¶ THE HONEST COMPARISON · MELBOURNE

A Bumble BFFalternative,in Melbourne.

A WEEKLY TABLE OF FIVE · SAME FIVE, EVERY WEEK · FRIENDSHIP-FIRST

Bumble BFF is friend-matching as a swiping app: profiles, one-to-one matches, and a chat you have to keep alive. Hey Sini skips all of that, with no swiping and no profile to perform, just one table of five near you, meeting every week.

What is Hey Sini?

Hey Sini

noun

Hey Sini is a weekly social club for making friends as an adult in Melbourne. It seats five compatible people near each other at the same table, on the same night, every week for six weeks, and then the table becomes theirs. It is friendship-first, not a dating app, and it opens neighbourhood by neighbourhood, starting around Carlton.

Format
one matched table of five
Rhythm
same night, every week · a six-week first cycle
Where
Melbourne · Jakarta
Cost
free to join · founding $19/mo
Food
you pay your own bill · we take nothing from venues
Safety
public venues · report or block · optional photo check
The limit
we suggest the spot; we do not book, host or attend
Not
a dating app, and not one-off meetups

CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE

What Bumble BFF does well.

Bumble BFF is genuinely good at what it is built for. Here is the honest version, before we say where we are different.

  • Friend-finding inside an app you may already have
  • One-to-one matches you choose for yourself
  • Good for finding one new friend at a time
  • Chat first, meet later if it clicks

NO SWIPING, NO ENDLESS PROFILES, NO CHAT THAT NEVER BECOMES A PLAN. ONE TABLE, THE SAME FIVE, EVERY WEEK.

SIDE BY SIDE

Bumble BFF and Hey Sini.

Bumble BFFHey Sini
How you matchSwipe through profiles, match one to oneMatched once into a table of five, no swiping
Where it happensIn-app chat first, the meeting is up to youIn person from the start, a real night on the calendar
The workYou keep the chat alive and propose the planWe set the night and keep the rhythm, you just turn up
Group or soloOne new person at a timeA whole small group at once
CostFree with optional paid boostsFree to join, dues hold your recurring seat

WHICH TO PICK

No wrong answer.

Bumble BFF

Pick Bumble BFF if you like choosing people yourself and want to chat a while before meeting.

Hey Sini

Pick Hey Sini if swiping and chats that fizzle have worn you out, and you would rather just be at a table with people.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Before you switch.

Is Hey Sini a swiping app like Bumble BFF?

No. There is nothing to swipe and no feed of profiles. You answer a short intake, we match you once into a table of five near you, and you meet in person on a set night.

Do I have to chat with people before we meet?

No. The whole point is to skip the chat that never becomes a plan. You meet the same five in person, every week, and let it become real over time.

YOUR MOVE

The same five, every week.

Free to join. We open one Melbourne neighbourhood at a time, the moment enough nearby people choose the same night. Take a seat and you are in the first group seated near you.

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More in the Melbourne guide, the FAQ, or pick your neighbourhood.