We believe sport is for everyone
PlayNearby was built by a group of weekend cricketers frustrated by the same problem: finding players, booking grounds, and splitting costs was harder than it needed to be. So we built the app we wished existed.
Our Story
Every Sunday, the same WhatsApp chaos. "Anyone for cricket?" — 47 messages later, half the people had dropped, nobody knew the cost, and the host was chasing payments for weeks.
We built PlayNearby to fix this. A location-based game scheduling app where anyone can host or join a nearby pickup game — with automatic cost splitting, real-time player management, and zero payment gateway complexity.
We started with cricket because that's what we knew. But the same problem exists for football, badminton, basketball, kabaddi — any sport played casually with friends. PlayNearby supports them all.
Today, our goal is simple: make spontaneous sport as easy as ordering food online. You open the app, find a game near you, check your share of the cost, and play.
What We Stand For
Community First
Sports are better together. We build tools that strengthen local sports communities, not replace them.
Radical Transparency
Cost splits are visible before you commit. No surprises. No awkward post-game money talk.
Hyper-Local
We focus on your 10 km radius. Not national leagues. Not fantasy cricket. Just you and players near you.
Dead Simple
From opening the app to requesting a join: under 2 minutes. We obsess over removing friction.