Lights on
The session opens. The count starts at zero. Somewhere across the river, a single yellow square is already out.
A social network for night riders and drivers
You know the feeling.
Roads empty. Air cold. Keys on the table. Bike or car, you want to go out, but not alone — and you don't want to text eleven people to find out who's awake.
Midnight Ride is a social network with no feed — just a dark board and a map that live at night. Light up, see who else did, and go ride with them.
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The social network for people who go out at night
Riders finding riders.
Drivers finding drivers.
Every night there are people out there just like you — alone on a bike, alone in a car, wishing someone else was awake. Midnight Ride puts them on one board. You see them, they see you. Tap, ask, ride over, shake hands at the petrol station. Ten minutes later three strangers are a group heading north, and the next lone rider across town sees the pack and comes too.
That's the whole idea. A social network where the socialising happens on the road, not on the screen — no followers, no feed. People who go out at night, on two wheels or four, meeting each other — and looking out for each other on the way: a tap when there's police on the bridge, gravel in the bend, a crash ahead.
See who's out and openJoin · ride togetherWarn each other
This is the whole app.
See who's out. Tap a rider. Join. That's it — the rest happens on the road.
Every night is a session
The map opens at dusk and closes at dawn.
Weeknights from 18:00 to 08:00. Weekends, all day. Outside that the board is empty and the button is locked — there's nothing to check, nothing to scroll, just a countdown to lights-on.
When the session ends, it really ends. Every dot goes out. Where you were, who you rode with, where you stopped — none of it is kept. Tomorrow's map is empty until someone lights it. That's what makes tonight matter.
18:00Lights on
08:00Lights off
24HWeekends
0Things saved
One night, start to finish.
Nothing to set up. Nothing to post. You go out, the map notices.
You light up
One button. Your dot appears as a hollow square — you're parked. Nobody knows your street, just your corner of town. Four more blink in over the next ten minutes.
A spot forms
Three riders parked together at the petrol station by the ring road. The map draws a yellow outline around them. Nobody made a spot. They just stopped there.
You ask
Tap the spot. Their ticket slides up: JOIN. They're open, so the yes is instant. That's the whole conversation. You ride over.
The pack
Five of you leave together. On everyone else's map you're one yellow square with a 5 in it, heading north. A lone rider across the river sees it and thinks: I could catch that.
Done
You press Done. Your dot goes dark. Where you were, where you went — gone. Tomorrow the map is empty again, waiting for whoever's awake.
What you can do
- Be found.Light up and let the night come to you.
- Catch a pack.See where bikes and cars are moving together and ride toward them.
- Find the spot.Petrol station, parking roof, the bridge. Wherever bikes and cars stopped tonight.
- Ask, don't intrude.One tap to ask. One tap to answer. Closed rides decide for themselves.
- Warn the others.Gravel, crash, closed road, police. One tap, gone in forty minutes.
- Disappear.Press Done. Nothing of your night stays on anyone's server.
A social network that sends you outside.
There's nothing to scroll. Nobody to follow. No streaks, no likes, no leaderboard. You can't even type. It's a map that goes dark in the morning, and that's the point — the good part happens on the road, not on the screen.
No feed.No chat.No history.No tracking.Always free.
Everything on the map.
Each piece, what it looks like, and what it does. In plain words.
On the map
One button
Open the map, press I'm out. That's you on the map now. Press Done when you're home.
See who's out
Every row and every square is a bike or a car that's out right now. Solid means moving, outlined means parked.
Packs and spots
People riding together show up as one square with a number. People parked together become a spot. It just happens.
Ask to join
Tap a rider and their ticket slides up. If they're open, one tap and you're in. Nobody types anything.
Getting asked
On a closed ride, someone who wants to join shows up with a yes and a no. That's all you have to do.
Someone's coming
When you're open and someone joins, you get a heads-up with their name. Don't like it? Block.
Your group, live
Once you're in, you see each other exactly and moving — everyone else still sees you rounded off.
Your rider
A nickname, bike or car, make and model, and what you're in the mood for tonight. Takes twenty seconds.
Warn the road
Press the warning button or hold the map: crash, closed road, hazard, police, camera, checkpoint. One tap, it's on everyone's map.
See what's ahead
Hazards others reported show as small grey icons. Ride past one and you can say it's still there — or gone.
