Lounger is Lounges with hybrid voice channels, the Lounger Arcade, one Collection for everything you own, and supporter tiers for the people who make it all.
Free forever · no credit card · opt-in ads only
Illustrative preview of the app.
Made for every kind of hangout
You shape the roadmap. Every surface carries a beta badge you can click to send feedback straight to the team.
Zero interstitial ads. Opt-in ad watching is the only ads there are — 10 Embers a watch free, 20 with Aura.
85% split for Free creators, 95% with Aura — and 100% of supporter income, because those links go straight to your Patreon or Ko-fi.
Each of these links to the real thing in the app, not a marketing summary.
Lounger Lock is free for every creator, and it's never paywalled. Aura doesn't buy you extra protection — it only buys you a priority spot in the review queue.
Where every dollar goes — subscriptions, Marketplace fees, processing costs and what Lounger keeps — is written up in full, not summarised into a slogan.
How Lounger Makes Money85% of every real sale as standard, 95% with the Marketplace Revenue Split perk. Supporter links stay on your own platform, and Lounger takes 0% of those.
Known Bugs is a public lane in the Hub: current issues, workarounds, status and fix ETAs, posted by us before you have to ask.
See Known BugsFeature Voting is live in the Hub. You vote on roadmap items, suggest your own, and every pricing or perk change is posted with its reasoning before it's final.
Vote on the roadmapChat, a store, and creator income — reworked with a lighter touch and a fairer model.
Every Lounge opens on a landing page — banner, rules, events, featured hooks — then one header with Home, Channels and Support tabs. No side rail to get lost in.
Text, voice, Drop & Review with timestamped notes, LFG queues, and shared whiteboards. Any channel can go hybrid — live voice running alongside its format. Stages retired.
Buy with cash or Embers from indie devs and big studios alike — we're not publishing games, we're the shelf. Everything lands in one Collection next to your cosmetics.
Rich presence shows the game, the detail and how long they've been at it. One tap sends an in-platform invite. No launcher links, no copy-paste lobby codes.
Opt in and a Support tab appears with your Patreon, Ko-fi or custom links plus your tiers. Payments stay on your platform and Lounger takes 0% of them.
Avatars, banners, nameplates, animated frames, mementos, chat bubbles and typing indicators. Most of it is free. Aura adds range, never a wall.
Retention keeps storage fair while we grow. Keepsakes pin 5 messages a month (20 with Aura; 7 and 22 for beta members) — text or media — kept forever. Your Collection is separate: it's everything you own.
Musicians upload tracks to sell for Embers or cash, and can opt into streaming (30s previews free, full plays for listeners), plus sound packs for entrance sounds and Soundscapes.
Free is 720p·30 with standard voice. Aura pushes 1080p·60 with high-quality stereo. Hit Encore Vibe and 4K unlocks for everyone in that Lounge.
Vibe rewards genuine engagement — conversations, participation, positive culture. Vibe can never be bought. A five-person book club reaches Encore on exactly the same path as a five-thousand-person Lounge, and higher tiers unlock more for everyone in the room, not just the owner.
Iconic is our verification, and it sits alongside Vibe rather than on top of it: human-reviewed, badge and deeper insights only, no gameplay perks. Big brands earn it the same way, with a separate Brand badge confirming authenticity.
Aura has no tiers. Tick 5 perks or more and the price follows your count — the core platform stays fully usable without any of it.
Pick at least 5 perks — that's $5 a month. Every perk after that is $1 more, and right now the most you'll ever pay is $15 a month — even as we add more perks down the line, you're covered. (Like everything on Lounger, pricing itself can still change in the future, but always through our Platform Changes process — announced ahead of time, never a surprise.)
Adding a perk switches it on straight away — the charge is deferred and joins your next renewal invoice, so nothing is billed on the spot. Removing a perk keeps it active until that next renewal, then it quietly drops off. Removing is always free, with no limit on how many you drop at once.
