# Radius 13 Hacker News commenters recommended Radius and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for organising local meetups and events, with free tiers for groups. Critics find the first impression confusing and see little over Meetup or Facebook Events. ## Why people recommend it - Helps people meet in person (2 comments): "facilitating people actually getting together in the real world, through events, activities and shared interests" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778134)) "to give individual users something useful to do even before we have that critical mass of established groups" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778298)) - Free features and fair pricing for groups (2 comments): "Pricing is a flat £12/month for Pro groups, and things like our Events API, embeddable event widgets, calendar subscriptions, guest RSVPs and waitlists are all available for free groups as well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778050)) "with fairer organiser pricing for smaller groups" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543029)) ## What people warn about - Confusing, unfocused first-time experience (4 comments): "the product itself not making the happy path very useful or confusing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778446)) "Overall, not a very pleasant first impression." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49791632)) "your landing page makes the activity feed/posting something prominent for some reason" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778980)) - Few relevant local events yet (3 comments): "What's the point in showing me events half way across the country?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49777860)) "it took longer than expected to find activities near me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778209)) ""Nothing happening near you yet" womp" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779688)) - Unclear why switch from current tools (2 comments): "I really appreciate the work and polish put into the project, but I would always think why would someone switch from direct communication" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49777854)) "Right now you are not offering much over Facebook Events or Meetup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779998)) - Bugs in search and suggestions (2 comments): "Bug: When typing a zip code in, the "powered by Google" popup only appears until you type the final digit, then it disappears, and pressing enter does nothing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49782191)) "the suggestions no longer appear. I had to refresh the page to get them back" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49780504)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Meetup.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meetup.md): 26 recommend - [Luma](https://hackerapproved.com/p/luma.md): 11 recommend - [Partiful](https://hackerapproved.com/p/partiful.md): 9 recommend - [Whirligig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/whirligig-live.md): 9 recommend - [TeamOut](https://hackerapproved.com/p/teamout.md): 7 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://radius.to/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Radius", https://hackerapproved.com/p/radius/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).