Heylo | Build community groups

Group events, chats, payments

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Heylo is the platform for community groups. Heylo gives leaders the tools to be more organized with events, chats, and payments in your own branded group space.
Whether you’re leading a running group, book club, pickleball team, or parent organization, Heylo gives you the tools to build a thriving community and meaningful group experiences.
The result? Happier members and a stronger, more engaged community.
WITH HEYLO, YOU CAN…
ORGANIZE EVENTS
Create events and broadcast all the details by push notification and email
Keep everyone connected with dedicated event group chats
Customize event registration, set caps, offer early access, and invite guests
Control event visibility—keep some events private for members, while showcasing others to the public.
Track attendance and celebrate participation with event milestones
STREAMLINE COMMUNICATION
Create chats for members by topic and for events
Add icebreakers and introductions
No more juggling DMs or emails—everything your members need is in one place
Pinned chat for leaders to reach everyone with integrated push notifications and emails
COLLECT PAYMENTS AND WAIVERS
Skip the awkward conversations and simplify member contributions. Flexible recurring membership options, from monthly to scholarship
Add a price to an event and collect payments in advance
Showcase sponsors and partners with discounts behind a membership paywall
Protect yourself by collecting waivers
BRAND YOUR SPACE
Customize your group’s page with your group’s colors, logo, and a custom URL you can share on your socials.
Add custom links to share essential information. There’s no limit to the number of links you can add, and you control the visibility.
Your group page automatically displays all your upcoming events and group information, keeping your page fresh and up-to-date without any extra effort.
HAPPIER MEMBERS
Members can choose how they stay connected via the web, app, or email.
They manage their memberships, profiles, connections, and payment information by themselves.
PLUS HEYLO IS…
FREE TO USE
No paywall to get started, no usage limits, and no ads. Heylo makes money by collecting a small percentage when you collect payments.
A SAFE SPACE
Make your entire group private, host private events accessible only to selected members of your group, and screen new members before allowing them to join.
Collect private member information securely, whether you're hosting brunches and need to know dietary restrictions, or signing up for running races with age and gender requirements.
Remove or delete anything in your group, including messages, members, or events. You have control. Export your member info anytime.
WHAT GROUP LEADERS SAY
“In our first year on Heylo, paid members increased 3x to over 600. We had to set a cap. I can’t believe how seamless Heylo is.” - Steve Finley, Brooklyn Track Club
“Super user-friendly. There are even some older players—in their 70s—who use Heylo without issue. Heylo has made a tremendous impact on how much the group plays—a great thing for everyone.” - Mike Smith, Ragle Beach Volleyball
“Collecting payment in advance of our classes brought our no-show rate down from 50% to zero.” - Romain, San Francisco Beach Volleyball
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User Rating

4.92 out of 5

148 ratings in Canada

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Heylo Reviews

Easy to use and easy to connect

Terri784 on

Canada

Heylo has changed the game for me. I have been looking for a platform to use to host my events not only that it needed to be user friendly and support interaction. Heylo provides that and more. You also discover other groups. Love it. Whether you are an event planner or just looking for activities to do in your city I highly recommend to join the app.

Unethical business practices

JerryP315 on

United States

Charged my credit card without consent, I contacted them and they were completely unprofessional and refused to correct their mistake Update: Professionals listen to feedback and make improvements rather than deny mistakes

Best Group App

Life's a marathon on

United States

I’ve used this app in joining groups and organizing my own. It’s so easy to navigate, promotes engagement, and makes it easy to see upcoming events. I also love that conversations are organized by topic - no more scrolling through a long group thread to try and find details!

Stay away

Sarah-A12 on

United States

Full of bots and spammy. Also they store your cc without your approval and you get charged for no reason

Can’t add phone number - can’t join

cali5729 on

United States

Your app doesn’t allow for dashes in phone number entry, but it requires them. I can’t move past this screen.

Search function needed

kkrivs on

United States

This app would be amazing if it had a search function. When in big groups and you miss hey messages having to scroll back is soul sucking. Really wish this was prioritized.

Unfortunately can’t recommend

JerryP315 on

United States

Seems great at first and feature rich, but unfortunately has a lot of UX/UI issues and their support is lacking, to say the least. They store credit card data and there’s no way to remove it, which led to an unexpected charge and an uncomfortable situation. The founders don’t seem to understand community, customer service, or communication.

Horrible app, very little happening

kitesurfrocks on

United States

Terrible UX. Very few groups and lots of spam.

This is it. I found it

AshleyNSuch on

United States

As someone interested in forming IRL community, this app seems to be exactly what I have been searching for for FOREVER. Event-focused. With chat functionality. And simple user profile pages. I haven’t hosted any events yet, but I built my first group. The process was intuitive, and the functions I mentioned are there. I will update my review after I get around to hosting an event. But if you’re looking for a community building platform—esp. for local events—that’s not say, Facebook Groups, this seems to be it!

needs work

Spotman on

United States

heylo seems like it’s filling a real need - but it’s just too slow and clunky. chats don’t load quickly , you get a notification for a chat and you open the app it’s not there. sometimes you wait 20 seconds for the app to figure out what’s going on and update your chats. the chatting and messaging experience is really really far off from whatsapp telegram imessage etc. for this reason no one in my friend group uses this for actual chatting. once we have an event we will always make a whatsapp or telegram channel. in those apps you can chat much more smoothly , send attachments and files , uploading and dealing with media is way way better. heylo is fine for high level group coordination but it feels like an app from 2015 when it comes to communication. one star is harsh but the developers have had a lot of time to fix the chatting experience and it doesn’t seem to be a priority

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