Now on the App Store · Android coming soon
LinkConnect is a human-first social network built for real people, real moments, and real conversation. No AI-generated feeds. No engagement traps. Just the humans in your world.
A look inside
Real screens from the LinkConnect app — no mockups.
Watch it work
A short film showing the feed, Photo Conversations, the Neighborhood map and Link Cards in motion.
Real screens from the app, captured on a phone — no mockups.
Why LinkConnect
You see the humans you chose to follow, in the order they posted. No engagement optimization, no AI-written slop.
Every account is age-verified 18+ and gated against bots. The people in your feed are real.
No public like counts, no infinite doom-scroll traps, no comparison metrics engineered for anxiety.
LinkChat messages are encrypted on your device. We can't read them. Neither can anyone else.
The ecosystem
Ways to actually talk to the people in your life.
End-to-end encrypted direct messages and group chats.
Real-time audio rooms to hang out with your Links, live and unfiltered.
Reply to photos with photos. Talk in images, not just words.
Human-made, human-scaled.
Short human-made video, capped at 3 minutes. No algorithmic firehose.
Go live to your Links with real-time reactions and comments.
Share moments — photos, thoughts, and long-form posts, chronologically.
Belong to something smaller than the internet.
Small communities built around what you actually care about.
Host and discover real-world events, from house parties to open mics.
See what's happening around you right now — and explore other cities too.
How you show up and who gets close.
Your identity as a 3D flip card — personas, moods, and pulse words on the back.
A private inner circle for the people who matter most.
Every account is age-verified 18+, so the people you connect with are real.
A signature feature that replaces the like.
A double-tap gives you 🔥 Hot, 🌡️ Warm, ❄️ Cool, 🧊 Cold, or ⚡ Electric — a real signal for how something made you feel, instead of a hollow thumbs-up. It rewards honest response over performative approval, and there's no public counter to game.
In real life
Four small stories — a photographer, a block, a corner shop, and a handful of close friends.
The travelling photographer
Maya shoots her way down the coast and every photo drops a pin on her trail. Links follow the dashed line from town to town, tapping each stop to see what she saw — a trip that reads like a map instead of a pile of posts.
The neighborhood group
The 12th Street crew runs their Circle like a front porch: post the idea, publish the event, watch the RSVPs come in. Reminders go out on their own, and nobody has to scroll back 300 messages to find the address.
The small business
Bloom Coffee shows up in Neighborhood for people a few blocks away — not the whole internet. Customers message the shop directly, RSVP to the Saturday tasting, and leave reviews that come from verified humans.
The people who matter most
Some moments aren't for everyone. Close Links is the short list — the messy photos, the hard weeks, the good news before it's public — shared with a handful of people and nobody else.
For Businesses
Real customers, real relationships. Verified humans, no bots, no algorithm burying your content — just a direct line to the people who actually want to hear from you.
Show customers you're the real business — verified, claimed, and clearly marked.
LinkChat with follow-up flags, so no customer question falls through the cracks.
Reviews from verified humans only. Respond publicly, flag abuse, keep it honest.
Show up in Neighborhood for people actually near you, not everyone on the internet.
Host events, workshops, and openings. Customers RSVP and get reminders.
Go live, post updates, share LinkClips. Reach the people who chose to follow you.
Real screens from a live business account.
Free at launch. Personal users, this doesn't change your feed — scroll on.
What we believe
Somewhere along the way, feeds stopped being about the people you chose. They filled with strangers, then with bots, then with content no human ever made. Engagement metrics started deciding what you saw, and how you felt about yourself.
LinkConnect is our reset. We think the humans in your life are more interesting than any algorithm. We think a feed should be chronological and honest. We think AI belongs in accessibility and safety — not in generating what you read. And we think you should feel better after using an app, not worse.
Our commitments to you:
Built by a small, independent team of humans who missed what social used to feel like.
Business model
Free for personal users
Every feature is included at launch. No subscription required to post, message, or join Circles.
No ads in your feed
Business promotion only appears in discovery surfaces, clearly labelled and capped.
We don't sell your data
Revenue comes from business accounts, not from your personal information or attention.
If we ever add paid features, they'll be additive conveniences — never ways to buy reach or rank above others. Read the FAQ.
Community & culture
LinkConnect isn't a town square. It's the group chat, the neighbourhood, the eight people who care about your Tuesday — verified humans at a scale where being decent is still possible.
Presence over performance
No public like counts, no follower vanity metrics, no streaks. Nothing to optimise.
Small rooms, not stadiums
Circles, Close Links and LinkChat are where the good stuff happens — by design.
Disagree without dogpiles
Push back on an idea. Don't turn a person into the day's entertainment.
What we expect
Comparison
Chronological feed, no ads in personal feeds, no public like counts, encrypted DMs — plus an honest list of the things large platforms genuinely do better than we do.
See the full comparisonWho's behind this
We're not advertiser-funded and we're not owned by a social incumbent. That independence is the reason we can keep a feed chronological, refuse AI-generated content, and encrypt messages in a way that locks us out too.
LinkConnect is free for personal accounts. Revenue comes from business tools — never from selling your attention or your data.
Real screens from the app, captured on a phone — no mockups.
FAQ
It's already here — LinkConnect is live on the App Store for iOS. Android on Google Play is coming soon.
Yes. LinkConnect is free for personal accounts. Businesses have optional paid features for promotion and analytics.
Business accounts pay for optional promoted events and campaigns. Personal accounts never see ads in their feed, and the feed is never ranked to sell your attention.
LinkConnect is live on the App Store for iOS — tap the button above to download. Android on Google Play is coming soon.
LinkChat messages are end-to-end encrypted. We collect the minimum needed to run the app, we don't sell your data, and we honor GDPR and US state privacy rights. Read our Privacy Policy for specifics.
A small, independent team of humans who missed what social used to feel like. Learn more on our About page.
LinkConnect is live on iOS. Download it now and find the humans in your world.
