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24 alternatives to Circa

Location based community for students

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Circa launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Circa News 3▲313

   CliffsNotes for news. Follow stories that matter to you.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Circa▲88

   Find a time that works for everyone, in every time zone

   2015 · circa-app.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   There▲417

   Timezones of friends & teammates

   2024 · there.pm · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Threads▲274

   Share ideas & trends with text

   2023 · threads.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Whereabouts▲66

   Write posts and chat (group or 1-on-1) with people nearby!

   2017 · aelchim.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Chatr.▲81

   A location based social media for college campuses.

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   CircaNews.com 👻▲226

   To-the-point mobile news, now on the web

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Status▲367

   See what your friends are up to w/ automatic status updates

   2014 · trystatus.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Circa▲77

   News app with high quality curated content

   2013 · gcd.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Islands▲329

    Slack for College 🌴

    2017 · islands.im · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Anyway▲89

    A proximity live-feed for posts nearby!

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sunrise▲284

    Beautifully designed calendar app

    2013 · sunrise.am · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Clockwise▲202

    Stay in sync across time zones

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sunrise (web)▲249

    Sunrise Calendar on the web!

    2014 · sunrise.am · its alternatives →

15. 15
    WAYF – A Simple Scheduling App▲122

    A dead-simple web app to find the best time for your next meetup with friends. No logins, no bloat. Schedule with a link. --- When trying to schedule events with my friends, we often have a long text thread of sporadic dates and the group has to mentally combine all the messages to produce a date that works for all. There are plenty of apps out there to coordinate scheduling, but I found many of them were bloated with features that didn't matter to us, required user sign ups and app downloads. This friction is enough for us to prefer rudimentary long text threads. I wanted something that I…

    2024 · wayf.vercel.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Time.is▲82

    Exact time for any time zone

    2014 · time.is · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Live Location in Messenger▲209

    Share your location with your friends right in Messenger

    2017 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Phront▲72

    Sync, share & chat with your class

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Islands V2▲214

    Slack for college

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    WhenToPost▲92

    Using AI to find the best times to post to Instagram.

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Clocker▲114

    Keep track of people in different time zones

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Now▲143

    The future of online dating, Now.

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Threads▲138

    Share, discuss, and make decisions—no matter where you are.

    2020 · threads.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    ClockTweets▲104

    Schedule, analyze, and stalk challengers on Twitter

    2016 · swello.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →