The long-distance dating app

Some people are worth the distance.

Elsewhere is for meeting someone in another city, another country, another time zone — getting to know them properly, and closing the distance when you're both ready.

Get early access Why long distance?

Free to join · 18+ · Coming to iOS & Android

Noor

Montréal · 6 hours behind you

Tuesday · 22:12 for you · 16:12 for her

ok, important question
march trip — wine bar first, or the dumpling place?
dumplings. no big decisions on an empty stomach
0:31
43 days. not that I'm counting

Built for the in-between — the calls, the voice notes, the countdown to a visit.

Lisbon—:— New York—:— Seoul—:— Buenos Aires—:— Berlin—:— Lagos—:— Sydney—:— São Paulo—:— Dubai—:— Tokyo—:— Vancouver—:— Nairobi—:—

Someone's awake somewhere

Why Elsewhere

Proximity isn't compatibility.

Every other dating app ranks people by how close they live to you — as if the right person is always within cycling distance. We started from the opposite idea.

  1. no. 1

    Distance is a setting, not a dealbreaker

    Choose the countries you're open to — or leave it open to anywhere. Elsewhere never buries someone because they're far away. Far away is rather the point.

  2. no. 2

    Profiles you can actually talk to

    Prompts, details, and at least four photos on every profile — so a first message has something real to land on. When the relationship starts as conversation, the profile has to carry more weight.

  3. no. 3

    Say your pace out loud

    Caller or texter, slow-burn or talk-every-day — it's on your profile, and we match on it. No streaks, no timers, no guilt mechanics nudging you along.

  4. no. 4

    A few good people, daily

    A small, considered set of profiles each day instead of an endless deck. When you like someone on Elsewhere, it means something — to you and to them.

How it works

Three steps to someone, somewhere.

  1. Step one

    Make a profile worth reading

    Answer prompts that give people something to reply to. Set your pace, your intentions, and where in the world you're looking.

  2. Step two

    Meet a curated few, from anywhere

    A daily set of people chosen for fit — shared intentions, compatible pace — not for whoever happens to be nearby.

  3. Step three

    Talk, call, close the distance

    Message and call inside the app, at whatever rhythm suits you both. The visit comes when you're ready — not on a deadline.

Elsewhere app icon — a penguin with a heart

Be first through the door.

Join the early-access list and we'll send one note — the day Elsewhere opens.

No spam, no drip campaign. One email.