On the recordRead 12 Oct 202616 facts
HYPE
HYPE · Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Plans and prices
Free
Free
Coins earned by answering polls; spend Coins in the Shop on boosts
Read 12 Oct 2026 · usehype.app
On the record
- Anonymous picks
- Recipients do not see the sender’s account identity in the normal interface, though HYPE may show a broad gender signal and grade.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Boosts
- Coins can be spent on Random Boosts or Crush Boosts that may place a user in future eligible polls.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Contact invitations
- HYPE does not automatically invite Contacts, and a pending pick may be delivered if the recipient joins and verifies the same school within 90 days.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Friends
- Users can search classmates, browse friends-of-friends, accept requests, or invite people from Contacts.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations and providers
- The privacy policy names Supabase, Twilio, Mixpanel, Vercel, and Apple as current or expected service providers, and says users may initiate sharing through Snapchat, Instagram, Apple Messages, or the iOS share system.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- iosusehype.app · read 20 Sep 2026
- Moderation tools
- Yesusehype.app · read 20 Sep 2026
- Polls
- Polls use upbeat questions with four choices, and accepted answers earn Coins subject to cooldown rules.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- HYPE says it does not sell personal information for money, use it for third-party cross-context behavioral advertising, or track users across unrelated apps and websites for advertising.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Product limits
- Pilot V1 has no direct messages, user-authored poll questions, sender reveals, or cross-school discovery.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- HYPE is an app for complimenting friends and classmates through polls.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- School access
- Pilot V1 is available only at McNair, and signup verifies school access using a fresh location check.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy describes safeguards including authenticated access, server-side authorization, school isolation, row-level security, restricted service credentials, and limited analytics fields.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
- Support and safety limits
- Users can contact support through Get Help in the app or [email protected]; Pilot V1 does not provide live moderation or automated content moderation.usehype.app · read 12 Oct 2026
