Turn it over. Take the first step.
Your mission ticket keeps the task up front. Turn it over for the instructions and what it helps you practise, then start with a tap or a swipe.
A bucket list for doing things alone
Doing things alone gets easier.
Your next solo plan. A small step, a ticket of your own, and a record of how it felt.
What is Solo Era?
Solo Era is an iPhone app for practising doing things alone. You get weekly missions in seven categories and five difficulty levels, a personal Solo Pass, before-and-after ratings of how nervous you felt, and a photo journal. It is free to download on the App Store. A subscription is required to start missions.
You sign in with Apple, Google or a six-digit code sent to your email, and there are no passwords. The setup questions can be skipped, the app is dark by default with a light option, and its layouts adapt to different iPhone screen sizes.
Solo Era is not therapy or medical care, and it is not a dating or meet-people app. About Solo Era covers who builds it and what it is not.
A place for what you noticed
Your own words and photos, saved in a journal you can return to. Screens show example data.
People are calling this solomaxxing
The word turned up in the press in the summer of 2026, mostly meaning a decision about dating: stay single, spend the time and money on yourself. But every article that uses it reaches for the same examples — eating out alone, the cinema alone, travelling alone — and those are not a decision. They are a skill, and skills are practised.
That is the reading Solo Era is built on. What solomaxxing means covers where the word came from, the senses it carries, what the criticism gets right, and what practising it looks like week to week.
A ticket to something you chose.
Find your kind of solo.
Browse activities across seven categories and five difficulty levels, or write a mission of your own. Your weekly mission gives you a place to begin.
Explore solo activities →Keep the moment.
Record how nervous you felt before and after, collect XP and build your weekly streak. Your personal Solo Pass keeps the same code as your story grows.
Choose a starting level →Subscriptions and any free trial are shown in the app before purchase. Trial availability depends on your selected offer and eligibility.
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Find your next small step
Browse by category, choose a difficulty that suits you, and turn a mission ticket over for its instructions. Rate your nerves before and after you try it.
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See what changes
Every before-and-after number you give, plotted over months.
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All yours
Keep a photo and notes with each completed mission, or write a journal entry of your own. Open an entry for the details and share only when you choose.
A LITTLE LESS “MAYBE”
Find an answer. Take a small step.
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FOR CREATORS
Your story. Their first small yes.
Help your audience try more things on their own. Apply to partner with Solo Era and share the adventures that feel like you.
Start your solo era.
Solo Era is an iPhone app. Take the first mission this week.