What’s New This Week?
Hi Friends of Leaf 👋
We are excited to announce the release of new app features that will take the user experience to the next level. Our team of developers has been working to bring you the latest and greatest additions to the Leaf app, designed to make your life easier and more enjoyable. Whether you're an avid user or just getting started, these new features will give you a fresh perspective on what Leaf can do for you. So, let's dive in and discover what's new this week:
Introducing: New Logo ❇️
We have a new logo that better aligns with where we believe Leaf is headed. About time, right? Leaf is intended to become an integral part of your lifestyle, making your social life a breeze. We are moving towards embodying design elements that are associated with other lifestyle apps. Here’s our first step.
Introducing: Moments 🎞️
Thousands of users come to Leaf to make memories with their friends and family. Those memories are often captured by a photo. Today, you can share your special photos via the plan chat, but those moments are sometimes lost as soon as the plan ends. We’re introducting: Moments. Photos shared within the plan chat will show up the next day for you to save to your device or upload to social media. They remain accessible in your history.
Groups Update 🫂
Groups have become the hub of the Leaf and will soon become one of the ways we look to attract external users. It’s the place within the app that gives you the sense of belonging. Here’s the updates:
We’ve added nearly 100 public groups in New York City and 1000 other US cities, providing you opportunities to interact with someone new. Groups are centered around common interests (e.g. Women Bosses, Skiers, Runners, Beer Enthusiasts, etc.)
You can now create your own Public, Private, or Closed groups, allowing you to dictate how and who can be a part of your groups.
We now provide suggestions of nearby public and closed (request to join) groups.
Native Advertising 🪧
Over the years, many local brick and mortar businesses have contacted me wanting to partner to gain attention from the Leaf audience. We have been hesitant to offer in-app advertising until we knew we could get it right. Today is that day. We’ve partnered with local businesses in New York City to bring some of the hottest new spots to the Leaf homepage. Some of these businesses will offer specials discounts and services to Leaf users. We hear you. No one likes ads, but don’t fret, we built this in a way to protect your homepage so you are not overwhelm with pointless offerings.
Leaf Plus Update
Our Leaf Plus users will now receive real-time, verified chat messages via Concierge services about their saved locations and locations in upcoming plans. Members will receive vital information about reservations, discounts, and food/drink recommendations.
Don’t wanna miss out? iOS users can sign up for Leaf Plus for just $4.99/month.
Here’s what happening next:
Recurring Plans 🔁 - Always meeting up with the same group of people each week or month? This feature is for you. Group owners will now be able to setup recurring plans (weekly or monthly) that will appear for all group members. Plans will be created each occurence based on the upvoted locations within the group. This also allow you to join public groups and instantly join up at their next outing.
Suggested Attendees 🙋 - We often hear: “I didn’t know they used Leaf.” - This feature will solve for that. Each time you create a plan, we will suggest other available Leaf users that you know. We’ll leave it up to you if they are worthy of your invite. 😉
Interaction Milestone 🤝 - Leaf is all about bringing people together. So, we want to celebrate with you as you connect and interact with more and more people. This feature will trigger a celebratory “pause” are you completed more and more plans with new people. Hint: Today, you can visit your profile in the app to see the number of people you’ve interacted with through Leaf. I’m at 52 interactions! Can you beat that?
History Search 🕰️ - “What’s that one place we visited 2 weeks ago?” Ever asked this question. Well now you’ll have the answer after a quick search through your history. Leaf keeps a running log of your past plans and locations, so you’ll be able to go to your history and search by location, plan name, or location notes.
Personal Note Add-on 📝 - Leaf allows you to add private notes about each location you visited or saved. Now you will have the option to share those notes with other plan attendees to help them make decisions about things like specials, what to order, or times to go.
Custom Locations Shortcut 📍 - More and more Leaf users are creating custom locations to invite folks over to their home. We want to make that easier to do. So, we’ll be adding a shortcut inside of Location Search to make that process seamless.
That’s it for now. Based on what you’ve heard, what’s your favorite feature?
