ChatApp

What ChatApp does

ChatApp, operated by Guiang, Inc, is a US-incorporated mobile social networking application founded in 2013 and based in Pomona, California. The product targets individual consumers seeking to discover and connect with new people in their physical vicinity, combining four core features — Radar (location-based discovery of nearby people and clubs), Moments (a social feed of nearby users' posts that cross-posts to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr), Meet (initial greetings to radar users), and Chat (text, audio, emoticon, and image messaging) — into a single iOS and Android application distributed globally through Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The company has expanded the product surface with two additional features: 60 Second Video Meet for short synchronous video introductions, and Party for hosting online events with 60-second speed-networking sessions between guests.

The underlying technology is a conventional cross-platform mobile application stack (iOS and Android clients plus backend services) with no disclosed AI/ML, no public API, and no SDK. ChatApp is currently made available free of charge for personal, non-commercial use; the Terms of Service reserve the right to charge but provide no indication that monetization has been activated. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with no B2B or enterprise channel, supported only by app-store listings and an official Facebook page as organic marketing channels. Ownership is founder-controlled: Arnel Guiang (Founder & CEO) and Michael Hagai Arieli (Co-Founder & CTO) lead a team of roughly 11–50 spanning mobile and backend engineering, design, marketing, QA, and business functions, with no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or acquirer.

Name

ChatApp

Legal name

Guiang, Inc

Website

https://chatapp.mobi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Social Networking

akta.pro primary industry

Community/Group Chat Platforms (BPAMACAH)

Keywords

• Mobile social networking
• Location-based chat app
• Consumer messaging application
• Social discovery platform
• Video speed networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Pomona

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Free Mobile Application: Application currently made available free of charge for personal, non-commercial use. Company reserves right to amend or withdraw the application or charge for services in the future.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ChatApp is a free mobile social-networking application for iOS and Android that lets adult users (18+) discover people nearby via a Radar feature, exchange text/audio/emoticon/image messages, post and view Moments on a local social feed, meet new people, host online Party events with 60-second speed-networking sessions, and use a 60 Second Video Meet feature for brief video introductions. The app is currently distributed free of charge for personal, non-commercial use through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Product overview

ChatApp is a unified mobile social networking platform combining multiple communication and discovery features within a single application for iOS and Android. The core ChatApp product integrates Radar (location-based discovery of nearby people and clubs), Moments (social feed with sharing to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr), Meet (initial connection-making with radar users), and Chat (messaging with text, audio, emoticons, and images). The platform also offers two specialized features: 60 Second Video Meet for quick video-based introductions, and Party for hosting online events with 60-second speed-networking sessions between attendees. The product is developed and operated by Guiang, Inc.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ChatApp Party: Feature for hosting online events where guests meet each other in 60-second sessions.
• 60 Second Video Meet

Products and services

• ChatApp Mobile social-networking application for iOS and Android that enables adult users (18+) to discover new people and clubs nearby via Radar, exchange text/audio/emoticon/image messages, post and view local Moments on a social feed (with cross-posting to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr), initiate connections via Meet, conduct 60-second video introductions, and host or attend Party virtual speed-networking events. Distributed free for personal, non-commercial use through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FacebookminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChatApp allows users to share moments to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr from within the app. The company maintains an official Facebook page for the app.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wink: Wink is a mobile friend-making app focused on helping users meet new people nearby through chat, a tightly overlapping product surface with ChatApp's Meet and Chat features.
• Skout: Skout pioneered location-based friend-finding on mobile, letting users discover and chat with people nearby — directly comparable to ChatApp's location-based radar and chat product.
• Yubo: Yubo is a location-based live social discovery app primarily for Gen Z users to meet and chat with new people nearby — the same core use case as ChatApp's radar + chat combination.
• Meetup: Meetup is the closest direct functional peer: it helps users discover local groups and events around them, mapping directly onto ChatApp's Radar feature for finding 'new people and clubs around you'.
• Nextdoor: Nextdoor is a hyperlocal community platform connecting neighbors — comparable to ChatApp's location-based community and club discovery within a local radius.

Emerging players

• Hooper (and similar live-meetup apps): Hooper is an emerging player offering short-form live video meetups between strangers, mapping directly onto ChatApp's 60 Second Video Meet and Party features at a comparable early-stage scale.
• Meetup alternatives / IRL (community events): IRL and similar apps focus on helping users discover and join local social events and communities — closely overlapping with ChatApp's Radar-driven club discovery and Party-hosted event use cases.

Broad incumbents

• WeChat: WeChat is the canonical 'super-app' model — messaging plus Moments, location discovery, and lightweight apps inside one client — the architectural template ChatApp appears to emulate in its multi-feature design.
• Bumble: Bumble's BFF mode is a direct adjacency — friend-finding via swipe — and Bumble as a whole is a much larger, well-funded incumbent in location-based social matchmaking that competes with the same consumer moments as ChatApp.
• Tinder: Tinder is the benchmark location-based matching app at massive scale. While optimized for dating rather than friend-finding, its geo-discovery UX and chat surface compete for the same consumer mindshare as ChatApp.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/theChatApp
• Xx.com/TheChatApp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chatapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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