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24 alternatives to Radius Chat

Talk to people nearby

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Radius Chat launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Slack Chats▲362

   A place to discover and join private Slack groups

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Chat Circles▲71

   Meet people. Hang out. Explore.

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Instant Map Chat▲198

   Chat with people in real-time on a Google Map

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Radius – A Meetup.com alternative▲351

   Hey everyone! I'm introducing Radius - a project I've been working on for too long! It's an early stage and pretty minimal (which, according to YC means I launched early enough) alternative to Meetup.com, built using Ruby on Rails. It's a platform for creating thriving communities and discovering events around you. What can you do on Radius? - Want to create a group, post events and gather RSVPs? You're covered! - Want event discovery? Coming soon™! I'm a software engineer based in the UK. My first attempt to make this failed spectacularly when I hired a budget dev years ago to "build an…

   2024 · radius.to · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Path Talk Places▲159

   Message People and Places in One App

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Circle▲106

   Connect with people near you

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tick Chat▲92

   Chat via nearby persons. Instant, Secure, Anonymously. 🕶

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Snapchat Chat▲160

   Putting the Chat into Snapchat

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Hooks Chats▲117

   Push notifications meet real time conversations

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Reach▲99

    Chat with likeminded people nearby, anonymously

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    WiFi chat. Chat with people on your Wifi network.▲30

    2012 · wifichat.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    NearGroup▲112

    Discover people via chatting, not swiping (Speed+Blind Date)

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Let's Chat▲321

    Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mention for Slack▲334

    Real-time monitoring + real-time chat

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Connect by Twitter▲103

    A better way to connect with people

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Slacking Pigeons▲109

    Chat in real time with your users directly from Slack

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Snapchat Our Story▲124

    Experience live, real-time events together

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Community Chats by Meta▲84

    Organized text, audio, and video chats for Facebook Groups

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    RadarChat.io▲126

    Meet your neighbors

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Drift for Slack▲200

    Talk to your website visitors & customers in real-time

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Public▲205

    Group chats. Great conversations. 💬

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Onyx▲92

    Talk w/ friends wherever there’s a mobile signal (pre-order)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Chatty▲89

    Chat with strangers all around the world in Messenger

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Bubble Chat▲65

    Discover a new way to chat on Facebook

    2013 · its alternatives →

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