The festival app for your crew
Find your friends. Catch every set.
Olaroo puts your friends on the festival map, with the full line-up, stage times and a plan for the night that warns you about clashes. Only the people you choose can see where you are.
Free for festival-goers. In testing now on iPhone and Android.
- Tested at real festivals in 2026
- Works when the signal drops
- No ads and no third-party trackers
For festival-goers
Everything your group needs for the weekend
One app for finding each other, knowing what is on and making the most of every day.
Your crew on the map
See where your friends are and how far it is to walk. You choose who sees you and whether they see your exact spot or just the area. You can hide for a while any time.
The whole line-up
Every act with a photo, a short bio and when they are on, so you can find something new between the ones you came for.
Plan the night, spot the clashes
Pick your sets and Olaroo warns you when two overlap. See which sets your crew are going to.
Find a friend in the crowd
Tap Find and an arrow points the way to your friend, counting down the metres. Not sharing? Ask “where are you?” in one tap.
Your day, replayed
Footprints keeps a private trail of your festival: where you went, how long you stayed and who was on. Only you can see it.
Every festival you have been to
Add the festivals you have been to and Olaroo builds your history: the acts on your bills and who you went with. You choose who can see it.
Works when the signal doesn’t
The map, the line-up and your plan are saved on your phone. Plans and messages you make in a dead spot send themselves when the signal comes back.
There’s plenty more
A few of the other things Olaroo does over a weekend.
Amenities with the details
Bars, food, water and toilets on the map, with opening hours, menus and offers from the vendors.
Flag a problem
No paper, a long queue, a card machine down. Tell everyone in one tap, anonymously. A report shows once others agree.
Kind to your battery
We work hard to keep Olaroo light on your battery. Pick Normal, Eco or Saver. Olaroo also steps down by itself as your battery runs low. Your crew can see when it is getting low too.
Find me
Not sharing all day? Turn on Find me and your crew can still check where you are when they need to find you.
Crossed paths
Turn it on to see people who were at the same festivals as you. You might already know them.
SOS to your crew
One button tells your whole crew you need help and shows them where you are.
A private camp
Mark your tent and you show as “At camp”. Your exact spot stays hidden unless you choose to share it.
Never miss a set
Get a reminder before the sets you picked. Follow your favourite acts across festivals too.
- Your plan as a lock-screen wallpaper
- Live sharing on the way there
- Messages and group chats
- A steps leaderboard for the weekend
Every screen on this page comes from Hollowmere, a festival we made up to show the app. Its people and acts are made up too, with photos from Unsplash.
For organisers
The festival app your crowd actually uses
People download Olaroo to find their friends. That puts your map, line-up and announcements in every one of those pockets. It also shows you how busy each area is.
How busy each area is
Zone counts and a heat map every 5 minutes, built only from people who share with others. Counts, never names.
Who is planning what
How many people have saved your festival, made a plan and built a crew, plus the most planned sets.
Tell everyone at once
Announcements reach every attendee’s phone. Move a set time and the people who planned to be there are told.
Your site on a real map
Draw the boundary, areas, stages and amenities on satellite view. What you draw is what attendees hold.
A line-up from 35,000+ artists
Search the registry, add acts with their photos and bios, then lay out each stage.
A crowd that talks to you
Festival chat, topic channels and a moderation team you appoint. What you post appears as the festival.
Also in the portal
- Issues the crowd reports, on a live worklist you close
- Team roles, so a scheduler only touches the schedule
- Vendors who run their own menus and offers
- Walking times between every stage
Which one are you?
Going to a festival?
Olaroo is in testing and we are looking for groups of friends to try it at their next festival. Tell us where you are going and we will get you set up.
Or email hello@olaroo.com. It is free on iPhone and Android. It works best when your whole group has it.
Running one?
Build your festival in the portal or talk to us about bringing Olaroo to your crowd.
Already have an invite? Sign in and it will be waiting.
Our promise
Your location is yours
We never sell your personal data
No ads and no third-party trackers, in the app or on this site.
Only people you choose see where you are
Sharing starts off. You pick who sees you and how precisely, festival by festival.
Organisers see numbers, never names
Crowd counts only include people who share. No count says who is in it.