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The News Way to Connect

InPress is the first gamified news platform with curated content, interactive features, and social matchmaking based on your reading patterns - never using politics or harmful topics to connect people.

We make daily news fun and rewarding, enhancing both your personal knowledge and social connections through it. We're combating misinformation by making accountable journalism central to social life.

 

Welcome to a smarter way to connect. Now in DC & NYC.

Not in DC or NYC? Join the waitlist!

The first news-powered dating and friends app

InPress connects people through what truly engages them, not just what they claim to like. Unlike traditional matchmaking apps, InPress doesn’t rely on superficial swiping or generic profile prompts. Instead, we match users based on their subconscious interests, revealed naturally through their interaction with curated, factual journalism.
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Available for everyone in DC and NYC! Don't live there? Join our gamified waitlist! Wait...gamified? Let us explain:

 

Whichever city earns 5k waitlisters next will be the next city InPress launches in! Join the waitlist at the link below, and download the app to check how far your city has to go before it gets to use the news way to connect!
 

Join the waitlist

Features

InPress redefines online dating and friendship by matching you through unfakeable interests—not just profile prompts.

Engage with news, uncover shared curiosity, and swipe with purpose. Every match sparks smarter, more meaningful connections—no politics, no toxicity, just real compatibility.

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Data-Driven Compatibility

InPress deciphers your subconscious interests through news engagement, continuously refining matches at scale to create deeper, more authentic connections that evolve with you.

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Choose Dating Mode, Friends Mode, or Both

InPress connects you with people who match your curiosity, using shared intellectual interests to create informed, effortless connections—whether for dating, friendship, or both.

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Daily News, Gamified: InScore Levels

Climb InScore Levels by engaging with always-factual news, unlocking sharper matches, tracking progress, sharing streaks, and proving you’re a true student of the world—because #MediaLiteracyIsSexy.

Testimonials

See what our community has to say about their InPress experiences:

"I matched with someone and had a great first date! I love the whole news and dating mix - we had a lot to talk about because of it!"

Victoria

"I like this app. Like, a lot. And I absolutely hate dating apps. This is an innovative, personalized, and most imporantly...truly honest dating app. "

App Store Review

"I've used other frienship apps like Bumble BFF, but this one is better in how it matches you based on interests, so you don't have to guess compatibility from bios and pics...plus I learn something new each time I open it!"

App Store Review

We're in the Press

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Media Literacy is Sexy

...and so are the benefits that set InPress apart:

Accountable News, Always

InPress only features news from reliable, neutral outlets. No sway or biases...just shared reality.

Time Saver

You already read daily news, why not form new relationships from it? Two birds, one stone.

Evolving Compatibility

Your compatibility metrics adapt with your changing perspectives, so connections are always relevant

Enrich Existing Relationships

Learn which weird and wonderful interests you share with your besties by sending them a friend request!

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Where every story could be the start of yours

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