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Meet new people through what they say, not how they look. Reply to a prompt, talk to people nearby, or join topic chat rooms — without revealing who you are.
I’m Uday, and I built Haylio on my own.
I kept trying apps for meeting new people and kept hitting the same two problems. Random chat apps feel empty: you skip, skip, skip and nothing sticks. Social apps turn into swiping on faces. I wanted something in between, where you talk first and keep the people worth keeping.
What Haylio does:
Instant 1:1 chat. Tap and you’re talking to someone new. Add interests if you want a better match, or skip whenever you like.
A daily deck instead of swiping. Each profile card has a prompt. You answer the prompt to connect. There’s no like button and no judging photos. The deck resets every midnight.
Chats disappear after 24 hours. Conversations aren’t stored forever. If you clicked with someone, send a connection request. If they accept, you can keep talking.
Topic rooms for group conversation, with reporting and bans built in.
Nearby (opt-in) shows people around you as rough distance bands, never your exact location.
Photos only between connections. They’re blurred by default and location data is stripped.
Why it’s different: Haylio is built for conversation, not dating and not endless browsing. Strangers only see your display name, and you decide who becomes a connection.
It’s on Android right now. Premium adds gender and interest filters, but the core experience is free.
I’d really value your feedback:
What makes you leave a chat app after the first day?
What should the next feature be?
I’ll be here all day answering every comment. Thanks for checking it out.
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About Haylio on Product Hunt
“Chat with strangers”
Haylio was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #152 on the daily leaderboard. Meet new people through what they say, not how they look. Reply to a prompt, talk to people nearby, or join topic chat rooms — without revealing who you are.
Haylio was featured in Android (57.7k followers), Messaging (52k followers) and Chat rooms (632 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 65.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Haylio?
Haylio was hunted by uday kumar. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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