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Cities have locals. Now you can become one of them. Hilads is the app that turns travelers into locals through real challenges. Locals dare you to find their best phở, hidden rooftop, or secret market. You meet face-to-face. You earn points. You climb the Most Local ranking - wherever you are in the world. Take on challenges, meet real people, discover what's happening tonight in your city. From Saigon to Berlin to Manaus. Stop visiting. Start becoming local.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Jaclette, a French solo founder based in Ho Chi Minh City. I've lived here for years now, and over time I noticed something strange - most travelers leave Saigon never having experienced what makes it actually alive. They see the temples, eat at restaurants Google recommends, take the same photos as everyone else, and miss the city entirely.
Meanwhile, every city in the world has people who *know* it. The locals who know the best phở stall (not the one with English signs), the rooftop nobody talks about, the right time to be at the market. That knowledge stays trapped in their heads.
I built Hilads to fix this.
Hilads is the app that turns travelers into locals. Locals dare you to find things only they know - through challenges. You meet face-to-face when possible (we even give you a bonus for it). You earn points. You climb the Most Local ranking in each city - and across cities.
A week ago, I challenged someone in Manaus from Saigon to show me a tambaqui, an Amazonian fish I've never seen in my life. Someone in Manaus joined the app and accepted. That's what Hilads is about: real human encounters, anywhere in the world.
What I'd love to hear from you:
- Have you ever wanted to "be local" somewhere, not just visit?
- What's the most local thing you've ever done in a city you didn't live in?
The app is live on iOS and Android. Become local. Anywhere.
Happy to answer any questions about the product, the journey, or what's next.
Jaclette
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About Hilads on Product Hunt
“The app that turns travelers into locals.”
Hilads was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #106 on the daily leaderboard. Cities have locals. Now you can become one of them. Hilads is the app that turns travelers into locals through real challenges. Locals dare you to find their best phở, hidden rooftop, or secret market. You meet face-to-face. You earn points. You climb the Most Local ranking - wherever you are in the world. Take on challenges, meet real people, discover what's happening tonight in your city. From Saigon to Berlin to Manaus. Stop visiting. Start becoming local.
Hilads was featured in Global Nomad (30.7k followers), Travel (42.3k followers) and Community (3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 17.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Hilads?
Hilads was hunted by Huynh Jacques. 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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