone you used to know.
First 100 testers get the app now, plus 3 months of Cirlo, with reduced limits at launch.
“I might lose friendships without any idea.”— early tester
01 · Circles
See the people who matter
Everyone who matters, in one view. Who you're close to, who's slipping away. Group them into circles that fit real life. Family, work, the college friends you actually keep up with. Not a contact list. A map of the people you don't want to lose.
02 · Drift
Know before they slip
It's the friend you keep meaning to text but never do. Cirlo nudges you while it's still easy, before the silence piles up and reaching out feels weird. No scoreboard. Just a quiet heads-up.
“I wouldn't have known I was drifting. The app actually helps me see who I'm losing touch with.”— early tester
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Jordan S
2d ago · Close Friends
Staying close
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Matt Z
1mo ago · College
Staying close
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David N
3mo ago · College
Staying close
Only 100 founding spots. Claim yours before they're gone.
03 · Reach Out
One tap to reach out
Cirlo tells you when someone's fading. Tap the notification and pick how to reach out. The message is already written, so tweak it or send as is. The hardest part is starting after months of nothing. Cirlo does that part for you.
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Reach out to Jordan
Choose methodjordan@email.com+1 (999) 999-9999
It's been a bit. What have you been up to? We should call.
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Messages
It's been a bit. What have you been up to? We should call.
Draft, not sent yet. Tweak it or hit send.
04 · Plans
From “we should hang” to actually hanging
A text is a start, but actually seeing each other is the point. Cirlo helps you turn that first message into a real plan before it fizzles. Grab a coffee, set up a call, lock in the thing you both keep meaning to do. Once you catch up, that connection resets to green on its own.
your plans
saturday, jun 7 · 2 upcoming
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BrunchConfirmed
Sat, Jun 7 · 11:00 AM
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Sun, Jun 8 · 7:00 PM
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2 going05 · Together
Better Together
Cirlo works fine on its own, but gets better as your people join. Plans sync between you in real time, and logging a catch-up resets both your circles. And when two of you are drifting, Cirlo can quietly ask if you're both up to reconnect. Only if you both say yes does it make the plan, so no one has to make the first move.
Drift isn't failure.
Some people are meant to drift, and that's what makes the ones you keep feel chosen. Cirlo helps you choose, without the guilt.
For human connection
Relationships are messy. Cirlo works with real life instead of against it.
Always yours
Your circles live in your account, not on a public feed. No likes, no timelines, no broadcasting. Just you and the people you care about.
Why I built Cirlo
— Promise Abel
I've had guys I was quite close to. We'd do different things, hit the gym, play random sports, go out at night, wander around the city for no reason. Just good people I genuinely clicked with.
Then someone would move. Sometimes me, sometimes them. And it'd slowly fade. Sometimes I tried to keep it going, a text every once in a while, but the gaps just got longer, each one harder and more awkward, until we drifted. I don't really talk to most of them now.
You do drift, that part's true. You get less close, the comfort fades, and there's no pretending it doesn't. The people are still there, still reachable, but leave it long enough and reaching back starts to feel forced. It might never be the same, sure. But you'd still want them in your life. That's the part that gets me.
That's why I'm building Cirlo. Not to guilt you into keeping everyone, but to catch the drift while reaching out is still easy, so the people worth keeping stay in your life instead of becoming someone you used to know.
— Promise Abel“If I'd had this when I moved, it would have saved a lot of friendships.”— early tester
Keep the good ones close.
Cirlo's live in beta on iOS. The first 100 testers get in now and keep 3 months of Cirlo, with reduced limits at launch.
Catch them before they become someone you used to know.