Hoot Me — IRL Meetup App to Hang Out With People Nearby in India, USA and Japan
Hoot Me is an IRL meetup app built for people who want to hang out in real life, not stay trapped in endless chats. Discover verified people nearby for clubbing, hiking, travel, road trips, concerts, dinners, parties, fitness meetups and community hangouts across India, the United States, Japan and worldwide.
Download Hoot Me free on iOS and Android to join nearby events, create your own plans, meet new friends, bring your existing crew along, and discover trusted freelancers for events.
Hang Out With People Nearby Through Real-Life Events
Instead of scrolling alone, Hoot Me helps you hang out with verified people through public activities that already match your interests. Join clubbing nights, hiking groups, travel plans, concerts, road trips, restaurant meetups, house parties, pool parties, fitness classes and local experiences hosted by real people.
Hoot Me is designed for friend groups, expats, travelers, students, professionals, newcomers to a city, and anyone who wants a real social life instead of another chat thread.
Why Hoot Me Is Different From Other Meetup Apps
Hoot Me combines a live event map, friend discovery, group hangouts, safety verification and event hosting in one app. Users can join up to 5 events and create 2 events every month for free. Premium membership is $9.99 per month for unlimited event joins and unlimited event creation.
Profiles are verified with AI selfie checks and optional government ID badges, helping reduce fake profiles, bots and catfishing. Hoot Me encourages public meetings, real plans and community-led experiences.
Event Hub — Everything About Your Plans in One Place (Coming Soon)
Your plans deserve more than a group chat. The upcoming Hoot Me Event Hub keeps every detail of a hangout in one place: location, date, time, participant list, group chat, polls to decide the plan, a shared photo album, a built-in bill splitter to calculate who owes what, and one-tap sharing of your event recap to Instagram, TikTok and Stories.
Discuss, decide, attend, share photos, split the bill and remember it — plan it, meet up, capture it, remember it. Events can also be made private, so only the people you invite can see the event, its location, chat and photos, while public events stay discoverable on the live map for meeting new people.
Freelancer Discovery Marketplace for Events
Hoot Me also includes a live discovery platform for creative talent and event freelancers. Businesses, hosts and organizers can discover photographers, videographers, DJs, musicians, influencers, tour guides, caterers, makeup artists, decorators, bartenders, club promoters, business promoters, event hosts, MCs, fitness trainers and more.
Hoot Me Journal
Read weekly guides on making friends, hanging out IRL, moving to a new city, expat life in Japan, social events in India, finding hiking buddies in Bangalore, and hiring freelance creators for events.