Skein

Press

Press kit

Everything here is free to use when writing about Skein. For anything not on this page, including logo files and founder photos, write to press@skein.me and you will get a reply from a person the same day.

Boilerplate

Fifty words

Skein is a dating app that runs out. Five people a day, chosen for proximity and what you are both looking for, then it closes until tomorrow. There are no bare likes, nothing expires, and nothing can be bought that puts anyone in front of more people. Built by Altros Studios; open in Tampa Bay and Tuscaloosa.

A hundred and fifty words

Skein is a dating app built on the opposite bet from the rest of the category: that a short queue read properly beats an infinite one skimmed. Five people arrive each morning, chosen for proximity and for what both people say they are looking for. To start a conversation you have to reply to something specific — a prompt answer or a photo — so the first message is about a person rather than a face. Threads never expire and the app never nudges you to respond. Everyone is verified by a liveness capture that is deleted the moment it has been checked. Location leaves the device already offset and quantised, so no coordinate ever reaches the company or another user. The subscription, Skein+, deliberately sells no visibility of any kind. Revenue comes instead from Gatherings — small real events you get into with a verified profile — which is how an app can afford not to want your attention. Skein is made by Altros Studios and is open in Tampa Bay and Tuscaloosa.

Facts

  • Company — Altros Studios
  • Product — Skein, a dating app
  • Open in — Tampa Bay, Tuscaloosa
  • Price — free; Skein+ is $5.99 a month and sells no visibility
  • Platforms — iOS and Android
  • Press contact — press@skein.me

Screenshots

Real captures of the shipping build. The profile photos are abstract textile artwork rather than people — we do not generate invented humans for a dating app. Right-click to save.

Today's Skein: a dated header reading Four to read, then a profile card with a name, age, pronouns, a verified badge and a full-bleed photo.
The day's five, one card each.
A profile opened in full: name, age, pronouns, intent, a verified and selfie-match line, a prompt answer, and a Reply to this button.
Full answers, full-bleed photos, reply on any of it.
The reply sheet, showing the prompt being replied to above a note the sender has written and a character count.
A note is required. It lands attached to what you replied to.
The Gatherings tab for Tampa, explaining that Gatherings are small real events you get into with a verified profile.
This week, near you, eight dollars.
The Safety Center: blocked people, date check-in, report a person, and a contact card, each with a plain description.
Two taps from anywhere in the app.

Palette

The app and this site share one set of tokens. Ink #140f0c is the ground, madder #d2603c is the only accent, brass #d9a94e carries small type.

Type

Display is Newsreader; body is Karla. Both are open-licensed (SIL OFL) and available from Google Fonts.

Using the name

“Skein” — one word, initial capital, never in all caps and never “SKEIN”. The subscription is “Skein+” with no space. A group of five is “a skein”, lowercase. Events are “Gatherings”, capitalised.