Netbrew — how it works

Open the app, and it knows the café

GPS finds the café you are standing in. No café in reach and you pick one from the list — then check in and the room opens.

• Walk in and the room opens by itself.
• Swipe the cards to pick a different place.
• Check in and the room opens; the people here see you at the same moment.

The room: faces, jobs, needs

Everyone here appears as a circle with their job underneath. Follow the lines: the net shows how people are linked, and a ? above a head means that person needs something — green means it is you they need.

• ? green you can help them with what they need.
• ? purple they need something — tap to read it.
• ring how long they are staying; it drains as time runs out.

Ready to network, or busy

When you land in a room, one quick question: ready to network, busy, or back in an hour. Pick how long you are staying, and the room draws it around your face — so people know who is worth walking over to.

• 30 min · 1 hour · 2 hours · until you go.
• Green bar means “ready now”; it turns amber as your time runs out.

“I need a photographer”

Open Needs and say what you are looking for, in your own words if you like. Add a budget and how it is paid — paid, equity, trade — so the person who can help knows what the ask is worth.

• Dropdown for the usual asks: photographer, designer, developer, videographer…
• Budget and compensation as chips.
• Your ask shows on your card and in the Needs list around you.

Read a card, tap Netbrew

Tap any face and the card is the whole person: photo, work, what they need, and where you met before. The green Netbrew bar opens the chat — one line and you are talking. The app writes the first message for you if you want.

• Green bar = they are ready to network right now.
• The photo itself opens their full profile.
• Swipe for the next person in the room.

Add them — then it lasts

Say hi first, then add each other. When both sides accept, the person lands in My people — with the café and the day you met, how many of your people they already know, and a chat that stays open after you leave the room.

• Add = a request; both accept and you are connected.
• My people shows “Met at La Duni · Oct 16 · 3 places”.
• “Knows 4 of yours” — the net tells you who is already trusted.

One inbox for chats and adds

When someone adds you, Netbrew tells you. Chats in the dock hold every conversation with the last line and the time, so a hello is never lost under a café visit.

• An add shows as a banner and in the Chats tab.
• Reply from anywhere — messages are saved.

The café is the meeting place

Everything leads back to the table. The app shows which cafés are alive right now with real head counts. Pick a café, see who is there, and plan tomorrow around the places that are busy when you are free.

• Places shows every café with how many people are inside.
• Places is where you plan tomorrow: the café that is busy at the hour you are free.

Your card, always one tap away

Photo, work, link, what you need, and your status — that is what people see when they tap you. Three numbers keep score: how many are in your net, how many cafés you met them in, how many are waiting.