Remember the people you meet. Keep up with the ones who matter.
Frelio is a free, private app I co-founded with Josh Caliguire. It's on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android, and I use it every day.
Why I built Frelio
I'm horrible with names. I work from home, a lot of my week is on Zoom, and for a long time my friendships ran on whatever I happened to remember.
My day job is building follow-up systems in HubSpot for nonprofits and ministries. A leadership coach once challenged me to point that same skill at my own relationships. Josh and I built Frelio after that conversation, and I coded it with the help of AI.
I tested it at a conference, then moved house shortly after. Frelio is how I kept all the new names straight.
Read the full story on my blog
What Frelio does
Write someone down
A name and one detail, in about five seconds. You can dictate it, or add someone from your Apple Watch.
Remember who was in the room
Start an event at a conference and everyone you add is filed under it. Afterwards, Frelio quizzes you on the names while the faces are fresh.
Keep up with your Circle
Pick the handful of people you're investing in and set a check-in rhythm for each one. When someone has gone quiet, you get a nudge. No streaks, no scores.
See the whole story
Every person has a timeline: the day you met, the notes you took and each time you caught up.
Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android, with an Apple Watch app for adding someone from your wrist.
Nobody can read your notebook, including us
Your notebook lives on your devices. If you create a Frelio account to sync it, it's encrypted on your device before it leaves, so Frelio can store it but can't read it. There are no ads, nothing tracks you across other apps or websites, and there's no feed and no followers.
Frelio's privacy policy
Built with Josh
Josh Caliguire is my co-founder. We're two friends born a generation apart, and he's good at the two things I'm bad at: meeting new people, and staying intentional with the friends he already has.
He writes about how he learned both in the field notes on frelioapp.com.
Read Josh's "My Biggest Fails in Friendships"Help shape what we build next
The Founders Circle is a small Slack group of early users who try features first and tell Josh and me what's broken or missing. You're welcome in.
Questions
Is Frelio free?
Yes. It's free on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.
Do I need an account?
No. Without one, your notes stay on your devices, and your Apple devices sync through your own iCloud. An optional Frelio account adds encrypted sync across every device, Android included.
Who made Frelio?
Josh Caliguire and me, Daniel Norris. We're co-founders.
Where do I send feedback?
At frelioapp.com/feedback. Josh and I read every one.
