How apreet works

Quick answer. apreet reads the date and location of events in your calendar, places your contacts next to each destination, overlays the two itineraries, and tells you who you can meet before you arrive. It uses the location field only, never your notes, and it never shows you to strangers.

The two signals: your calendar and your contacts

apreet needs only two inputs. Your calendar says where you will be and when. Your address book says who you already know and roughly where they are based. Everything apreet does is the overlap of those two lists. There is no feed to scroll, no strangers to swipe, and no public map of your location.

Step 1: Build your itinerary

apreet reads the date and location field of the events in your calendar and builds a rolling four-week itinerary. It uses the location field only. It does not read the notes or the body of an event. Flights, conferences, and customer visits become a simple list of cities and dates.

Step 2: Place your contacts on the map

apreet places the contacts in your address book next to your destinations, using the city in their address record. So when your itinerary says Chicago next Tuesday, apreet already knows which of the people you know are based there.

Step 3: Overlay the two itineraries

When a contact also uses apreet, both of your itineraries are overlaid. You each see when your paths cross: the same city, the same days, sometimes the same airport terminal. The match is mutual, so neither of you is tracked by someone you have not met.

Step 4: Reach out before you arrive

apreet turns the overlap into a short list: here are the people you know who will be where you are going. You can message one person, or send one message to a small group, before the trip starts. By the time you land, the calendar holds meetings worth having instead of room service.

For the deeper version of the matching logic, read itinerary matching. For exactly which contact fields apreet uses, read how apreet treats your address book.