What's new
litnear keeps getting better. Here's what we've added and improved lately, newest first.
- A plainer privacy policy. The privacy policy is rewritten in short, plain sections: what we keep, what other members see, which outside services we use and how to download or delete your data. Nothing about how we handle your data has changed. Try it
- Replies are easier to read. When you reply to a message in chat, the message you're answering now shows as a framed quote at the top of your reply, so it no longer looks like part of what you wrote. Tap the quote to jump to the original.
- An easier start. Browse now asks for your location before it shows a deck, with a one-tap button, so every distance you see is measured from somewhere real. Big phone photos now upload first time (we shrink them in your browser before sending). “Use my location” fills in your city and country for you, and typing a postcode now finds your town or city by name. If the handle made from your name is taken, you get one with a number on the end instead of an error. The profile editor now tells you straight away when “I want to meet” leaves out a side your orientation suggests, whatever your orientation — and reminds you that Everyone includes non-binary and genderfluid people. Try it
- Matches open straight to the chat. When you open the profile of someone you've already matched with in Browse, it now says “Matched” and offers Open chat, instead of a Like button and a message request you didn't need. Try it
- Hear when someone new is near. You now have a “Near me” saved search that sends a notification when someone new shows up in your deck — at most once a day, and it never says who. Find it, or delete it, under Filters in Browse; switch these alerts off in Settings → Notifications. The evening “people near you are looking now” notification is also on for everyone, and now counts even one person. Try it
- Always see photos unblurred, if you want. Settings → Privacy → “Blur nudity” now covers profile photos as well as chat. Switch it off and photos that may contain nudity always show unblurred, everywhere, with no tapping. Switch it back on any time. New members now also add a location (their own, or a suburb or postcode) before they start browsing, so distances in Browse mean something. Try it
- Snappier likes and chats. Likes, passes and messages now show the moment you tap, instead of waiting on the server. If a message can't send, it stays in the chat marked “Not sent” with a Retry, so you never lose what you wrote. Chats keep your place when you've scrolled up and show “↓ new messages” instead of jumping, messages sent close together sit as one group, and typing shows as dots. A match now gets its own moment, with both your photos and a few openers to get you started. Lists show their shape while they load, and photos fade in. Try it
- Photos you chose to see stay uncovered. When you tap to view a photo marked “May contain nudity”, it now stays uncovered on every page, after a reload and on your other devices. If someone has chosen to blur their own photos, their profile now says “Blurred until they reveal” instead of offering a tap that couldn't uncover anything; ask them in the chat, and they choose whether to reveal.
- Faster browse and chats. Browsing near you is quicker, especially in busy cities, and new photos show up in the grid straight away. Long chats now open at your latest messages instead of catching up from the start; scroll to the top and tap “Load earlier messages” to go further back. Scrolling is smoother and easier on your battery, and scrollbars are slimmer and match the theme. Try it
- Their profile, from the chat. In a chat, tap the person's name or photo at the top to see their whole profile: photos, bio, kinks and limits. If their photos are blurred, “Ask to see their photos” puts a polite request in your message box for you to send; they choose whether to reveal (chat ⋯ → Reveal my photos). Tap any photo flagged as possible nudity to view it, as anywhere else. Try it
- See who you're showing to. Browse now tells you, once, how many people you're in the grid for. It works both ways: you see, and are seen by, people you're open to who are open to you too, and you can widen who you'd meet in a tap. With a distance set, people who haven't added a location now appear too, at the end of your deck, instead of not at all. Try it
- Favourites. Tap ☆ on anyone's profile to keep them in your favourites. It's private: nobody is told, and it isn't a like. Find them under Matches → Favourites or with the Favourites filter in Browse; starred chats sit at the top of Matches. You'll get a quiet heads-up when a favourite is looking now or comes online (never who, at most one an hour; switch it off in Settings → Notifications). Try it
- Browse one by one. Pick “One by one” at the top of Browse to see everyone you haven't liked yet, a full screen each: scroll and it snaps to the next person, with like and pass right there. On a phone the grid is tidier too, with just the name, age and distance on each photo; the rest is a tap away. In a profile, tap the right or left of the photo to flip through their photos, and swipe down to close it. Try it
- A clearer radar, easier to read everywhere. The Tonight radar is tidier: your beacon and what to show sit in one panel, the rings mark round distances, and when nobody's lit up the dial says so instead of sitting empty. Across the site, text boxes have clearer edges, small labels are a little bigger, keyboard focus is easier to see, and “recently online” is now a ring so it no longer relies on colour alone. Try it
- Closed means closed. Close a site notice, the map guide, the forum welcome or a profile tip and it stays closed on every device, including litnear saved to your home screen. A new notice still shows. Some notices now come with a short video: tap Watch.
