How the Friends tab works: the weekly board and who's out

The Friends tab in Run Game shows your friends, who's out tonight, and a This week board that ranks you and your friends by how many approaches each of you logged in the last seven days. There's no separate leaderboard: that board is the only ranking on the tab, and it ranks just you and the people you've added. This guide covers each part and how to use it without turning it into a contest.

What's on the tab

Open the Friends tab. At the top are two words, Friends and Chats. Chats is your message inbox. Friends has up to four parts, from top to bottom:

Friend requests, when you have any. They show as one row of faces that reads something like "Ana wants to be friends", or "3 friend requests" if there are several. Tap it to open the list. Each request has an Accept button and an X to decline.
Going out, a row of faces that appears once you have at least one friend. Your own face comes first, labelled Go out with "New plan" under it (or You and the time, if you already have a plan). A tap takes you to the Map's plans. Friends who are out now or have a plan appear after you, with the time. If nobody is, it says "No friends out".
This week, the board, which also appears once you have a friend.
Active this week, up to three people you haven't added yet who logged approaches this week, each with an Add friend button, and a Search button.

With no friends yet, the tab shows Bring your friends instead, with your invite link and an "Or search by name" button.

Adding friends

Tap Add at the top right. A sheet called Add friends opens with three things:

Search by name at the top. Search starts at two letters, and while you type, the invite link is hidden.
Not on Run Game yet? with your invite link. You can share it with the phone's share sheet, copy it or text it. On a device with no share sheet, the main button is Copy link. Anyone who opens it and signs in becomes your friend. Each link is made fresh when you share it and works for 24 hours.
Active this week, a few members with their approach counts for the week, shown before you start typing.

At the bottom, a line tells you whether anyone can find you ("Anyone on Run Game can find you.") or only your friends can ("Only your friends can see you."). Change takes you to Settings.

Tapping a person anywhere opens their profile sheet. It has Add friend (or Friends, once you are) and Message, which opens a chat. It also shows This week, Approaches and Success, and any bio and contact links they've chosen to share. The Success figure shows a dash until someone has at least 20 approaches. If someone keeps their profile private, you see less until you're friends. Tapping Friends on a friend's sheet asks whether to remove them.

On iPhone, notifications for friend requests need Run Game installed on your home screen.

How the This week board works

The board has a few rules:

It counts approaches, not results. Each person's number is successes plus rejections from the last seven days. It's a rolling seven days, not a calendar week.
Rejections count the same as successes. Someone with eight rejections is ahead of someone with six successes.
Ties share a rank. Two people on 5 are both rank 1, and the next person is rank 3.
You appear as "You". Everyone else shows by name.
Each row has a bar. It's split into gold for successes and violet for rejections, and its length compares to the leader's week.
Tags show a plan or a streak. A friend who's out shows the time. A streak tag appears once someone's streak passes one day.
The board shows the top 8. If you have more friends, Show all expands it.

Above the rows, one line tells you where you stand, such as "3 more approaches to pass Sam.", "You're tied for first with Sam." or "You're leading this week." If nobody has logged yet, it reads "Nobody has logged an approach this week. Get the first one in." Tap any row to open that person's profile sheet.

What it doesn't do

The Friends tab ranks you only against your friends. There's no all-members ranking here. It also doesn't rank by success rate, so a quiet week with a good rate doesn't move you up.

Using it as a tool

A board can motivate some people and add pressure for others. Both reactions are common, and neither says anything about you. A few ways to keep it useful:

Choose friends at a similar pace. If one friend goes out four nights a week and you go out one, the board will show the same name on top every week.
Compare against yourself too. Your own week against last week is on the Stats page, under This week vs last. The weekly review walks through it.
Don't chase the number. A week with three approaches you're happy with can be worth more to you than ten rushed ones. That's a judgment call, and it's yours.
Use the Going out row to line up plans. Seeing a friend's plan is an easy way to ask if they want company. How to find a wingman has more on going out with someone.

If a public board feels like pressure, pairing up with one friend to check in weekly is another option. Using a friend as an accountability partner has a simple routine for it.

What to do next

Open the Friends tab and tap Add.
Share your invite link with one or two people you know. The link lasts 24 hours, so send it when they can open it.
Check the privacy line at the bottom of the sheet and tap Change if it isn't what you want.
Look at the This week board on Sunday evening and note your rank and your count.
Message one friend from their profile sheet with your target for the week.
Read how to track your progress if you want the rest of the logging and Stats routine.