How friend codes really work
A friend code (it starts with FRND) connects two people who are both on boopr. One exchange connects both of you at once. There's no adding back: one of you makes a code, the other enters it, and the maker approves. If the other person isn't on boopr yet, they create an account first (no invite needed), then you trade a code.
There's no permanent code with your name on it. You generate a fresh code each time you want to connect: it works exactly once, expires after 24 hours, and you can hold at most 5 unused codes at a time. That's a feature: a code that leaks or gets passed around is worthless within a day, and it can never connect more than one person.
You'll find it all in the Friends tab under "Add friend": "My Code" generates and shows your active codes (swipe left to revoke one), "Enter Code" is where you type or scan a friend's.
Connecting, step by step
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One of you generates a code
Friends tab, "Add friend", then "Generate Friend Code". Read it out, share it, or show the QR code.
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The other enters it
Type it (capitals don't matter) or tap "Scan QR Code", then "Connect". They'll see "Request Sent" and wait.
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The code's maker approves
A badge appears on their Friends tab with a "Pending Request" banner: tap to review, then "Accept" or "Decline".
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"You're friends!"
Both sides connect at the same moment. Profiles unlock, past posts are shared according to each person's history setting, and you can message each other.
Redeeming a code grants nothing by itself. Until the code's maker approves, the person who entered it sees no profile, no posts, nothing. Approval is the moment the connection exists, and only the code's maker has that button.
While a request is pending
- A pending request is never a row in your friends list. Look for the badge on the Friends tab and the "Pending Request" banner.
- Pending requests don't expire. They wait until accepted, declined, or canceled.
- The person who redeemed can withdraw the request any time from the friend requests screen ("Sent" tab). The other side isn't notified.
Declining and canceling
Declining is quiet by design. The other person gets no notification; the request just disappears from their side. They can't tell a decline from a canceled request, which keeps saying no free of drama.
Both sides have a limit of 1,000 friends. If a code can't be redeemed because either of you is at the cap, the app deliberately doesn't say which: "One of you has reached the friend limit."
Limits and quirks
- Codes never contain 0, 1, I, or O, so nothing can be misread. Lowercase works fine.
- You can hold at most 5 active friend codes, with a short pause between generating them.
- If you decline a request, the friend code that was used becomes usable again until it expires.
- There's no search by name, phone, or email, no contact upload, and no "people you may know". Ever. Friend codes are the only way to connect, on purpose.