Shout Around helps you find people with similar interests nearby, so you can get more out of the convention. Discover creators, photographers, eSports players and attendees, check in for badges, and send a Shout when you want to meet up.
How it works
Three main sections, plus QR codes and profile skins, cover the floor, the after-hours meetup, and everything in between.
01
Discovery
In the Shout Around app, swipe through people nearby at a cosplay convention, an anime convention, or out in your city. Choose who you want to see, switch between Shout Around Local and Shout Around Global, and follow or connect when you find a good match.
A color bar under each name shows their role, level, and mutual friends at a glance, so it is easier to meet cosplayers and photographers, eSports players, and attendees on the floor. Your exact location is never shown, and you can turn Discoverable off anytime.
People nearby
Local or Global
Follow or Connect
Role, level, friends
02
Shouts
Send a Friends Shout to the people you are connected with, or a Public Shout that everyone can see. Followers can hear your public Shouts, so it is an easy way to call a convention meetup: you are at a panel, looking for a food recommendation, or ready to meet up.
You need at least one friend to send a Friends Shout, and at least one follower to send a Public Shout. You can also shout outside a show, like setting up a board game night.
Friends Shout
Public Shout
Convention meetups
After the show too
03
Check-in and badges
Check in with the Shout Around app at a convention to earn experience points, tokens, and badges. Come back each day you are on the floor. It works at events like Anime Expo, San Diego Comic-Con, and many other anime convention and comic shows in the app.
There are convention badges and achievement badges for things like first check-in, new friends, and follows. You can see your experience points under Settings, then Edit Profile.
Daily check-in
Convention badges
Experience points
Tokens
04
QR friends
The scanner in the Shout Around app adds friends, follows people, enters giveaways, and redeems skins. Your Follow QR stays the same, so you can share it with friends and fans at a convention or after.
Your Add Friends QR is new each time, works once, and expires after 24 hours, which keeps friend requests one to one.
Follow QR
Add Friends QR
Giveaways
Redeem skins
05
Skins
Dress up your profile with skins from the Skin Store. You earn coins by skipping or connecting in Discovery, and when someone follows you.
Apply a skin you own from the Skin Library so your profile stands out when people nearby find you in the Shout Around app.
Skin Store
Skin Library
Earn coins
Profile flair
Pick a role, or switch anytime
Tell Discovery how you are walking the floor. You can change your role whenever you want from the menu on your profile.
Creators
Cosplayers and other creators who want fans and new friends to find them, follow their public Shouts, and say hello in person.
Photographers
Shoot, connect, and get found by people who are looking for a photographer at the convention.
eSports
Players and fans can find each other for meetups, matches, and everything around the stage.
Attendees
Here for the panels, the hall, and the people. Discover who is nearby and shout when you want company.
Check in at conventions
Shout Around is built for the show floor. Check in at events like Anime Expo and San Diego Comic-Con, plus the conventions below, and many more in the app.
Anime Expo
San Diego Comic-Con
WonderCon
PAX West
New York Comic Con
Anime NYC
Emerald City Comic Con
Katsucon
Sakura-Con
Anime Boston
Crunchyroll Expo
Gen Con
Otakon
Fan Expo Canada
Dragon Con
First Check-InEarly BirdAnime ConComic ConGaming ConSocial Butterfly
Creators who have shared Shout Around
These creators have publicly promoted the app. We are not putting words in their mouths, only listing names from a published source.
Holly Wolf
Abby Dark-Star
Stella Chuu
Ivy Doomkitty
Bindi Smalls
Jessica Nigri
Source: The Geek Lyfe, First Impressions coverage of Shout Around.
Shout Around is the essential convention app. It helps you find people with similar interests nearby, check in at conventions for badges, send Shouts, and connect with QR codes.
Shout Around is a product of Atomic Hype LLC, created by Martin Wong.
Yes. The Shout Around app is free.
Check in at the convention to earn badges and experience points. Use Discovery to find creators, photographers, eSports players, and attendees nearby. Send a Shout when you want to meet up, and add friends with QR codes.
Yes. You can use it anytime, whether you want to discover new friends in your area or send a Shout to set up a board game night.
Check-In, Discovery, and Shouts are the three main sections.
No. Your profile only appears if you are nearby and have Discoverable turned on. Shout Around does not display your exact location.
Yes. You can use the app, but you will not be discoverable in Discovery. You can still add friends by exchanging QR codes.
Follow lets you receive someone's public Shouts. Connect follows them and becomes a friend request if they connect with you too.
Only your connections can see a Friends Shout. Everyone can see a Public Shout. You need at least one friend to send a Friends Shout, and at least one follower to send a Public Shout.
Check in at conventions, including once a day while you are there, to earn experience points, tokens, and convention badges. Other activities, such as making new friends and following people, can earn achievement badges. You can see your experience points under Settings, then Edit Profile.
