Socials by Detor · Amsterdam

Socials, Timeleft or Groupvibe?

Last updated 1 November 2026

This page sets Socials, Timeleft and Groupvibe side by side: what you can book, how you are matched, what you pay and where each one runs. We are Socials by Detor, so this is written by one of the three. What we say about the other two comes from their own websites, and the date we read them is at the top of this page.

At a glance

	Socials by Detor	Timeleft	Groupvibe
What you book	A social table (dinner, drinks, coffee, brunch), an activity meetup (bouldering, a run, board games…), an event open to everyone, or a free hobby club	A dinner, and in some cities drinks, coffee or a walk	A meeting at a café or restaurant
Group size	About 6; never fewer than 4 or more than 12	4 to 6	4 to 6
When, in Amsterdam	Several dates a week, on the Discover page	Wednesdays and Fridays at 19:00	Set by their app
How you are matched	A few answers you give once (language, age range, what you came for); a person checks every group	A questionnaire and their algorithm	Their app's matching
Who you see before you meet	No names until the table's chat opens, an hour before; no profiles, no photos to browse	Per their app	Per their app
The venue	We book it and tell you the address the day before	A restaurant they pick	A café or restaurant
What you pay	A seat price per session, shown before you pay; your own food and drinks at the venue	A membership to confirm a booking; your own meal	Per their app
Bring a friend	Yes, one, in the same group	Per their app	Per their app
Cities	Amsterdam, Utrecht, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Vilnius	More than 200 cities in 52 countries	Amsterdam and San Francisco

"Per their app" means their public website did not say on the day we read it. We would rather leave a cell open than guess.

What is the same

The idea. A small table, people who came to meet people, a place booked for you.

If you have done one, you know roughly what the others feel like: a slightly nervous first ten minutes, then a normal dinner with people you might see again. None of the three is a dating app, and all three meet in public places.

What is different

Beyond dinner. Socials is the only one of the three with activity meetups and free hobby clubs. After a table you can meet the same kind of people over bouldering, a run or a board game, and a club keeps you meeting them. Timeleft is built around the weekly dinner, Groupvibe around the café meeting.

Paying. Timeleft needs a membership to confirm a booking. Socials has no membership: a seat has a price per session, shown before you pay, and at the table everyone pays the venue for their own food and drinks. For people who come often there are optional seat packs.

Privacy before you meet. On Socials nobody at your table sees a name until the table's chat opens, an hour before. There is no bio and nothing to browse, on purpose. Some people love that. Others miss it.

Reach. If you travel a lot, Timeleft's 200 cities are hard to beat. Socials runs in six European cities and opens more as people ask for them.

Which to pick

You want dinner this Wednesday in any big city: Timeleft.
You want a café meeting in Amsterdam with a small group: Groupvibe.
You want to meet people in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona or Vilnius, over dinner or an activity, pay per seat and keep seeing them through a club: Socials.

Plenty of people in Amsterdam try two of them. They're not expensive, and the right one is the one whose dates fit your week.

On this week

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Dinner with 4 to 6 strangers, this week

We choose the group, book the table and tell you where the day before. No profiles. Everyone pays their own bill.

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Questions people ask

Is Socials by Detor like Timeleft?

In the idea, yes: a small group of people who have not met, with a table booked for you. Socials adds activity meetups, events and free hobby clubs. It has no membership, since a seat is priced per session, and nobody sees a name until the table's chat opens, an hour before.

Which is cheaper, Socials or Timeleft?

Timeleft needs a membership to confirm a booking. Socials has no membership and prices each seat per session. Which works out cheaper depends on how often you go. With both, you pay the venue for your own food and drinks.

Can I bring a friend to a dinner with strangers?

On Socials, yes: one person, always in the same group as you. We spread plus ones across the groups so you still meet new people. For Timeleft and Groupvibe, check their apps.

Do these work outside Amsterdam?

Socials runs in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Vilnius. Timeleft runs in more than 200 cities. Groupvibe lists Amsterdam and San Francisco.

Pick one fast thing and one weekly thing.