Circles is a mobile messaging app for small, private groups of people who already know each other. Here is what it does in detail.
Private direct and group messaging
The core of Circles is the conversation. You create a Circle — a private space — and invite the specific people you want in it. Inside a Circle you can send one-to-one direct messages and group messages. Circles are invite-only: no one can find or join your Circle unless you bring them in.
Photo sharing
Share photos directly inside a Circle with the people in it.
Dynasty Tracker
Dynasty Tracker is an optional feature built for organized game groups (for example, a long-running fantasy or franchise league). Instead of typing every player’s status by hand, you upload a roster screenshot and the app reads each player’s ready / not-ready status directly from the image, then shows the group a clean summary. It is entirely opt-in — if you don’t use it, no images are processed.
Profile and account control
You choose the display name other members of your Circles see, and you can change it at any time. You can delete your account — and the data tied to it — whenever you want, with no reason required. We describe exactly what we store and how to remove it in our Privacy Policy.
Privacy-first by design
Circles is built to collect as little as possible. We do not collect your location, your contacts, or device advertising identifiers, and we run no third-party tracking or ad SDKs inside the app. Sign-in is by mobile phone number, verified with a single one-time SMS code — we use SMS because it confirms a real person without asking for more data than necessary. The text-message program is strictly transactional; the full terms are in our Terms of Service.
Where Circles is today
Circles is in a closed friends beta on iOS (TestFlight) and Android (Google Play Internal Testing) while we finish the work needed for a public release. To learn about the company behind the app, see our About page, or get in touch.