How does it work ?
The idea fits in one sentence: a Sugar suggests an outing and pays for all of it, a Friend who's free comes along to share it. Behind that sentence, two very simple journeys. Here is what you'll actually do in the app, depending on the role you choose.
The Sugar side
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Create your SugarInvite
You choose a category (restaurant, drinks, culture, sport, leisure…), a place, a date and a time. You set the price range per person, the number of guests and a few words about the outing. A “How will we recognise each other?” field even lets you add “booking under my first name” or “I'll be wearing a green jacket”. Two minutes, and your invitation is live.
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Choose who comes
Interested Friends ask to join. You look at their profiles, their interests, their rating, and you accept the one or ones you'd like to spend that moment with. You decide, every time.
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Go out
The outing shows up in your agenda and a chat opens automatically with your Friend or Friends to settle the last details. On the day, the outing is on you, as announced from the start. Afterwards, each leaves a review of the other.
The Friend side
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See what's happening near you
The app shows you the SugarInvites around you: the activity, the date, the time, the price range and the number of spots. You filter by distance, date, time of day or type of activity, depending on your mood.
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Ask to join
An invitation tempts you? You ask to join in one tap. The Sugar receives your request and answers. If it's a yes, the chat opens and the outing lands in your agenda.
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Enjoy
Nothing comes out of your pocket: the Sugar covers the cost, as stated in the invitation. It commits you to nothing: you come along freely, you owe nobody anything. And after the outing, you leave a review too.
And if you're both?
The dual account is there for the undecided, and rightly so. One Wednesday you create an invitation so you don't go to that concert alone; the following Saturday you ask to join someone else's brunch. You get access to everything, with the filters of both roles.
Finding someone to go out with, in practice
A SugarInvite is always a specific outing, never a vague promise. A few situations that come up all the time:
Going to a restaurant. You've spotted a place and going alone puts you off. You create the invitation, someone from the neighbourhood joins you, and the table for two makes perfect sense.
A concert with a spare ticket. A friend dropped out, the ticket is paid for. Rather than waste it, you turn it into a SugarInvite and go with someone who loves the same music.
An exhibition or a museum. Better with two, if only to comment. And there's always someone who wanted to go but didn't dare alone.
Showing someone your city. You're a local, someone just arrived or is only passing through. An improvised tour, a coffee on a terrace, and a city that instantly feels more welcoming.
New in town, working from home all week, or simply surrounded by friends who are never free at the right time: the app is made precisely for those moments.
Who pays? The Sugar, always.
It's the rule that makes everything crystal clear. The Sugar suggests, the Sugar pays, and it's written in black and white in the invitation before the Friend even asks to join. No maths at the end of the meal, no awkward moment when the bill arrives.
And the other way round, it's just as clear: the Friend owes nothing. The invitation is a gift, not a trade. A Sugar offers an outing because they want to share it, full stop. Any behaviour outside this framework can be reported.
More questions about how it works? The answer is probably in the FAQ.
SugarFriend is coming soon, on iOS and Android.