97 messages. Zero decisions.
Everyone says yalla. Nobody picks a day. The plan quietly dies somewhere around message 60, next to the meme replies.
Make the plan · live the story
More together.أحلى سوا
sawa turns “yalla, we should totally do this” into a plan that actually happens: voted, booked, split, and settled without a single awkward text.
Now on the App Store and Google Play · عربي and English
Sound familiar?
Group chats are where plans happen die.
The best ideas never get typed.
Suggesting a plan to 14 people feels like giving a speech. So the quiet friend with the great spot says nothing. Again.
Nobody wants to ask who paid.
Chasing your friends after the BBQ is more awkward than the BBQ was fun. So someone eats the cost and keeps score silently.
sawa takes the awkward out of together · سوا يعني مع بعض. Tap a vote instead of typing a speech. RSVP without the pressure. And let the app keep track of paid and pending, so no one has to be the friend who asks.
How it works
From “yalla” to actually there, in four taps.
Start the plan ابدأ الخطة
An idea, a few date options, a place. Thirty seconds and it exists outside the group chat.
Share one link شارك الرابط
Friends without the app open it in the browser, RSVP, and chip in as guests. No downloads, no excuses.
Vote, don’t debate صوّت وخلاص
A tap beats a paragraph. The shy vote counts exactly the same as the loud one, and that’s the point.
Split, settle, show up اقسم وحاسب
Collect for the plan, split the bill, watch paid and pending sort itself out. Reminders come from sawa, not from you.
The chat
A group chat that actually gets you out the door.
Same jokes, same karak energy, but the plan never drowns. The open vote sits above the thread, messages tag the plan they’re about, photos land from the camera, and the sticker pack says يلا so you don’t have to type it.
Stickers that speak the group’s language
يلا، تم، وينك؟ The app ships its own pack, drawn for exactly these conversations.
Photos, replies, reactions
Snap it straight from the camera or the library. Reply to the message, not the whole chat. React instead of typing “hahaha” for the ninth time.
Polls that sit above the thread
The group’s open votes wait at the top of the chat. Tap to vote, and the plan takes the answer. Messages about a plan wear its tag.
Communities
Not just your friends.
Your whole scene.
Channels for the crews you love: your padel community filling Thursday’s courts, your run club calling Friday’s route. Organizers post, everyone follows, and nobody sees the member list but them.
- Follow your scenePadel, running, gaming, the cousins: every crew gets a channel.
- Events made easyOrganizers post the next match as a real plan. One tap says you’re in.
- Zero group-chat chaosAnnouncements-only by default. React all you want; the feed stays clean.
- Join by requestDiscover public communities in the app and ask to join. Organizers approve.
What’s inside
Small app. Big weekends.
Votes on when and where
Put the date and the place to a vote, each on its own. A tap beats a paragraph, and the plan takes the winner.
One-tap RSVP
Going, maybe, not going. Who’s going sits right on the plan, with a nudge for the friend who hasn’t answered.
Chip in, with a bar
Collect for the gift or the trip in QAR. The bar shows how far the pot has come, paid and pending in the open.
Split the bill
Snap the bill, tick your lines, pay your share. The owner records what was settled in cash, so nothing is chased twice.
Chat with polls and stickers
Replies, reactions, photos from the camera, a sticker pack with يلا energy, and the open vote sitting above the thread.
Communities
Follow your padel crew, your run club, your people. Announcements only: all signal, zero noise.
Plans inside communities
Organizers post the next match or meetup as a real plan. One tap says you’re in, and everyone sees who’s going.
Gentle reminders
A reminder before the plan, a nudge for the quiet one. sawa sends them so you never have to send that text.
عربي and English
Flip the whole app to proper right-to-left Arabic, or mix both languages exactly like your chat does.
Good questions
Everything people ask before the first plan.
Is sawa free?
Downloading sawa and making plans is free. When a plan collects money, a small card-processing fee is shown upfront before anyone pays. No surprises, ever.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Every plan has a link that opens in any browser, so friends can RSVP and even chip in as guests without installing anything.
What’s a community?
A channel for your crew: a padel community filling Thursday’s courts, a run club posting Friday’s route. Organizers post, everyone follows, and who else follows stays private.
Is the money side safe?
Payments go through a licensed payment gateway, and organizers cash out to their own bank account after a quick ID check. Every riyal of a collection is visible to the group: paid and pending, in the open.
Does it really work in Arabic?
Fully. The whole app flips right-to-left, the copy is written in natural Gulf Arabic rather than textbook translation, and you can mix languages exactly like your group chat does.
Where do I get it?
On the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android, today. Friends who have not installed it yet can still open every sawa link in their browser.
Get the app
Your next plan starts here.يلا نبدأ
sawa is on the App Store and Google Play. Free to download, free to plan.
Get updates. New features, new stickers, the occasional يلا. One email now and then, nothing else.
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