Pick a rhythm, per person
Weekly for your best mate, every few months for your uni friends. Howdy Mate! keeps track so you do not have to.
Never lose touch with the people who matter.
Life gets busy and friendships drift — not because you stopped caring, but because nothing reminded you. Howdy Mate! is the gentle nudge.
- Completely free
- No account
- Your mates never leave your phone
- iPhone
How it works
Four things, done well.
No social feed, no streaks to protect, no subscription. Just a list of people you care about and a nudge when it has been a while.
One tap to log a catch-up
Texted them? Called? Grabbed a coffee? Log it in a second, with a mood and a note if you feel like it.
Birthdays and the things you meant to ask
Import birthdays from your contacts, and set a reminder to ask how the interview went — before you forget.
See who is drifting
A gentle nudge, never a guilt trip. See at a glance who you have not spoken to in a while, and start there.
Privacy
Your friendships are nobody else's business.
Howdy Mate! has no servers, no account and no analytics on your personal content. Your mates, check-ins, notes and photos are stored in a database on your iPhone and are never sent anywhere. The app sends anonymous crash reports and usage counts so we can keep it working — never your content. You can export everything at any time, and deleting the app deletes the data with it.
Read the full privacy policyGo on, say howdy.
Free on the App Store, for iPhone. No account, no subscription, no catch.