Getting started

Open the app in your browser at app.lap-drop.com or in the Android app. You can browse Circles, the map, the market, the wall and games without an account. Sign in from your profile when you want to post, chat, join a circle or claim a business.

Circles

Circles are places, interests and businesses. The Circles view can show Bubbles or a list; use the List control to switch. Place circles follow a parent chain: a town (for example Benidorm) belongs to its region (for example Costa Blanca), then the country, then Europe where that is the right geography. When you set your town, you can be added to that chain automatically. If you leave a circle, you are not added to it again unless you join it yourself. On a circle page you can open the room, share a public link (WhatsApp, Facebook, X, Telegram, email or copy), recommend the circle to someone you know, and use Wall, Chat, Members, Events and the Forum. The Recommend button stays on the circle page.

Chat rooms and messages

A chat room opens full screen. People appear as avatars in a scene. When someone writes, a speech bubble appears above their avatar. In Room settings you can choose how long those bubbles stay: Auto, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or until that person speaks again. Berichten (Messages) is an optional panel you can open or close; it is not required to use the room. Private messages live under Messages.

Market

The Market is a classifieds area with a side menu of categories and subcategories, including art, music, and digital and physical goods. Listings and chats with sellers follow the rules shown in the app.

Wall, clips and map

The Wall is the shared feed. Clips are short videos. The map shows places around you. Neighbourhood reports and a city guide are available from a town circle where that town has a guide.

Games

Lapdrop includes games you can open from Our Games. Some games are labelled Demo. Points you earn in the app have no cash value and are not a cryptocurrency.

For businesses

Businesses can add or claim a listing and choose a plan on the For businesses screen. Prices are shown in euros. You cannot complete a card or PayPal payment in the app unless a test or sandbox checkout has been configured by Lapdrop; otherwise the app invites you to add or claim your business and to contact us. Stamp cards at the till are separate from paid plans.

Partner programme (40 % commission)

Clubs, scouting groups, sports clubs, associations and faith communities can join the partner programme. Every business that joins Lapdrop through that organisation’s referral link is credited to the organisation, which earns 40 % commission on that business’s paid plan. Details and an application are on the public partner programme page.

Languages and your account

The app and this help page are available in English, Spanish, Dutch, German and French. You can change the language from the top bar. You can export or delete your account from the legal pages in the app. Notifications can be enabled on a signed-in device.