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Tired of swiping? Try playing.

HootsCove is a dating app you walk around in. Meet people near you by doing something together first, then see who they really are.

  • Play a round of golf, go fishing, throw darts or make pottery
  • Walk up to someone to say hi, like you would in real life
  • Every member's selfie is checked by a real person

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We open where the most people sign up. Tell us where you are.

We use this only to decide where to open first and to tell you when it does. We never sell it or share it, and you can ask to be removed at any time by emailing hootscove88@gmail.com.

Four friends laughing around a campfire by a lake at dusk

Welcome to the Cove

Play together. Spark something real.

HootsCove is a little world by the water: a golf garden, a pond to fish in, a café, a game room and an art studio. Come in as an avatar, do the things you already like doing, and see who you meet along the way.

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How it works

Do something together before you decide anything.

Walk in

Make an avatar and step into a shared world: the outdoors, a kitchen, a game room, an art studio, a café.

Play

Invite someone to a round of golf or a game of darts. Catch a fish and hand it to them. Talking comes easily when you are busy.

Meet for real

Open their real profile and photos. If it clicks, the app suggests public places near you both and you send an invitation.

Three steps: play together on the golf course, discover the real person behind the avatar, then choose a public place nearby to meet
Concept artwork. The people shown are made-up demo profiles.

Behind every avatar

Play as an avatar. Meet the real person.

On top, the date you have in the game. Underneath, the real people who were playing. You see their photos only after you've spent time together.

Two avatars playing mini golf and chatting on a dock at sunset, with the real man and woman behind them in selfies by the sea Two avatars fishing on a lake dock and sharing a campfire, with the real man and woman behind them in selfies by the lake Two avatars on a tropical mini golf course giving each other a high five, with the real couple in a selfie at the bottom

Concept artwork. Everyone shown is a made-up demo person.

Built to feel safe

You choose who gets to know you.

Real people only

A person checks every member's selfie against their photos before they get a Verified badge.

Your location stays yours

Others only ever see roughly how many miles away you are, never where you are.

Block and report

One tap removes someone for good, and reports go to the people who run HootsCove.

Concept artwork: a woman's avatar putting on a garden golf course, and her real profile beside it with her photo, Maya, 32, looking for a relationship
Concept artwork. Maya is a made-up demo profile.

Be there when the doors open. Meet us at the Cove.

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