1. OneFriends keeps true and real friendships alive. True friendships = never expire.
If you have true friends you would like to keep in genuine contact with, by adding them on OneFriends, you will be able to easily catch up on an agreed frequency. OneFriends provides a sincere way of keeping in touch. Even as things change in your life, OneFriends will allow that bond of friendship to continue to exist.
Put simply, OneFriends helps us spend more time with people whose company we enjoy, doing activities we enjoy. In this way, we experience more happiness and fulfilment.
As true love is an excess of feeling and therefore can only be truly felt towards one person, so it is that real friendship is a commitment that can only be made to a small number of friends. Therefore, on OneFriends we would typically only add between 5 to 15 true and real friends. The name \"OneFriends\" represents two main ideas. The first is of unity and mutual support among friends. The second is that each particular friendship we have on the app is important in itself — even though we may have many such friendships. OneFriends is about meaningful relationships.
2. Solves the common problem of nobody reaching out to organise a get-together
When friends haven't contacted each other for some time, it becomes increasingly likely this silence will continue. There is a natural inertia to it. Also, there’s often a feeling that if your friend hasn't reached out to organise a catch up or get-together, there’s no need for you to be proactive and reach out first. Should this continue, what was once a good friendship can easily become dissolved to the point of not really existing. OneFriends specifically solves this problem.
If friends have made that commitment to see each other regularly, OneFriends automatically sends an invite to both friends when it’s time to meet up, meaning the burden of continually reaching out to initiate a get-together is taken off you and your friend. Instead, OneFriends acts as a reliable bridge between friends. Whilst your phone model may become old, your friendships will remain strong.
3. Working out a time is effortless
With OneFriends, there’s no need to message back and forth trying to work out when each friend is free and what time works for both friends. OneFriends streamlines the process. After friends accept a catch up invite, they are prompted to select the times and dates in the next two weeks which suit them. If there is a matching time between the two friends, that is then set automatically as the time. Otherwise, friends can see the preferred times in the event screen and select one by voting.
4. Attend or organise fun real life activities and events
The focus of OneFriends is on allowing us to interact with true friends in real life. While messaging and social media can be convenient for communicating, nothing can truly replace seeing those you care about face-to-face. It is timeless and it is valuable; it is enjoyable and it is meaningful. Seeing friends in real life brings a higher quality of social interactions, compared to virtual contact, and hence creates a higher quality of friendship.
OneFriends allows group activities of all kinds to be easily organised. From group dinners to playing sports; and from yoga to games, they can all be organised on OneFriends. OneFriends streamlines the process by letting the event organiser decide on all the details. An invitee either accepts the invite or declines. OneFriends events create certainty and simplicity. The app will send out a notification reminder the day before and an hour prior to the event so nobody forgets. Users can also chat with other invitees to an event in the group chat. OneFriends events link seamlessly with Google Maps, meaning you will know exactly where the event location is and navigating there is most simple.
5. Reconnect with old friends and stay connected
We all have great friends from the past that we have now essentially lost contact with. We may have said to each other to definitely stay in touch, or to catch up soon, but that never did happen. What happened was old friendships began to fade.
Using OneFriends provides a great reason to reach out and connect with old friends we still care about. By asking a good friend from the past to join you and connect on the app, that friendship can be revived and maintained. Some may call this experience nostalgia; others could call it loyalty. Whatever we call it, it is something that most likely enriches our lives.
6. The OneFriends design
We care very much about design. OneFriends is simple to use, clutter-free and elegant in design. OneFriends is mindful of only sending notifications to users when actually necessary.
7. Privacy
OneFriends aims to collect minimal data about its users and this will never be sold to third parties. There are no likes, no comments and no news feeds so we don't actively monitor your preferences in this way.