You see someone you’re attracted to at a bar. You make eye contact, look away, and then spend the next ten minutes trying to figure out whether they looked at you the same way.

Are they single? Are they interested? Would they want you to come over, or would you be interrupting their night?

You can’t know any of that from across the room, so you stay where you are. Maybe they do too. Eventually, one of you leaves.

It’s easy to say people should just walk up and talk to each other. Sometimes they do. But when you’re the one deciding whether to cross the room, the possibility of getting it wrong feels much bigger than it does from the outside.

We still notice each other

We haven’t stopped being attracted to people we see in real life. It happens at coffee shops, gyms, restaurants, parties, and parks. You notice someone before you know their name, their job, or what they would write on a dating profile. Sometimes you feel more in that moment than you do after looking through twenty profiles on your phone.

What’s hard is acting on it.

On a traditional dating app, a match tells you that someone has expressed interest before you start a conversation. In person, you usually have no idea. Even if you catch someone looking at you, you can’t tell what it means.

So you wait for a clearer sign. They might be waiting for one too.

What if you knew the interest was mutual?

Radius is a dating app for meeting people in person in NYC. When you’re out at a bar, café, gym, park, or another third space where Radius works, you can see other Radius users who are there at the same time.

If you notice someone you’re attracted to, you can privately express interest. If they express interest in you too, Radius lets you both know it’s mutual.

That’s where the app’s role ends. There’s no messaging phase because you’re already in the same place. You can walk over, say hi, and find out whether the connection you felt from across the room is there when you talk.

Knowing they’re interested doesn’t guarantee chemistry. You still have to start the conversation, and they still get to decide what happens next. But you no longer have to spend the night guessing whether approaching them would be welcome.

You already noticed them. Radius helps you find out if they noticed you too.