TribeLinesBusiness guideFree walkthrough
Your first TribeLine, start to finish.
Ten minutes end to end. Drop a tribe where you are, gather your kin, share the moment, and let it clear when the night does.
Free setup checklist
Tick these off as you walk through them — your first TribeLine is at the end.
Step 1 of 14
Welcome to TribeLines
This is the green room for the real world. You drop a TribeLine on the map where you are, your Kin join you there, and everything you share lives in that spot before it evaporates.
Step 2 of 14
Turn your location on
TribeLines only works with live location. When your phone asks, choose Allow while using the app and keep precise location on — that's how we place your pin and show you public tribes within 5 miles.
Step 3 of 14
The app knows where you are
Stand anywhere and the map reads the place around you — restaurant, bar, club, cinema, station, shop. Tap a suggested venue and it names your TribeLine for you.
Step 4 of 14
Drop your first TribeLine
Hit Drop a tribe, name it, and choose who sees it. Public shows it to anyone with the app within 5 miles. Private keeps it to your Tribe plus anyone you send the link to. You are now the Chief.
Step 5 of 14
Choose how long it lives
Every tribe defaults to one hour. As you earn rewards you unlock longer drops — up to eight hours for Founding Kin — and you pick the duration right in the drop screen.
Step 6 of 14
Call your Kin in
The share sheet posts your Join Me link straight to WhatsApp, X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or your phone's own share menu, with the caption written for you.
Step 7 of 14
No app? No problem
Every tribe has a QR code and a guest link. Anyone in the room can scan it and see the tribe in their browser without installing anything — then join properly when they're hooked.
Step 8 of 14
Approve who joins
Join requests queue up on your Tribe screen. Chief Assist reads each request against your tribe's vibe and recommends approve or decline with one line of reasoning — you always make the final call.
Step 9 of 14
Share the moment
Kin drop photos, video and voice notes into the pin. Video plays full-screen as you scroll, everyone can react with a tap, and the Chief decides with one switch whether Kin can save media to their phone.
Step 10 of 14
Talk inside the tribe
Each TribeLine has live chat for the people in it. Messages appear instantly, the bell tells you when you're missing something, and the whole thread disappears with the pin.
Step 11 of 14
Tribes that move with you
Run club, bike ride, pub crawl? Switch on Moves with me and your pin follows your phone, leaving a trail your Kin can follow live. The screen stays awake by itself while you're moving.
Step 12 of 14
See where your Kin have been
The Kin Trail shows the places your people have actually shown up at, so you can find the room that's already warm instead of guessing where the night is.
Step 13 of 14
Streaks, points and rewards
Check in daily, drop media and pull in new Kin to build your streak and climb from Newcomer to Founding Kin. Higher tiers unlock longer tribes and more perks. Loving the app? Leave a review from your profile and earn points for it.
Step 14 of 14
Make your profile worth following
Add a headline, your city, a profile anthem from Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud or YouTube, and pick your Top Five Kin. Write articles on your public profile, keep a Keepsake recap of your best nights, and report or block anyone who spoils it.
One last thing
Then it disappears
When the timer runs out, the TribeLine and everything inside it evaporates. That's the point — no feed, no archive, no trace. Read the Tribe Vibe and save your Keepsake recap before it goes.