Your contacts app stores numbers. friendlist helps you act on them. It reminds you when someone's birthday is coming up, nudges you when you haven't been in touch for a while, and lets you group people by context — your book club, your old teammates, your work clients — so you always know who to reach out to and when. Think of it less as an address book and more as a personal relationship manager that actually prompts you to stay connected.

In order to support running costs, friendlist follows a freemium model. Users will be able to enjoy all the features of the app for free but will be limited by the number of connections and communities they can add. friendlist enthusiasts will be able to upgrade to premium which removes these restrictions.

Social media and messaging apps are great for broadcasting and group chats — but terrible at helping you maintain individual relationships quietly and intentionally. They're built for engagement and noise. friendlist is built for the opposite: a private, distraction-free space where you keep track of the people who matter and get gentle reminders to reach out one on one. No feeds, no likes, no algorithm deciding who you see.

Most people are up and running in under five minutes. Start by adding just the people you've been meaning to reconnect with — you don't have to import your entire contact list. Add a birthday, a note about how you know them, and drop them into a community. That's it. You can build it out over time as it becomes part of your routine.