Layers makes it architecturally impossible for strangers to message, call, or find you — not a toggle, not a setting, but enforced server-side through mutual contact verification. 100% phone-verified users. E2E encrypted. Built-in location sharing, group calendars, polls & real-time chat translation — all within your trusted circle only. No ads. No algorithm. No strangers.
Hey PH 👋 — I'm Gerard, the founder of Layers.
The idea came from a simple frustration: every "private" app I used still let strangers reach me if they tried hard enough. Privacy was always a setting, never a guarantee.
Layers flips that. Mutual contact verification happens entirely on-device — your contacts are never uploaded to our servers. If someone doesn't already have your number, and you don't have theirs, the connection is blocked before it ever reaches the network.
Would love honest feedback from this community, especially on the positioning. Happy to answer any questions about the architecture or the thinking behind it.
I think this will get more and more important in the AI Era. So many people trying to reach you and get your attention with automated flows and outbound.
About Layers on Product Hunt
“The private network strangers literally can't reach you on.”
Layers launched on Product Hunt on April 22nd, 2026 and earned 60 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #42 on the daily leaderboard. Layers makes it architecturally impossible for strangers to message, call, or find you — not a toggle, not a setting, but enforced server-side through mutual contact verification. 100% phone-verified users. E2E encrypted. Built-in location sharing, group calendars, polls & real-time chat translation — all within your trusted circle only. No ads. No algorithm. No strangers.
Layers was featured in Android (57.1k followers), Productivity (650.7k followers), Messaging (51.9k followers) and Privacy (11.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 187.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Layers?
Layers was hunted by Gerard Heng. 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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