From a quiet crush to a first date

1. 1

   Sign in privately

   Use Google, GitHub or a one-time code we email you. You must be 18 or older, but we only keep your birth year and an 18+ check, not your full date of birth.

2. 2

   Build your anonymous profile

   Pick your favourites (colours, music directors, places, movies, sports, books), then add 5 snaps and up to 3 ten-second videos. However, keep your face and identifying details out of them, because your crush sees these before any reveal.

3. 3

   Add your reveal profile (optional, hidden)

   Three of your best photos, your name and a short tagline. It stays hidden until you decide to reveal, and you can also add it later.

4. 4

   Invite your crush

   First, enter their email. They then receive an anonymous note: “Someone who knows you from your circle has added you on Crushsprout.” Every invite also has a “Don't contact me again” link. To protect them, we never tell you if they don't join.

5. 5

   They take a look

   Your crush signs in with the email you invited and sees your anonymous profile: favourites, snaps and videos. They don't see your name or photos. Then, if they're curious, they create their own.

6. 6

   The lobby

   When they join, we email you, and you can see their anonymous profile straight away. While either of you is getting ready, you wait in a calm little lobby.

7. 7

   Chat when the person invited is comfortable

   The invited person decides. Meanwhile, the inviter can tap “Ready to chat” to let them know. The chat then opens the moment the invited person taps “I'm comfortable to chat”, and games work the same way. Every message is end-to-end encrypted. Also, nothing stays: each one disappears a minute after it's read, or up to 24 hours later if the invited person chooses.

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   Reveal, on your terms

   Your crush can ask for a reveal. You decide whether to show your reveal profile. After you do, they can choose to share their profile back. So nobody's identity ever shows without their choice.

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   Plan a first date

   After a reveal, we can suggest cozy cafés, parks and other spots nearby. We ask for your location only on that screen and never store it. Also, we always label sponsored suggestions.

Who sees what, before a reveal

Nobody else can see anything, because there is no search and no public listing.