Now on the App Store

The Quiet Network.

Enso is a private social app for family and real friends. No likes to count, no followers to grow, no algorithm deciding what you see — and no one can find you unless you let them in.

Your life, not a scoreboard.

Google Play · Coming soon

Available on iPhone · Sign-up open in Canada, the US and India

The Enso home feed: your story, then posts from Lily marked Fading — with no like counts under them.

No ads
No like counts
No algorithm
No public profiles
End-to-end encrypted chats

How you connect

No one can find you here.

There is no search bar. No suggested friends. No “people you may know.” We didn't forget to build these — we refused to. There are exactly four ways in: two in person, two from afar.

In person

Tap Nearby

Hold your phones close. You each see who you found, and you each decide — approve on the spot, or decide later.

In person

Scan a code

Show your QR code or scan theirs. It expires in two minutes — two people, one moment, both choosing.

From afar

Send an invite

For the people who matter but aren't in the room. Invites are limited, and both sides accept — every time.

From afar

Ask by username

Type an exact @name and they decide. Receiving requests is off by default, so nobody can reach you out of nowhere.

Enso's My Code screen: a QR code that expires in under a minute.

Enso's Connect screen: Tap phones to connect — works between iPhone and Android.

If they're not in your life, they're not in your Enso.

No cold DMs. No profile stalking. No inbox full of people you've never met.

Posting

Post like a person, not a brand.

Three kinds of posts. Three lifespans. You choose how long things live.

24 hours

Stories

The everyday stuff. Here today, gone tomorrow, like it should be.

The Enso feed with your story at the top.

7 days

Moments

Worth more than a day, but not forever. A Moment slowly fades over the week, then quietly leaves everyone else's view. It stays on your own profile — only you can see it — like a journal nobody else reads.

Forever

Memories

The ones that matter. Memories live on your profile permanently, visible to all your connections. Over the years they become something no other app gives you: a memory lane of your actual life — for your people, and no one else.

No like counts under any of it. Reactions come from people, with names and faces — your sister loved it, your best friend laughed. Not a number. Never a score.

Post text, photos, or video. Everything goes to your connections and no one else.

Messages

Conversations that belong to you.

Every chat on Enso is end-to-end encrypted. Messages are scrambled on your phone and unscrambled on theirs — nobody in between can read them.

Not us. Not ever. We couldn't hand your messages over if we wanted to — all we hold is ciphertext.

How backups work

New phone? Your PIN unlocks your backup. It works together with a key Enso holds, and Enso destroys that key after ten wrong guesses. Your recovery phrase is different: generated on your phone, never sent to us, the one key that is yours alone. Forgot the PIN? The phrase gets you back in. Think it leaked? Regenerate it in one tap; the old one dies instantly, your history stays intact.

Lose both, and your chat history is gone — even we can't bring it back. That's the price of a lock nobody else has a key to, and we think it's worth paying.

No ads scanning your words. Just talking, the way it used to feel.

A chat with Lily Reyes, marked E2E encrypted.

In between, it's only ciphertext — including on our servers.

By design

What's missing (on purpose).

We deleted the worst parts of social media before writing a single line of code.

No Follower counts

You are not a number.

No Like counts

Post what you like, not what performs.

No Algorithm

Your feed is your people, in order. That's it.

No Infinite scroll

The feed ends. Go live your life.

No Search

You can't be found. You can only be let in.

No Influencers

Nobody here is performing for an audience.

No Trending page

Your life doesn't need to compete with the internet's.

No Location tracking

Enso never shares where you are. Ever.

What's left is just you and the people who actually know you.

Make it yours

Calm, in your colours.

22 skins — from quiet denim to full-bloom sakura — plus alternate app icons. Same calm app, your kind of look.

Coming soon

And when you're ready to meet someone new — there's the Map.

One extra screen, entirely optional. A map of real things happening near you, organized by real people. No influencer system, no promoter hierarchy — anyone can host.

One optional screen: real things happening near you, hosted by real people — ID-verified and built safe from day one.

Planned & bigger

Circles

A car meet Saturday. A study group. A community game night.

Small & now

Drops

Basketball at the park in an hour. Coffee in twenty minutes.

Built safe before it was built at all

Everyone on the Map is ID-verified. Verification is handled by an independent identity service — we never see or store your document. Only for people 18 and over.
Your location is never shared. The only pin on the map is the event's, placed by its organizer. Enso does not know or show where you are.
No event happens with fewer than three. The exact address unlocks only after at least three people confirm — no one-on-one meetups with strangers, ever.
Fuzzy until you're in. Before you join, you see the neighborhood, not the doorstep.
You see who else is going. Name and photo of confirmed attendees — enough to decide, nothing more. Profiles stay locked.
Women-only events, built in as an option from day one.

