Your account.
Email + verified selfie. That's your login. Stays as long as you want it to.
One night.
one rule.
Howl opens, you take a selfie to step inside, you talk to whoever's out tonight, and at sunrise it all resets. No legacy. No baggage. No permanent record of your dating life on a server somewhere.
The cycle
An evening on Howl.
7:00pm
Doors open
App unlocks for your zone. Take a live selfie to step inside. No upload. No older photo.
8:30pm
Peak crowd
Most users have arrived. This is when the room is fullest and matches are easiest to find.
10:00pm
Last call
An hour to closing. If you've been on the fence about saying hi to someone, this is the moment.
11:00pm
Doors close
Howl shuts off. You can't see who's "online" anymore. You have your matches, and you have your DMs.
Sunrise
Reset
Matches expire. DMs from last night age out. The next round opens at 7pm — different room, different night.
The rules
What lives. What dies.
A clear chart of what sticks around and what doesn't — because dating apps that quietly retain everything forever are the problem we're solving.
Your active profile.
Every selfie is for that night only. New night, new selfie. No legacy photos sitting in our database.
Your messages.
Chats expire 24 hours after your last reply. If you made a real plan, you already have their number.
Your matches.
Every match is for that night's room. Morning hits, slate is clean.
Try it tonight
Be in the room.
Doors open at 7. Take your selfie and step inside.