Get the app and sign in
Where your neighbors download the NeighborlyEvents app, how signing in works without a password, and the three quick screens everyone sees the first time.
Where it lives Where it lives: App Store / Google Play → NeighborlyEvents
Where the app comes from
The app is free to download for everyone in your community, whether or not you send them a link. On iPhone it's on the App Store as NeighborlyEvents. On Android it's in a closed beta for now: the "Get it on Google Play" badge opens a short sign-up page that walks a neighbor through joining the tester group and installing from Google Play. Once the NeighborlyEvents team has switched app links on for your community (and your plan includes the app), those official store badges also appear on your community's pages, on each person's account page, and in registration emails, so most neighbors find it on their own.
If the badges don't show on your community's pages, the app is still available to everyone. If you'd like the links on your pages and emails and they aren't there yet, email [email protected].
Signing in takes an email and a 6-digit code
There's no password and no separate sign-up. A neighbor types the email they already use with your community, taps Email me a code, and types the 6-digit code from the email. The same code creates an account for someone brand new. Their registrations, clubs, and volunteer shifts are already there, because it's the same account as the website.
Codes expire after 10 minutes. "Resend code" sends a fresh one, and "Use a different email" goes back a step if they typed the wrong address.
First, they confirm their address
The first time someone signs in on a phone, the app asks them to confirm their home address (or enter it if they've never given one). The address decides which neighborhoods they belong to: it's checked against each community's boundary, and nothing is shown to other residents. If they've moved, they fix it here, and their communities are re-checked.
They can change it later from Profile → Address.
Then the app shows their communities
Next comes a short "You're in!" screen listing every community their address qualifies them for. Someone outside every boundary sees "No communities yet" instead and can still join clubs and register for events; communities appear as they take part.
Last, the notification question
The last first-run screen explains what notifications they'll get (reminders with their check-in QR, new-event announcements, club updates) and offers Enable notifications, which brings up the phone's own permission prompt. Once allowed, they can switch each of your community's categories on or off right there. "Not now" skips it; they can turn notifications on any time later.
Turning a category off in the app silences both the push and the email for it. The record still lands in the app's inbox either way.
Home: their tickets first
After that, the app opens on Home. Up next lists the events they're registered for, soonest first, each with a Ticket button for the door QR. Anyone who also holds a role at an event gets extra buttons on the same card: Volunteer hub for a volunteer, Manage event for an organizer. Below that sit any open contests and the communities they belong to.
You and your fellow organizers use the same app. There's no separate organizer app; your tools appear wherever you manage something.
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