See
Beyond.
Someone near you needs a hand right now. Someone near you would give one. Help Me puts them in the same place.
Did you see them?
You have walked past someone who needed help.
So has everyone else on that street.
Not because people are cold. Because we were in a hurry, unsure what to say, and quietly certain somebody else would stop.
That is the real problem. Not cruelty — the assumption that someone else will.
When did asking for help become embarrassing?
Need a hand? Ask.
Four steps. That is the entire ask.
Ask
One sentence is enough. A jump start. A walk to your car. A hand with something heavy. No explaining yourself.
Someone nearby sees it
Approved helpers around you get the request. No feed, no audience, nothing to perform for.
Meet in public
A helper accepts, a private chat opens, and you decide what location you share and where you meet.
Get on with your day
Mark it done, leave a review, and carry on. That's the whole thing.
Someone nearby might actually say yes. Usually, they do.
Inside the app
Real screens. Nothing staged.
This is Help Me as it ships today on iPhone.
Home
Your community, within reach
The day's brief, what's open near you, and one tap into the live map.
Map
Help nearby
Open help areas stay a coarse ~500 m circle until a helper accepts and you choose to share more.
Community
Fargo-Moorhead is happening
Campus and regional calendars in one place, always linked back to the official source.
What you get
Everything needed to ask, and to show up.
Ask in a sentence
Post what you need. It goes to helpers near you, not to a timeline.
Approved helpers only
Helping is gated. A helper holds a current staff-reviewed approval before they can see or accept anything.
Location on your terms
Your request shows as an approximate area until you consent to share more with your helper.
Private chat
A direct thread opens only between you and the helper who accepted. Nobody else is in it.
Meet in public
Public places by default, with safety actions one tap away in every request.
Events worth showing up for
Campus and regional calendars, attributed and linked to the source that published them.
A community that talks
Posts, comments, and reactions from people who actually live here.
Report, block, delete
Report or block anyone, any time. Delete your account yourself, from your own phone.
Helpers show up
Helpers see what
others overlook.
Anyone can join Help Me. Not everyone can help. Becoming a Helper means putting your name to it and waiting on a real decision — because the person on the other end is trusting a stranger with their afternoon.
Apply
Submit identity evidence from inside the app.
Reviewed
A staff member makes the call. Not an algorithm.
Current
Approval is live or it is nothing. Old labels grant no access.
Straight answers
Asking for help should never cost you your privacy.
Nobody sees your exact spot
Live help shows as an approximate area. Precise location moves only after a helper is accepted and you say yes.
Approval is current or it isn't
Helpers submit identity evidence and wait on a staff decision. An old badge grants nothing.
Help Me is not 911
In an emergency, call emergency services. Help Me is for the everyday things that stop your day but aren't an emergency.
Someone’s coming.
Help Me is live on iPhone in Fargo–Moorhead. Join the beta and be one of the people who shows up.
iPhone · iOS 15 or later · TestFlight beta