Surround is the social way to meet people and actually do things together in real life — picnics, concerts, gym sessions, and spontaneous plans. Discover people with your friends, not alone, through Sidequests, Linked Friends, rich profiles, and women-first safety controls, built on Flutter with Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
Selected screens across the product — from marketing surfaces to in-app flows.
Challenge
One-on-one swipe apps made it hard to judge fit, awkward to break the ice, and lonely to explore a city — especially for women who wanted safety and social proof first.
Solution
Built friend-linked discovery so users see how someone fits a real social circle, recommend matches to friends, and form groups when networks overlap.
Challenge
Matches rarely turned into actual outings; chat threads stalled before anyone suggested a concrete time, place, or activity.
Solution
Shipped Sidequests — hosted or joinable activities from matcha walks to concerts — so there is always a low-friction plan to opt into.
Challenge
Profiles heavy on polished gallery shots made it hard to know who someone really was or whether images reflected reality.
Solution
Added prompts, interests, moments, temporary moods, and edited-content markings so profiles carried context before anyone connected.
Challenge
Social discovery needed granular visibility and messaging controls, girls-only options, and fast reporting without burying safety three menus deep.
Solution
Designed privacy-first controls for who can see and message you, girls-only Sidequests, and one-tap report and block across discovery and chat.
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