Relationships are a practice

Keep your closest people close.

You can only really keep up with about 150 people — Dunbar's number. Dunbar organizes the people who matter into concentric circles and gives each one a gentle rhythm, so no one important quietly slips away.

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Concentric circles of people — a close inner circle radiating out to a wider network

What early testers are saying

"I finally stopped losing track of who I owe a text."

Maya R. · beta tester

"The circles just feel right — no guilt, no spreadsheet."

Jordan T. · beta tester

"It's the first app that made me reach out more, not less."

Priya K. · beta tester

"Local-first was the deciding factor for me."

Sam D. · beta tester

"Reminders feel like nudges from a friend, not a to-do list."

Alex M. · beta tester

"I use it to remember birthdays and it's changed my friendships."

Chen L. · beta tester

Your circles, from inner to network

Not every relationship deserves the same attention — and that's okay. Dunbar sorts the people in your life into five circles, each with a natural size, so you can be intentional about where your energy goes.

Inner ~5 people
Close ~15 people
Friends ~50 people
Acquaintances ~150 people
Network everyone else

Where does everyone go?

Dunbar looks at signals you already have — who you meet with most often — to suggest who belongs in your closer circles. You stay in control and can move anyone at any time.

All of that analysis happens on your device. Nothing about your circles is uploaded to us.

A quieter way to stay in touch

No feeds, no follower counts — just the handful of relationships that actually make your life richer.

Concentric circles

Organize the people you care about into Inner, Close, Friends, Acquaintances, and Network — your own map of Dunbar's number.

Rhythms & reminders

Give each circle a natural cadence. Dunbar gently surfaces the people you're due to reach out to — before too much time slips by.

Local-first & private

Your contacts and history live in a database on your device. Dunbar has no account and no server storing your personal data.

Bring your people in

Import from your address book, a spreadsheet, or connect Google Calendar to spot who you're closest to — all on-device.

Private by design

Your contacts and calendar signals are processed and stored only on your device.

When you connect Google Calendar, access is read-only and used solely to compute closeness — the sign-in token is used once and discarded, never stored.

No Google data is ever sent to a Dunbar server. We don't sell or share your data.

Only anonymous, aggregate usage analytics help us improve the app.

Start with the five that matter most.

Dunbar is in open beta on iPhone, with Android coming soon. Try it free and see who's been drifting to the edge of your circles.

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