Matchstix app introduced to Lanka

Matchstix, Sri Lanka's new smartphone app will help thousands of Sri Lankans to establish new friendships and connections.

The app was introduced to the Sri Lankan market at the 'Ignite the Spark' launch party at Park Street Mews recently, attracting fans, users, socialites, celebrities and VIPs.

The free Matchstix app helps registered users to link with people by matching similar interests and locations. When signed in, Matchstix uses advanced location-based software with GPS-positioning to locate similar people in a given geographical location. The app is available in English and Sinhala and as Android and iOS versions, thereby enabling it to reach out to a wider audience across the island.

Users only need an active SIM card, a smartphone and a Facebook account to sign up on the app. They can download the app, instal it and register to start making connections. After setting a few personal preferences, users could find fellow Matchstix users with similar interests in nearby areas, for them to reach out to them through the app and build new connections.

Marketing Manager of Mobimedia, Klara Grintal said, "Sri Lanka has an awesome social network setting and the country is ready to surge ahead with new technology. We are convinced that there is an increasing need for social interaction, efficient communication and sharing in the personal lives of people in Sri Lanka."

"We are offering a creative, modern, safe and localised medium that will help anyone to meet new people in a new way, ignite their spark and find love or new friendships. Sri Lanka seems ready to reweave its social fabric in innovative ways and we are proud to be a part of it," she said.