A Shuffle is two people meeting and each handing over an item. ShuffleIn is designed around that moment: only a rough area is ever shared, the chat stays inside the app so nobody needs your number, and these five rules are shown before your first chat and stay one tap away in every chat.
The five rules
- Meet in a busy public place, in daylight. A cafe, a mall, a metro gate, a society gate. Never at home, never late at night.
- Tell a friend, or bring one. Say where you are going and who you are meeting.
- Check the item before you hand over yours. Switch it on, look it over, ask questions. Walk away if it is not what was shown. A Shuffle is final the moment it is done.
- Never pay, and never share bank, UPI or ID details. Shuffles on ShuffleIn are always free. Anyone asking for money is breaking the rules: do not pay, do report.
- Report anything odd. Rude messages, a no-show, an item not as described: report it from the chat. Blocking is instant.
What ShuffleIn does for you
- Your location is rounded to about a kilometre before it is stored. Other people see a distance, never an address, and the range pill in the app shows only kilometres, never a place name.
- Chat stays in the app. Text and photos, read receipts, mute, delete for me, block and report, all without sharing a phone number.
- Standing you can see. Every item card and profile shows the person's stars, number of ratings, Shuffles done and member since. Ratings come only from Shuffles both people marked as done, so they cannot be bought or faked, and new members show as "New" rather than blank.
- Money reminders. If money comes up in a chat, the sender sees a reminder before the message goes, and you see a red notice with a one-tap report under any message that asks for money.
- Automatic flags. Someone blocked or reported by several different people is hidden from new swipes and reviewed by a person; repeated reports pause the account. See the community guidelines.
- Banned items are held. A listing that mentions a banned item cannot go live until a person has looked at it. See banned items.
If something goes wrong
- They did not turn up, or the item was not as shown: open the chat, tap "Something went wrong?" under the Shuffle line (or Report in the menu) and pick the reason. It counts in their standing and a person reviews it.
- Someone asked for money: do not pay. Tap Report on the red notice under their message. Three such messages pause an account.
- Someone made you uncomfortable: Block, from the chat menu or their profile. The chat closes and you are hidden from each other at once. Then Report, so we can act for other people too.
- You are in danger: call the police first (112 in India), then tell us at support@tinyanglestudio.com.
A fair warning. ShuffleIn introduces people; the Shuffle itself is between the two of you. No app can promise that a stranger is honest. These rules, and the standing you can see on every profile, are there so you can decide for yourself, with your eyes open.