Apps spread by recommendation, not by impression. ernest connects you to the IRL communities your future users already belong to (run clubs for a fitness app, meetups for a dev tool, coworking and creative collectives for a productivity product) and gives you the workflow to run seeding, event sponsorship, ambassador and content activations, then measure real impact.
An install triggered by an ad is a stranger. An install recommended by someone in your group already comes with a reason to open it again tomorrow: communities deliver the context and the trust that turn a download into a habit.
Every community is a ready-made segment of people who already do the thing your product serves. A run club is a room full of qualified users for a training app; a founders' meetup is one for a billing tool. You're not buying attention, you're getting adopted where usage already happens.
Your paid acquisition costs keep climbing while installs get less qualified.
Downloads are fine, but retention and activation are the real problem.
Your product needs to be explained and tried, not just seen in a feed.
Give a community's members free premium access or credits, and get real usage feedback from people who fit your target profile.
Fund a community's meetup, hackathon or workshop in exchange for a demo slot, presence and a genuine conversation with users.
Turn organizers and power users into ambassadors who onboard their peers and create content that explains the product better than an ad.
Built for consumer apps, fitness and health apps, mobility, learning platforms, creator tools, developer tools and SaaS products.
Activate the communities in your industry with ernest.
Get startedWith ernest, you identify communities whose members match your target, then offer premium access, sponsor a meetup or set up an ambassador partnership. Every collaboration is scoped and measured inside the platform, so you can compare it against your paid channels.
Yes, with a different map. Instead of consumer clubs, you activate founders' clubs, developer and product meetups, coworking communities and professional networks: the places where your buyers already gather. ernest matches you with the ones whose members fit your ICP.
