Bring a Friend to Mosey and Earn the Badge

You can bring a friend to Mosey by sending your invite link. When they join and then do one thing in the app, such as following you back, joining a list or a plan, or finishing a daily game, you earn a badge for bringing a friend. There is no reward, discount or perk, and it has nothing to do with ratings.

What does it mean to bring a friend?

It means you asked someone to join and they did. The app has a card titled "Bring a friend" that explains it in one line: send your link to a friend, and when they join and then do one thing on Mosey, you earn the badge. It is a small acknowledgment for the person who gets the group started, and it does not give anyone an advantage.

The badge sits with the others in My Badges. It has its own levels, named Companion, Connector, Gatherer and Ringleader, which are reached at one, three, five and ten friends.

How do you earn the badge and send your invite link?

The app has an "Invite a friend" button, and it makes a personal link you can send by message. A button with the same label closes a Best in town session, a natural moment to think of a friend who eats where you do. The link is yours alone, so the app can tell who invited whom.

You can also invite people to a shared list with a list link, which is a different invite: anyone with a list link can join as a collaborator, even if they are not on Mosey yet. A friend who joins through a list link and then does one thing counts toward the badge as well.

What counts as one thing?

The friend has to do something real in the app after joining. The card gives examples: following you back, joining a list or a plan, or finishing a daily game, and a game challenge link is one easy way to get a friend to try one. A rating never counts, on purpose, so nobody is nudged to rate something for the sake of a badge. The point is that the friend actually used the app, not that they tapped a link.

What are the rules?

The app states them plainly. There is no reward, discount or perk. A friend counts once, only with a verified email, and there is a limit on how many friends count each month. The card shows two lines so you can see where you stand: "Friends counted so far" and "Counts left this month."

These rules keep the badge honest. It cannot be bought, farmed or turned into a prize, and it says only that you got people together.

How do the levels work?

There are four, and they follow the number of friends counted: one friend makes you a Companion, three a Connector, five a Gatherer and ten a Ringleader. Each level is kept once reached, like every badge level in the app. The names are about bringing people together, not about winning, and the badge sits beside your food badges in My Badges without changing anything about how places appear to you.

Is it a referral program?

No. A referral program pays you to recruit, and this does the opposite. The app says there is no reward, discount or perk, and it limits how many friends count each month, so there is no reason to message everyone you know. It exists because some people really are the ones who get a group of friends eating well together, and a small badge is a fair way to say so.

Who should you invite?

Ask the friends who already eat like you. The people most likely to use the app are the ones who send you restaurant suggestions anyway. A shared list for a weekend away, a food crawl or a birthday dinner is a natural reason to invite someone, and the guide to building a food list with friends shows how to start one. A friend who follows you back also sees your ratings and picks, which is more useful than the badge.

Do not send the link to people who have not asked for it. A personal message to a friend works better than a broadcast, and the app limits how many count each month for that reason.

What does the badge do for local places?

The badge itself does nothing for a place. The friends do. Every person who joins and rates a dish adds one more voice to the places you both love. Mosey is free for a place to list, has no hidden fees and keeps its tools affordable, so a friend who starts rating is supporting local at no cost to anyone.

Say why. "I use this app to keep my list of places and I think you would like it" is better than a bare link, and it sets the right expectation: the app is about food and friends. If you have a shared list in mind, mention it, since a friend is more likely to join when there is already something waiting for them. A personal message also means the friend knows the link is not spam.

Where can you see your progress?

Open My Badges and look under the section for the friends badge, which shows a count out of your next target, such as "1 / 3 friends." See the food badges guide for how the other families work, and the food badges feature page for the screens. More ideas are in the US food guides.

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