BamBoo: Missed Connections
GROVE MESH LABS Social Networking iPhoneiPadiPod touch
BamBoo: Missed Connections is a free Social Networking app for iPhone and iPad by GROVE MESH LABS. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated September 18, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 37 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 18
- 2026 · v1.0.5
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About BamBoo: Missed Connections
BamBoo — Real Encounters You noticed someone. You wanted to say hello. But the moment passed. Maybe you thought there would be another chance. Maybe you saw them on campus, at a café, or somewhere you go every day. But you never found the right moment. What if they noticed you too? You just never knew. REAL ENCOUNTERS BamBoo is a real-world connection app for the people you cross paths with but never get the chance to know. No endless swiping. No AI deciding who you should meet. Just Real Encounters — and a chance to find someone you almost missed. FIND YOUR MISSED CONNECTION You don’t have to find someone right away. Come back later and search based on where and when your paths crossed. Maybe the moment has passed. The chance doesn’t have to. WHAT IF THEY’RE NOT ON BAMBOO YET? Create a Clue Board post about the person and where you crossed paths, then share it to your social platforms. Your friends can share it. Their friends can see it. And maybe it eventually reaches the person you were hoping to find. Don’t let a missed moment disappear. STARTING AT UCLA BamBoo is starting at UCLA. Registration is limited to @ucla.edu accounts. The community is small by design — because the people you discover should be people you could actually encounter. JOIN EARLY. GET BAMBOO PLUS FOR LIFE. Register and invite one person before November 21 to permanently upgrade your Free account to BamBoo Plus — free for life. With BamBoo Plus, you get: ● A longer search window to give your missed connections more time to find you ● More BamBoo features unlocked as the platform grows One invitation. Lifetime BamBoo Plus. No subscription. The earlier you join, the more chances you have to find someone you almost missed. NO AI. NO SWIPING. BamBoo doesn’t decide who you should meet. We believe some connections are better when they start with a real moment — not an algorithm. Sometimes, you’ve already seen the person. You just never got to know them. PRIVACY FIRST Your real-time location is never shown to other users. BamBoo is designed to help you discover missed connections without exposing your exact whereabouts. You choose what you share. ------ You noticed them. They might have noticed you. You just never knew. BamBoo — Real Encounters.
What’s new
Version 1.0.5 · Updated September 18, 2026
Include big activities. General bug fixes.
App privacy
The developer, GROVE MESH LABS, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Search History: Search History
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Other Data: Other Data Types
- Location: Precise Location, Coarse Location
- Contact Info: Email Address
- User Content: Emails or Text Messages, Photos or Videos, Other User Content
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Name
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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