Social Lifestyle

Review by eFreeware

Social Lifestyle, usually shortened to SLS, is a free social app from Swing, LLC. It is built around one job: helping you find like-minded members and events in your area, then giving you ways to talk to them. If you have been looking for a place where location and shared interests do the first round of filtering, this is the pitch.

The app sits in the Social category and carries a Mature 17+ rating, which tells you the audience it is written for. It is free to download and offers in-app purchases, with no advertising. It arrived in September 2025 and has been updated since.

Searching members and events by location

The core of SLS is search. You look for members and events near you rather than browsing a global feed, so the app is organized around proximity. That shapes everything else: the value you get depends on how many other people in your area are using it at the same time.

Events sit alongside member search as a way in. Rather than messaging strangers cold, you can start from something that is already happening nearby, which is often an easier first step for people who find one-to-one introductions awkward. The developer's framing is that this is a platform for finding lifestyle friends, and the search tools are the mechanism for that.

Certifications and what they are for

SLS Certifications are the app's answer to a familiar problem: how much you trust the person on the other end of a message. The developer describes them as a way to verify potential friends before you take things further, which suggests they act as a signal you can check rather than something you simply take on faith.

I would treat that as a useful extra step rather than a guarantee. Certification is a feature the app provides; it does not remove the need to use your own judgment when you decide to meet someone. For anyone arranging in-person meetups through an app, that distinction matters.

Messaging, video chat and the numbers behind it

Once you have found someone, SLS gives you messaging and video chat inside the app. Video in particular is a sensible middle stage: you can see and hear a person before deciding whether a meetup is worth arranging, which is a lower-commitment way to check that the conversation works.

The app has over 10,000 installs and a 2.5 average from 64 ratings, with 41 written reviews. That is a small sample, and a modest one. For a location-based social app, the size of the local user base is what determines whether search returns anything useful, so a smaller overall audience is a real consideration.

The most recent update, from mid-October 2025, fixed a crash affecting some devices. That is a maintenance note rather than a feature addition.

A free app with purchases, made for a specific audience

SLS is free to download and the developer lists in-app purchases. The app carries a Mature 17+ rating and is aimed at adults looking for lifestyle friends. That is the audience it is built for, and the rating is consistent with it.

The practical trade-off is reach. Search and events only pay off where enough members are active nearby, and with a modest install base that will vary a lot by location. Anyone in a thinly populated area should expect thinner results than someone in a large city.

If you are comfortable with an adults-only social app and you live somewhere with an active membership, the combination of nearby search, verification and video chat covers the basics well. If your main interest is a large, busy community, the numbers here suggest you may find it quieter than you would like.

A focused tool for local, adult social discovery

SLS does a small number of things and does not pretend otherwise: search for members and events near you, verify people through Certifications, then message or video chat. It is free, it carries a Mature 17+ rating, and it is made by Swing, LLC for adults seeking lifestyle friends.

My recommendation is for people who already know what they are looking for and want a location-first way to find it, particularly those who would rather start from an event or a verified profile than from an open inbox. The modest install count and 2.5 rating from 64 reviews are the main things to weigh before committing, since local activity is what makes or breaks an app like this.

What's new in version 9.1.03

Fixed crash bug affecting some devices.