- Hold a profile to peek. On a phone, press and hold anyone in the Browse grid to see a bigger photo, how far away they are and what you have in common. Let go to close it, or tap to open the full profile. Grid tiles now show the distance first, so it's no longer cut off. Try it
- Swipe through photos. On a phone, swipe left or right on a profile photo to see the next one, with a slide as it changes. Profiles opened from the forum and Matches get the same glowing frame as Browse. The invite popup now stays away for two weeks when you tap “Maybe later”, and for good after the third time. Try it
- Reminders for quiet matches. If you match and nobody says hi, or someone's been waiting a day for your reply, you'll get a gentle push: at most one a day, only in the daytime and only while you're away. It never says who. Turn it off under Settings → Notifications → Match reminders. Try it
- Tighter privacy around location and reading. Distances you see when browsing from a trip are now rounded like any searched place, so nobody can pin down where someone lives by adding trips around a city. Opening a chat no longer moves it up the other person's Matches list, so read receipts really are off when you turn them off, and vanish messages no longer linger in the Matches preview. Profile videos can now be up to 10 minutes long (still 95 MB).
- Your photos and videos are encrypted too. Like your messages, every photo, video, voice note and chat photo you upload is now encrypted when it's stored, and so are our backups. If our storage or a backup were ever leaked, the files would be unreadable. Location data is still stripped from every upload. And nobody at litnear browses your chats: there's no screen for it. Moderators only see messages and chat photos when someone in that chat reports it and attaches them. Try it
- An easier map. The Map view in Browse now shows a quick guide the first time you open it: what the layout means and how to get around (it's under “Controls” any time). On a phone you can pinch to fly in and out, and on a computer W A S D gets you there faster. Try it
- Cleaner profile cards. Names and ages no longer run under the like and pass buttons, and profiles without a photo get the same card as everyone else. A blurred photo now uncovers right where it is when you tap it; tap again to see it full size. Try it
- See who's online now. A green dot on someone's photo means they've been active in the last few minutes, across browse, radar, matches, chat and the forum. Prefer to stay low-key? Turn off “Show when I'm online” in Settings; like read receipts, it works both ways. Try it
- A notification bell in the header. One place for everything waiting for you: new messages, new matches you haven't said hi to yet, people who like you (still anonymous until you like back) and forum replies, each a tap away.
- Know when someone likes you. You'll now get a notification when someone likes you, and waiting likes count on the Matches badge. Who it is stays a secret: like them back to match and find out. Try it
- A weekly catch-up email. If you've been away, we'll send at most one short email a week saying how many likes, matches and messages are waiting. No names or photos, just counts. You can switch it off in Settings. Try it
- Profile videos. Add up to three short clips (30 seconds each) to your profile, plus three more to your secret album for the matches you choose. Location data is stripped from every video when it's uploaded. Try it
- A tidier forum. Threads are easier to scan, boards and your groups are listed separately, and new members get a welcome card pointing to every board. Moderators can now remove posts that break the rules completely, not just hide them. Try it
- Friendlier error pages. Broken links and the odd hiccup now land on a proper litnear page with a way back, instead of a blank screen.
- Install litnear on your phone. Add litnear to your home screen from your browser and it opens like an app, full screen with its own icon.
- Browse and radar show the nearest people first. In busy areas you now always see the people closest to you, rather than whoever happened to come up first. Try it
- Liked people stay on your grid. Liking someone no longer makes them disappear from browse. They keep their spot with a ♥, so you can find them again. Try it
- Your chats are encrypted. Messages, forum posts and event addresses are now encrypted when they're stored on our servers.
- Premium is free until March. Every member gets premium free until the end of February 2027, including exact bearing and distance on the radar. Nothing to sign up for. Try it
- Tap a forum author to see their profile. Curious who wrote that post? Tap their name on any thread or comment to see their profile. Try it
- More safety and inclusivity. Block straight from any profile or like, optional pronouns, an orientation filter in browse, read receipts you can switch off, and better browse results for trans and genderfluid members.