Glimpse
2 minute, 1-on-1, video conversations with your friends
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Glimpse - 2 minute, 1-on-1, video conversations with your friends

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An app for 2 minute, one-on-one, video chats with your friends (and friends of friends). 🥳
Catch up with people that matter most to you, and meet people that matter to them. Anytime, anywhere.
Update June 28: Now available on web at

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Was the 2-minute limit arbitrary? I find it to be an exciting feature. I use social apps like Insta a lot but never for more than 5-minute intervals (waiting for coffee, etc.), would be cool to just tune in to a “radio of my friends” instead.
Maker
Hi Will - it was honestly sort of arbitrary at first! We started with a more structured format actually, and decided to make is easier to use. The structured format would have been: 30 sec one user speaks, 30 sec the other, 1 minute together. That made more sense for a networking use case... but we want to focus on friends:)
Very cool idea, I would totally use this. Fulfills a need for sure.
Maker
thank you Joe!! Once you've had time to play around with it, would love feedback. on twitter or email
Congrats on the launch! It's a beautiful product :)
Maker
thank you!! Excited to have you as a user:)
Phenomenal product! Very easy to navigate and use. I would recommend Glimpse to anyone!
Maker
thank you!
Downloaded, but just experienced something that’s happened before on PH. The newsletter from and team presents an app or tool in a way that sounds right up my alley. In this case that Glimpse is about interacting with your friends and not strangers. But when you go directly to the App Store, everything from the tagline to the description doesn’t quite match my expectations. I sent the newsletter to a couple of folks and one of them went to the App Store and agreed with me about the mismatch. If I were an app maker, I’d follow the cues and wording in that PH’s newsletter. 😊 Good luck and look forward to using Glimpse.
Maker
Hey Sree! So sorry about any confusion. The app is totally about interacting with your friends. We may have some lagging copy edits to make, but that is something we found fundamental in building the app. We will investigate and make sure everything is updated!!
Thanks for your thoughtful note. Just take a look at what the description says in the PH newsletter.
Maker
When I replied earlier I was actually unaware that we had been featured!! I would have expected they notify makers but I guess they don't... We, as makers, had no say over what was in that newsletter.
I think the 2 min limit is good but you need something more to keep yourself sustained. Otherwise you'll end up having to deal with a value proposition once Apple or Google Clone your features into their native apps. . Case in point Houseparty vs. Apple's Group Facetime.
Maker
great point. It's like you read our minds 😅. Stay tuned for our upcoming (+ gimmicky) features!
Love this concept and can't wait to try it! Do you have a way to limit geographies to a neighborhood or an institution so we can maybe take it to real life?
Maker
Currently no geofencing as you match with the friends you add to the room! We definitely encourage meeting up in the real world -- but maybe after coronavirus ends :)
Great idea. I wish it would work soon also on Android.
Maker
Yes!! So do I. Play Store needs to catch up and match Apple's review times.
Maker
We just launched our early version on Android! Can't wait for you to try it out!
It sounds a great idea. I download the app but didn’t understand why I need to give permission to my photos. A bit disappointed.
Maker
Hey Ori! So sorry about that. We are working on redoing our ENTIRE onboarding flow to provide additional clarity into why we need each permission. Permission to photos is for profile pictures. As a user I am always hesitant to provide any permissions whatsoever, thank you for bringing up your concerns!
Thanks for answering. Waiting to start using the app. Good Luck!
Glimpse is an amazing product. The remaining time feature makes each second of the conversation count, and the matching process is seamless. Congratulations Brian and Helena on the launch!
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