No one should have to land alone.
Palayn is the verified community for international students. We built it so the people at your new university and in your new city feel familiar before you've even arrived.
Moving abroad is a big step. Doing it alone is harder.
Studying in another country means leaving your friends, your family and everything familiar, often all at once. Most international students arrive knowing almost no one, and the first weeks can feel lonely while you figure out a new campus, a new city and a new routine.
It's a lot easier when you've already met a few people heading the same way: someone to ask the small questions, to get coffee with in the first week, or to walk into orientation with.
That's what Palayn is for. Meet your people before you land, so you arrive to familiar faces.
One app for finding your people.
Your profile
Add your university, your city and where you're from. You choose what's visible: your identity details stay hidden from strangers unless you turn on discovery.
Your feed
Share posts, photos and polls with your connections. Comment, like, and save the posts you want to come back to.
Meetups & events
Find meetups nearby or host your own, and RSVP in a tap. Each event has its own group chat, and the exact address goes only to people who are going. Hosts can keep an event connections-only.
Connections & chat
Connections are mutual: one of you sends a request, the other accepts. Message privately and share photos. Someone you're not connected with starts with a short message request.
Discover
Find students and events around your university and your city, and get notified when someone accepts your request, replies to you or updates an event you're going to.
You stay in control
Switch off your online status, typing indicator and "seen". Block or report anyone; reported content gets reviewed and hidden. Delete your account any time.
The app is built. Launch is close.
Palayn isn't in the app stores yet. While we get it ready for launch, the waitlist is open: join and we'll email you the moment it's ready, with early access before the public launch.
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Done
App built
Profiles, feed, meetups, chat, discovery and safety tools are all in place.
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You are here
Waitlist open
Join now to hear first and get in before the public launch.
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Next
Launching soon
Everyone on the waitlist gets an email the day Palayn is ready to download.
The principles we build around.
Verified students
Everyone signs up with a university email, so the people you meet are real students.
Private by default
Your identity details stay hidden from people you don't know until you choose to be discoverable.
Free for students
Palayn is free to download and use. No paywall between you and a new friend.
Built with the community
The waitlist helps decide where we focus first. Tell us where you're headed and what you'd like to see.
Be one of the first in
Palayn is almost ready. Join the waitlist and get early access before the public launch.