Step In.Link Up.
GateMate gives every venue and event its own live chatroom. Check in when you arrive, see who's there, and connect with the people sharing your night.
Free for attendees. Venue and event partnerships now open in Dallas–Fort Worth.
18+ / 21+. ID rules follow each venue.
See it in motion
This is GateMate, for real.
A first look at the actual app — the gate opens, the room lights up, and the people around you are one tap away.
How it works
Three taps from stranger to scene.
Step In
Arrive at any event or venue and check in to the live room — or open your own private room and share the code. No adding friends, no searching.
Connect
See everyone who's here right now. Browse quick profiles, spot your kind of people, and send a connect with a single tap.
Say Hi
Break the ice before the lights go down. Keep the conversation going long after the encore — and tonight's photos unlock at 9am, so you relive it over coffee, not mid-party.
Your night, your rules
You're always in control.
Built by a cybersecurity professor — privacy isn't a feature, it's the foundation.
GateMate is opt-in the whole way through. You decide when to appear, who to talk to, and what happens after the lights come up.
Nothing shows until you tap in
Your profile only appears inside a GateRoom after you check in. Walk out and you disappear from the room.
Room-scoped visibility
You're seen only by people at the same venue at the same time. No city-wide broadcast, no location on your profile.
Block, mute, report — one tap
A single tap ends any thread. Reports go straight to GateMate's moderation team, reviewed within 24 hours. Bad actors lose access to the room and the app.
Your data stays yours
No background tracking. No location history. No selling contacts. No ad networks. Delete your account and your profile, messages, photos and connections go with it — the only thing we hold back is content that's already been reported, kept up to 30 days so a human can act on the report.
Two ways in
Are you going out — or hosting the night?
For attendees
I'm going out tonight.
Check in when you arrive. See who's in the room. Say hi before the encore. Free for everyone, everywhere.
- Free to join · No credit card
- Concerts, sports, festivals, lounges
- Live on iOS & Android — venue partners start in DFW
For venues
I run the room.
Give your guests a reason to remember each other — and to come back next week. Founding Venues: free while we open DFW — nothing to buy yet.
- Your venue's own check-in page — live in minutes
- Live guest counts + weekly digest
- No ads. No data resale. Your regulars stay yours.
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