your phone rings when you're both actually free.
ketchup quietly notices when you and a close friend are both genuinely free right now, then sends each of you one notification: Ketchup? 🍅 both tap bet — and you're on a real phone call. no scheduling, no links, no "sorry just saw this."
three steps. zero planning.
set one rule
like "i'm usually free 30 min after i get home." your phone watches for it on-device — no polling, no tracking, and you never open the app.
you're both free → one ping
when you and a friend are both in a free window, you each get one notification: Ketchup? 🍅 bet / nah. that's the entire interface.
both tap bet → the call happens
ketchup sets it up: one green button, and your actual phone is dialing theirs. a real cellular call — not a link, not another app to open.
"nah" is a full sentence.
the reason you never call people isn't that you don't love them. it's that calling out of the blue feels like an ambush — for both of you. ketchup only ever asks when you're both free, and saying no is invisible.
- ✦tap nah, nothing happens. your friend is never told. no "seen 2h ago." no guilt.
- ✦no cold calls, ever. a ketchup only fires when you're both in a free window you confirmed.
- ✦close friends only. it's invite-code only. this is for your top 5, not your followers.
an app that knows when you're home should show its work.
the "you're home" check runs entirely on your phone — the server only ever hears "free" or "not free," never a location. and every single location read is listed in an in-app audit trail, with the reason. friends see "free for 45 min" — never where you are. the actual privacy policy is one page, written in english.
your best friend is one bet away 🍅
early access is rolling out via TestFlight on iOS, a few friend groups at a time. drop your email or number and we'll ping you once, when it's your turn.
ketchup takes two. send this to the friend you keep not calling — you'll come off the list together.
no spam, no newsletter, no "community." one ping when you're in.