# Community-Building Software The Submate App Connects You to Others on Your Commute to Work By Christopher DeLuca | Published 2011-05-18 | Social Good Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/submate-app References: [springwise](http://www.springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/submate/) & [submate](http://www.submate.com/) The Submate app strives to facilitate [real-world connections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/offlinery) with the people that surround you. The app -- which is free to download for [iPhone](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bubbl-widget) users -- is super simple to use: enter a trip that you occasionally take and fill out some general interest criteria. After that, you just sit back and wait for the app to return relevant results. When the results list pops up, you have the option of looking at who the Submate app has selected and contacting them if you want to get acquainted. The Submate app is an excellent means of breaking up the banal commute and introducing an element of the [unexpected encounter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/connection-app) in your life. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.8/10 - Popularity: 12% | Activity: 34% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Social Good](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialgood) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Community-building Apps:** The rise of community-building mobile apps presents opportunities to cultivate more meaningful connections among people in real life. - **Personalized Trip Planning:** Apps that use personalized data to help users plan their daily commutes or travel can offer a highly customized and streamlined experience. - **Location-based Social Networking:** Social networking apps that connect people based on physical proximity are an emerging trend that could revolutionize how we interact with others in the real world. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Mobile App Development:** There is a growing demand for mobile app developers who can create innovative community-building and personalized trip planning apps. - **Transportation:** Transportation companies can benefit from partnering with community-building and personalized trip planning apps to enhance their customers' experience and increase customer loyalty. - **Social Networking:** Social networking companies that incorporate location-based features into their apps may have a competitive advantage in the future as location-based social networking becomes more mainstream. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Remote Worker Networking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/app-for-remote-workers.md) - [Simplified Connection Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/connection-apps.md) - [Travel Networking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/floo.md) - [Travel Buddy Finders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tripbff.md) - [Shift Tracking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shiftmate.md) - [Backpacker-Connecting Travel Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cotravel.md) - [Activity Focused Socialization Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sosocial-app.md) - [Data-Comparing Social Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mutually-app.md) - [Creator-Connecting Texting Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/creatorconnecting-texting-app.md)