A slower app,
for better conversations.
Four small steps to a real conversation with someone in your city. Each one is short. Together they explain why the chats on Konnec feel different.
Sign up — free, no card.
Email and a password. We'll send a confirmation link. That's the whole step.
- ·Free to join, forever.No credit card required to sign up — at all, ever.
- ·One account, one city.You can travel. We optimize for your home base.
- ·Email-only at signup.We don't ask for your phone unless you choose to add it.
Build a profile that sounds like you.
Bio, photos, the languages you speak. We ask the small, specific questions that make a stranger feel less like a stranger.
- ·Prompts, not questionnaires.A handful of optional prompts. Skip what isn't you.
- ·Photos that aren't just selfies.At least one full-body photo, at least one that isn't a mirror.
- ·Languages you speak.Used to seed translation. People can see, before they write.
Verify with ID. Get the blue badge.
A live camera check against your passport or national ID. It takes under a minute. Then it's done forever.
- ·Live check, not just a photo.You hold up your ID and turn your head. No uploading old pictures.
- ·Your ID is never shown to other users.We check it, hash it, and discard the image.
- ·Free credits when you finish.Unverified accounts can browse, but messaging needs the badge.
Browse, then write — no swiping.
A small grid of people in your city. Read the profile. Then say something worth reading back.
- ·No swipe pile, no infinite scroll.A finite grid that resets daily. You don't get to be lazy.
- ·Translation lives next to the original.Tap any message to see the original, in their language, with their punctuation.
- ·First three messages are $1.After that, credits or Plus.
Translation that doesn't hide the work.
Type once.
Write in the language you think in. We translate to theirs as it sends.
See both.
Tap any message to see the original. Idioms, punctuation, all of it.
Correct, if needed.
If the translation is wrong, mark it. We learn. They see the fix.
28 languages.
Including the ones you don't see in other apps. Thai, Japanese, Tagalog, Bahasa.
One credit, one message. Then a real conversation, no meter.
You spend one credit to send the first message to someone new. If they reply, the conversation opens — no more credits for that thread, ever. The cost is on the cold start, not on the chat.
Reading is always free.
Browsing the grid, reading profiles, and replying to opened threads cost nothing. Credits only buy the cold start — your first message to someone new.
- Unlimited browsing
- Free replies, always
- No ads, no upsells
Three quiet promises about how Konnec behaves.
Every profile is ID-verified.
You don't message ghosts. Every blue badge is a passport or IC check we ran ourselves.
Your location is never exact.
We show neighborhood, not address. Your last-seen rounds to "today," never to a minute.
One tap to report, one promise to look.
A real human reads every report within 24 hours. Bad actors are removed without warning.
Asked, and answered.
Where can I use Konnec?
What if someone messages me first and I'm out of credits?
Can I delete my ID after verification?
Why no swiping?
What does Plus actually unlock?
Four small steps. Then a conversation.
Sign up free. You can be browsing in under a minute.