Everyone submits
Each person drops one pick — a restaurant, a movie, a trip, anything. Hidden from everyone. Even the owner.
The end of “idk, you pick”
No more “idk, you pick.”
Everyone submits a hidden pick. At the draw, fate chooses one. The crew commits — no debates, no take-backs.
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nights saved
How it works
Four beats. One answer.
A tiny ritual that ends the group chat spiral for good.
The picks seal
At lock time the entries seal shut. No edits, no late joins, no peeking. The suspense is the point.
Fate draws
At the draw, the server picks one at random — live for everyone at once. Nobody can influence it. Nobody sees it early.
Everyone accepts
The winning pick is the plan. Tap Accept your fate, add it to the calendar, go. No take-backs.
Scroll — slowly.
🍜 Danny’s izakaya idea
🎬 That A24 one
🏔️ Cabin weekend
🎳 Retro bowling
🌮 Taco crawl
Five picks go in. All hidden.
Sealed. Not even the owner can peek.
The countdown ends…
Fate has decided
🎬 That A24 one
It is decided. No take-backs.
Five ways to tempt fate
Every night has a mode.
Each type shapes the picks — real restaurants, real showtimes, real places. Not just text in a hat.
Restaurant
Picks come from a live place search — hours, maps, the works. Fate books the table vibe.
Movie Night
Poster-forward picks straight from what’s trending, in theaters, or all-time great.
Trip
Cities, cabins, coastlines. Everyone throws in a destination — fate packs the bags.
Night Out
Bars, karaoke, bowling, whatever’s glowing. The city is the deck; fate cuts it.
Anything Goes
Free-form picks for everything else. If the crew can type it, fate can choose it.
Built for crews
Everything the group chat can’t do.
Hidden means hidden.
Submissions are invisible to everyone until the draw — including the person who created the activity. No anchoring, no “well if Maya picked that…”. The reveal hits everyone at the same second.
- Sealed at lock time
- Server-side random draw
- Live synchronized reveal
Crews, friends, and one shared countdown.
Build your ride-or-dies once, then spin up plans in seconds. Lock and draw timers keep everyone honest, and push notifications land at the moments that matter — a pick arrives, the seal closes, fate speaks.
- Crews & friend requests
- Lock & draw reminders
- Accept-your-fate tracker
The reveal is an event.
The ball wakes, ignites, and surfaces the answer — the same choreography on iOS, Android, and the web. Whoever’s watching sees it land live; whoever’s late gets the full moment on arrival.
- The answer-ball reveal
- Calendar add in one tap
- History of every fate
For guests
No app. No account.
Just a link.
Someone in the crew doesn’t have Kismet? Send the invite link. They join with a name and phone number, submit a hidden pick from the browser, and watch the same live reveal. If they ever sign up, their history comes with them.
- Tap the linkSee the plan, the countdown, who’s in.
- Join in secondsName + number. That’s the whole form.
- Meet your fateSame sealed picks, same reveal, same no take-backs.
Optional: “Text me when fate decides” — one text, the moment it picks. Nothing else, ever.
Provably fair
Nobody holds the dice.
The draw happens once, on the server, with a persisted seed and result. Clients can’t influence it, predict it, or replay it differently. The owner gets no preview, no veto, no reroll. That’s the deal that makes the reveal electric — fate is only fun when it’s real.
From the blog
Field notes on deciding less.
Product & Updates
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Behind Kismet
When Kismet interrupts you, and when it deliberately doesn’t
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How-tos & Guides
After the draw: accepting your fate, and what happens next
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