GilRevv
Anonymous by default
Whatever it is, someone's been there.
Grief. A diagnosis. A move to a country where you know nobody. A job that ended. Retirement. Whatever you are in, someone has been in it too, and GilRevv connects you with them anonymously.
Connecting lived experiences
The shape of it
No roles here, only directions.
Nobody is labelled a helper or a seeker. One account can do all three of these.
ONE
Someone walks with you
You are in the middle of something. GilRevv finds someone who has been through something like it, and they walk it with you.
TWO
You walk with someone
Something you have already been through means another person does not have to be alone in it. You do not have to be over it. Having been there is enough.
THREE
You walk the same road
Sometimes two people are carrying the same kind of thing at once. Then it goes both ways, giving and receiving, in one conversation.
What counts
Not only the hardest seasons.
GilRevv is for grief and crisis. It is just as much for the ordinary changes that turn a life around: retirement, a new country, a new job, a new baby. If you would rather not go through it alone, you belong here.
RetirementGriefMoving to a new countryBurnoutA career changeA diagnosisNew parenthoodAddictionA breakupCaring for someoneGetting soberA quarter life crisisLeaving homeAbuseLosing a jobSomething else
How this works
The app does the looking.
You are not left to find the right person on your own. GilRevv sends a match to you when it finds one.
- 01You say what you are carrying
In your own words. It stays private, and it never turns into a public profile.
- 02A match comes to you
One person at a time, sent as a quiet notification. There is no feed of people to scroll and no photos to judge.
- 03You are walking with someone
The conversation opens, anonymous on both sides. In the app, this is exactly what it is called.
Walking with someone
The app itself
This is what you open.
Today's reflection, a way to ask for help, and a way to offer it. Nothing else competes for your attention.
- No follower counts, no streaks, no feed
- One live conversation at a time
- Support surfaced in the conversation, when it is needed
On your phone and on your computer, whichever one is nearer.
If it gets serious
There is a real safety layer under this.
GilRevv watches for signs that a conversation has turned urgent, and can put external support in front of a person instead of leaving it to chance. It works today.
The checking runs on every message, everywhere, from the first one. Where we have verified local helplines we show them. Everywhere else we hand you a worldwide directory. That coverage deepens region by region, and only once we can stand behind it.
Built into the conversation
It sits inside the app, not behind an emergency screen you have to remember to look for.
Help that already exists
Publicly available services, shown with what they do and how to reach them.
Growing region by region
Coverage deepens one region at a time, only once we can stand behind it.
A reflection each day
One short thing to sit with. No streak, no score, nothing to keep up with.
Notifications in the app
A match, or a message from the person you are walking with. They reach you in the app.
Anonymous by default
No real name, no photo, no profile. You share what you want, when you want.
What we're building
What's on the way.
These are in hand rather than someday. Some are close, some are still being worked out, and we would rather show you the list than promise you a date.
- In buildAsk the people who have been there
Post a question once, and people who have lived that thing can answer it. It does not have a final name yet.
- In buildYour year, wrapped
A look back at what you have been living through, put together for you each month, each quarter, at the half year and at the end of the year. It follows your experiences and how far you have moved through them.
- UnderwayWider safety coverage
More regions, added in the order we can support them properly.
You can come here in the middle of it.
GilRevv is anonymous by default. Nothing here asks you to perform being fine.
Questions
What people ask first.
A place to be connected, anonymously, with someone who has lived through what you're going through, from hard seasons to everyday changes.
No. The people here share what they've lived through, not professional advice. GilRevv can sit alongside professional help, or be a place to start when you're not ready to talk to anyone you know.
The person you talk with only sees the name you choose here. They never see your real name, email, number or photo.
Someone who has lived through the same kind of experience, whether it's behind them or they're still on the road, one step further along.
No. GilRevv is free to use.
GilRevv isn't an emergency service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number (112 in Nigeria). If the app sees signs that you may be in danger, it will show you where to get help.
The person you're talking with. Before you connect, someone deciding whether to respond can read what you wrote about your situation, but not your name. Messages are checked automatically for signs of danger, and a conversation can be reviewed if it's reported.
Yes. A move, a new job, a change you're still getting used to. Nothing is too small.
Anyone aged 18 or over.