Why We Built Droozi
A meetup app that earns your trust by never asking for more than it needs.
The problem with existing apps
Every major location-sharing app operates the same way: share your live GPS position with a group of people, and let them watch you move around in real time. It works — but it comes with a cost most people haven't fully considered.
Live location tracking means a continuous stream of your movements is stored on someone else's servers. That data is valuable — to advertisers, to data brokers, and in ways that may not be obvious at signup. Apps that offer location sharing "for free" are often monetizing the very data you're sharing.
Beyond the privacy concerns, live tracking solves the wrong problem. Most of the time, you don't need to know exactly where your friend is right now. You need to know if they'll be in your city next week, or whether you'll overlap at that conference in October. That's a planning problem, not a surveillance problem.
The insight behind Droozi
The team behind Droozi spent years as frequent travelers — consultants, founders, and remote workers constantly moving between cities. The pattern was familiar: discovering after the fact that a colleague or old friend had been in the same city the same week, with no meetup because neither of them knew.
The fix wasn't more tracking. It was intentional, future-looking sharing. If you could tell your network "I'll be in Austin from the 14th to the 17th" — in advance, on your terms, with full control over who sees it — that's all you need. No live GPS required.
That's the insight that became Droozi: plan your future without sharing your present.
Our privacy-first philosophy
Privacy-first isn't a marketing claim at Droozi — it's an architectural constraint. We built the product so that capturing live GPS data is technically impossible, not just against policy. We have no mechanism to read your location history, sell it, or share it.
This matters because policies can change. A startup can be acquired. Terms of service can be updated. But when privacy is baked into the architecture — when the system is designed to not collect data — there's nothing to expose.
We believe this is what the next generation of social apps should look like: apps that deliver real value without demanding surveillance as the price of admission.
The mission and what's ahead
Droozi's mission is to make in-person connection effortless for people who are always on the move. We're building for the consultant who lives out of a suitcase, the founder who hops between startup hubs, the friend group scattered across three continents.
The roadmap ahead includes deeper calendar integration, advanced privacy controls, a web app, and tools designed for distributed teams who want to coordinate in-person time without the overhead of a corporate scheduling platform.
Every feature we build will be held to the same standard as the first: does it make real-world connection easier, and does it do so without compromising the privacy of the people who trust us?
What we stand for
Privacy is non-negotiable
We will never capture live GPS data, sell location information, or monetize your movements. This isn't a policy we can change — it's the architectural foundation Droozi is built on.
Real connection over digital presence
Social apps have optimized for engagement metrics and screen time. We optimize for the number of real, in-person meetups our users have. That's the only metric that matters to us.
Minimal data, maximum utility
We collect only what is necessary to provide the service. Future pins, RSVP data, and contact relationships — nothing more. We don't build advertising profiles. We don't track behavior.
Transparency in everything
Our privacy policy is written in plain English. Our roadmap is public. When we make decisions that affect users, we explain why. No dark patterns, no buried consent flows.
Try it for yourself
Free on iOS and Android. See the full feature list or read the FAQ.