dating for people
who hate dating
actually be met
We replaced endless swiping with something slower. Symmetrical matches, five a day, built around your own growth. So no one floods your inbox and no one gets buried in it.
iOS & Android · Bay Area first
Every other dating app swears it wants to help you find someone. Then it takes your attention, works your dopamine, and charges you for what it withheld.
Your inbox is full of people you'll never actually meet
I built yern because the apps wore me out, same as basically everyone I know in the Bay. You swipe for an hour, match with someone, and the conversation flatlines in a thread you both quietly stop opening. Delete the app, reinstall it three weeks later. You know the cycle.
I got ghosted. And when I didn't, I'd meet someone and find out we were completely incompatible, or wanted different things.
I wanted the opposite. Room to actually grow, and to learn what makes a relationship hold. To teach our generation how to yearn, the way it came more naturally to the ones before us. Slowing it down is what makes you actually consider the person in front of you.
The timer stops the second you make a plan
The only place we make you pick up the pace is when you match. You don't want to become pen pals, and neither do they. Plan a date in 24 hours, or lose them. Plan it in the app, with recommendations for a spot that works for both of you.
The safety parts the other apps skip
Tell a friend when and where your date is with one tap. Report someone silently, so we know something's wrong without them knowing you said anything. We verify every user, to make sure they're real people who want to yearn.
Don't you wish dating apps monetized your growth instead of your screen time?
Everyone on the list gets one invite link. Bring a friend from it and you both start beta with an extra month of Plus.
the bay area has enough situationships
try something different
No charge to join. We'll email you when the Bay Area beta opens.