The social app comes first — because meeting new people works better when you have somewhere calm to bring them back to.

Privacy

Private by architecture, not by promise.

Six things built into how Enso works. Choose one to see what it means.

End-to-end encrypted chats

Your PIN restores your backup with help from a key we hold and destroy after ten wrong guesses; your recovery phrase never leaves your device. Lose both and not even we can read or restore your history.

No location tracking

Enso never knows or shares where you are. The only pin on any map is an event's, placed by its organizer.

Every connection is mutual

Invites are limited and username requests are opt-in. Nobody can mass-add strangers, and every connection is accepted by both sides.

For your connections only

Your posts go to your connections and no one else. No public profiles, no discoverability, nothing indexed.

No ads, no data selling

You're the customer, not the product. There's nothing to target because nothing is tracked.

ID-verified Map, documents never stored

Verification is handled by an independent identity service — we never see or hold your document. Only for people 18 and over.

Why I'm building this.

I kept noticing the same thing everywhere. People sitting together, talking, but their minds still in the phone, scrolling stuff they themselves would call nothing. Everyone has a line ready. “People post anything these days.” “I just use it a little.” “I'm not addicted.” Usually said while scrolling. At meals, before sleep, first thing after waking up. I'm not judging anyone — I've been in some of those chairs myself.

Every time I gave the apps another chance, the same thing happened. I'd install one, open it, and it would drop me straight into the part built to hold my attention. For a while I'd honestly forget that I never wanted to watch any of this. Even when I knew better, my mind would keep me stuck there — short videos, strangers' drama, other people showing off their lives. Some people will say I'm exaggerating. I think most of us have felt exactly this, whether we admit it or not.

Read the full note

And it's not entirely our fault. These are some of the biggest companies on earth, and they spend unbelievable amounts to keep things exactly this way — scientists and designers to push screen time up, influencers to keep the stage full, lawyers for when it goes wrong. They make money. A regular user just loses: focus, attention, the ability to sit with a bored moment, and somehow we end up more alone while being more “connected” than ever.

I tried quitting. In a sense I actually did. But quitting had its own cost — I lost touch with my friends' lives, because the only place they shared anything was the one place built to swallow me. And even what they shared wasn't really their life, just the show version of it.

So a thought showed up and refused to leave: can this even be challenged? For months my answer was no. One person, no experience, no budget, no partner, against an industry that eats anyone who tries. Then another thought: most people fail their first attempt anyway. If I'm probably going to fail, why not fail at the fight that actually matters? I had nothing to lose. So here I am.

I'm building the version of social media I think should exist. Calm, private, no score to keep. It will look boring next to an infinite feed — that's on purpose. And I'll be honest: if you feel the current apps do you no harm, keep them. Enso isn't trying to convert anyone. It's for people who already sense something is wrong and just want their people back, without the machine attached.

A place to stay close to the ones who matter — and, when you're ready, a way to meet a few more of them in real life.

— Ashish, founder of EnsoToronto, 2026

Download

Enso is here.

Available now on the App Store for iPhone. Android is coming soon to Google Play.

Google Play · Coming soon

Sign-up is open in Canada, the United States and India.

QR code that opens Enso on the App Store — On a computer? Scan with your iPhone camera to open Enso in the App Store.

It's early, and it's moving fast. Updates and fixes land often. Found a bug or have an idea? Shake your phone anywhere in the app to report it, or write to support@ensosocial.app.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Who can join, and where?

Sign-up is open in Canada, the United States and India — you'll need a phone number from one of those countries. Enso is built for grown-ups staying close to family and friends, so accounts are for people 18 and over.

When is Android coming?

Soon. Enso is in final testing for Google Play, and this page will link to it the day it's live.

How do I report a bug or suggest something?

Shake your phone anywhere in the app and a “Report a Problem” sheet opens right where you are. You can also go to Settings → Support & Policies for feedback, suggestions and live chat — or email support@ensosocial.app.

Can Enso read my messages?

No. Chats are end-to-end encrypted: messages are scrambled on your phone and unscrambled on theirs. All we ever hold is ciphertext.

How do I delete my account?

From inside the app, or by following the steps on our delete account page, which also explains what happens to your data.