Bubbles

Bubble with me

Plans that make it out of the group chat.

Trips, flatshares, birthdays and every “we should totally…”. Jot it down, pull your people in, split the costs, and actually make it happen.

Open Bubbles

An early version, for people we’ve invited. Nothing to download. No account, no password.

From “we should” to “we did” in three moves

  1. Put it down

    A thought, a link, a voice note, a screenshot of the flat. Saved instantly, private to you.

  2. Start a Bubble

    Give the plan a name: “Lisbon in May”, “Flat 4B”, “Laura’s 21st”. That’s it, it exists.

  3. Send the link

    Your people tap it and ask to join; you let them in. No accounts, no passwords, no app store.

Your journal

Your brain, but tidier

Thoughts, voice notes, places, photos, lists and reminders. Type it how it comes out and Bubbles works out what it is. Private to you, on your phone.

How people use it

One plan at a time, start to finish. Swipe for the next one, or pick what you’re up to.

  1. A trip · with Rhea, Sam, Maddie and Diego

    The trip that actually happens

    Lisbon in May. Four of you, one group chat, and the flight times are already 300 messages up.

    1. Rhea types “Lisbon in May” and taps Start. Or starts from A trip for a head start.

    2. Invite, Share invite link, drop it in the chat. Each friend taps it, and Rhea picks Let them in.

    3. Dates going round in circles? Ask the group. Everyone weighs in; someone still decides.

    4. Diego books the flat and adds An expense. Back home, Settle up shows who owes who.

    Start from A trip

  2. The flat · with Noor, Jordan and Theo

    Flat admin, minus the passive-aggressive notes

    Rent, bins, the boiler, and a note on the fridge nobody has read since March.

    1. Noor starts from A flatshare and sends the flatmates the invite link.

    2. A job for someone for the bins. It’s Jordan’s once Jordan says yes: a favour asked, not an order.

    3. Bills go in as An expense, split between you. No spreadsheet required.

    4. Theo pays from his own banking app and taps Mark as paid. Noor confirms it landed.

    Start from A flatshare

  3. A birthday · with Christy, Wen and Jordan

    A birthday worth the hype

    Laura turns 21. Two friend groups who’ve never met, one surprise, zero leaks.

    1. Christy starts from A big birthday and invites the people planning it. (Not Laura. Obviously.)

    2. Rooftop or karaoke? Ask the group shows what everyone prefers.

    3. A list for the cake, the balloons and the playlist. Anyone ticks things off.

    4. The deposit and the present go in as An expense, split however you agree.

    Start from A big birthday

  4. Splitting costs · with Diego and Sam

    Who owes who, sorted

    Gig tickets, the taxi home, the 2am chips. Nobody wants to be the one keeping score.

    1. In any shared Bubble, tap More ways to add, then An expense.

    2. What it was, how much, who paid and who’s in on it. Done.

    3. Bubbles keeps a running balance, person to person. Settle up shows it.

    4. Pay in your own banking app, tap Mark as paid, and Sam confirms. No money moves through Bubbles.

    Start from Splitting the bills

  5. Just me · with Alex

    Somewhere for the thoughts at 2am

    The café someone mentioned, a voice note on the bus, the thing to ring about tomorrow. Just for you.

    1. On Today, type or paste anything. Nothing to sort first.

    2. It’s saved on your phone straight away, and only you can see it.

    3. More ways to add: a photo, a voice note, where you are, a list, a reminder or a link.

    4. When a thought turns into a plan with your people, start a Bubble for it.

    Open your journal

  6. Looking after someone · with Elif, Wen and Diego

    When someone needs looking after

    Mum’s operation, three of you in three cities, and nobody quite sure who’s visiting on Tuesday.

    1. Elif starts from Looking after someone together and invites the others helping.

    2. Appointments, numbers and what the doctor said go in once, so nobody repeats it.

    3. Visits and lifts go out as A job for someone, and you can see who said yes.

    4. No signal on the ward? Carry on anyway. The others get it when you’re back online.

    Start from Looking after someone together

  7. Family stuff · with Laura and Theo

    Family admin without the 47 texts

    Food shopping, lifts, who’s in for dinner, and the form that has to be back by Friday.

    1. Start from Running a household and invite the people at home.

    2. A list for the shopping. Whoever’s at the shop ticks things off.

    3. A reminder for the form, so it comes back on the day.

    4. Need a lift? A job for someone: a request, not an order, until they say yes.

    Start from Running a household

See each step played out

Every group chat has one of each

The planner, the list-maker, the one who just wants a heads-up, the one who turns up, the one who writes it all down. Bubbles works for all five. Which one are you?

Twelve places. Want one?

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