Night hours
Weeknights the map is on from 18:00 to 08:00. Weekends, all day. The countdown always shows how long is left.
Daytime
Outside those hours the board is empty and the button is locked. Nothing to check. It tells you when the lights come back on.
Rounded to 300 m · exact only for your group
Nobody knows your street
Your position is rounded to about 300 metres before it leaves your phone. Exact only for the people you ride with tonight.
Private ride
Flip to Closed and you still show on the map, just greyed out. People can still ask — you decide.
Report · Block · one tap
Report and block
Someone being a problem? Report with one tap, or block them so you never see each other again.
Gone when you are
Press Done and your dot is deleted. Delete everything is one button in your rider sheet. No questions.
No download needed
It runs in your browser. Add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app.
The mood
Flare · come here
Flares
Tap the flare and your dot bursts for five seconds. Everyone nearby sees it. It means: come here.
Halloween ride · 21:00
Event nights
Sometimes there's a beacon on the map with a time — a Halloween ride, a first-snow ride. Show up and you're in the pack.
Halloween ride
Themes
On special nights the whole map changes colour. Orange for Halloween, white for Christmas.
Pack · 3.2 km ↗
Where's the night
A pack across town you can't see? An arrow on the edge of the screen points at it and tells you how far.
Pack · building
The pack grows
The more people in a pack, the brighter it gets. You can feel a big night from across the map.
Lights on
Lights on
When the night starts, the roads switch on one by one. Some people open the app just to watch it.
5×5 · tap to draw
Your sigil
Instead of a photo, draw a tiny 5×5 pixel mark. It's what people see on your dot. By the third night, they'll know it's you.
Pack night · share
Photo mode
One tap captures your map, your pack and the time, framed like a game screenshot. Nobody's name is in it.
Most out tonight 23 · record 41
Night record
A quiet line at the top: how many are out right now, and the most ever. The city's number, not yours.
They said yes
They said yes
When someone accepts you, your screen flashes once. No notification, no text. You just know.
The ambient layer
Lighthouse · staying a while
Lighthouse
Parked and planning to stay a while? Switch on the lighthouse. Your dot becomes a slow sweep that says: come say hi.
1.2 km · 3.1 km
Ping
Tap your own dot and a ring spreads out. Every rider it passes lights up with their distance.
Pack · 4 ahead
Trails
While you're riding, packs leave a trail that fades over ten minutes. You see where the night went.
Usually 4–6 here now
Quiet night?
On an empty night the map faintly shows where riders usually are at this hour. A hint, not an instruction.
Dead drop · 4.2 km
Dead drops
Now and then a hollow square appears somewhere nobody is. The first rider to get there lights it up for everyone.
Rain · Synth · Idle
Mood dial
Swipe between soundscapes: rain, synth, idle engine, silence. Each one slightly changes the look of the map.
Full moon
Full moon
Once a month the colours invert and the night runs longer. No announcement. You'll notice.
Blackout · 10 min
Blackout
Ten unannounced minutes a month where every dot disappears and only the trails remain. Then they come back.
Sun's coming
Dawn
As the night ends, the dots fade out one by one and a warm glow creeps in from the east side of the map.
“The Bridge” · 3 nights
Spots get names
A spot that fills up three nights in a row earns a name — The Bridge, The Roof — chosen by the people who were there.
The week · share
The week in 20 seconds
Sunday morning: a short film of the week's trails across the city. Nobody is named. Share it if you like.
The real app
Pack of 5 · 620 m
Phone in your pocket
The proper iPhone and Android apps keep you on the map while your phone is put away, and show the pack on your lock screen.
Crew · 7 of 12
Crews
A private group of up to twelve people. They see you even when you're Closed. Still no chat.
Save your rider
Keep your rider
Optional: save your rider so it follows you to your next phone. Or just note your recovery code.
Car screen · glance only
In the car
On CarPlay and Android Auto the map shows at a glance — who's out, nearest pack — with no buttons to press while driving.
Your local night
Anywhere
The map works in any city. The night starts and ends by your local time.
Server € 11 · donations € 9
Open books
What it costs us, what people donated, whether there's a sponsor. Public, every month, inside the app.
Built by riders and drivers.
Not a company.
If a big app copies this and charges you for it, go use theirs. We'll have done our job. Until then — it's late, and we're probably out.
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