One fixed price per rarity — no loot boxes, no gacha. Rarity describes how detailed and animated a piece is, never how hard it is to get. Pay with Embers you earn for free, or cash.
Clean, everyday styling. Static by design.
Distinct colorways and seasonal accents with a soft tint sweep.
Detailed designs with striking profile effects and a glow pulse.
Highly detailed work with subtle, refined animation. Debuts in Aura's 14-day window.
Fully animated — the peak of platform craftsmanship.
Pure cosmetic prestige — creator collabs, community collectibles, showcase pieces and limited Lounger originals, each serial-numbered (#0042).
A little platform pet. It lives on your profile bar, reacts when you type, hops to new DMs, celebrates, and idles when you're away.
Buy with Embers or cash. Every account starts with a Everyday sidekick, and Aura's default is one tier up.
You always see your own sidekick; profile visitors see it too if you leave that switch on.
Borders that sit around your avatar. The frame is the only thing that changes — your avatar never moves, resizes or shifts anything around it.
Buy with Embers or cash — animated frames included, no Aura required.
Aura's free default frame is Styled instead of Everyday, plus the 14-day early try-on window.
Background art that sits behind your name wherever it's listed — member lists, voice rooms, your profile card.
Buy with Embers or cash. A clean Everyday plate is granted to every account.
Aura's default plate is Styled, and animated plates from the Marketplace need no Aura at all.
The color your name reads in. Six solid colors for everyone, six gradients with Aura.
Six solid display colors are free on every account — no Embers needed.
Aura unlocks six gradient display colors for your name.
Animated effects that travel across your display name — a light pass, a spark trail, a slow breathing glow.
One basic shimmer is free for everyone; the rest are bought with Embers or cash.
Aura unlocks the advanced animated shimmers and a Styled default.
Background art on your profile, from simple ambient pieces to looped environmental animation.
Anyone can upload a still banner for free, and animated banners can be bought outright with Embers or cash — no Aura needed.
Aura is the only way to upload your own animated banner or animated avatar (GIF).
Two separate things in one slot: an entrance effect is the animation on your name when you join a call (confetti, shimmer, ripple), and an entrance sound is a clip up to 10 seconds that plays with it.
Both are bought with Embers or cash — purchased entrance sounds need no Aura. Anyone can mute all entrance sounds, and Lounges can switch them off entirely.
Aura is the only way to upload your own 10-second entrance sound.
Your own messages get their own bubble — shape, fill, edge and text treatment. Animation lives in the bubble's background or as a soft edge shimmer, never a rotating border.
A Everyday bubble is granted free; the rest are bought with Embers or cash at the standard rarity rate.
Aura's free default bubble is Styled, plus early access to new bubble drops.
What people see while you're writing. Always a clear three-element sequence or a moving bar — never a single ambiguous dot.
Several are free; the rest are bought with Embers or cash.
Aura's default indicator is one tier up, and advanced animated sets are included.
Sell stickers, emotes, and cosmetics in your own Lounge or across the whole Marketplace. Offer subscriptions. Musicians publish through Lounger Music — sell for Embers or cash, opt into streaming if you want, and release sound packs for entrance sounds and Soundscapes.
Yes. All the core features — Lounges, chat, voice, profile customization — are free forever. Aura raises the ceiling for people who want more.
In Lounges: text-only messages live 60 days (4 months for Aura), messages with media live 3 days (14 days for Aura). Anything saved as a Keepsake is kept forever (5/mo free · 20/mo Aura, refunded if the author deletes). DMs and Lounge Home pages (About, House Rules, Events, Announcements, Shop) are exempt entirely. We're a small team — storage is expensive today. As we grow we plan to loosen these windows, and Aura's Keepsake and retention perks will evolve so its value only grows.
Only if you opt in. Ads are never pop-ups. Watch one → earn Embers. Prefer none? Everything works without them.
Reach every Vibe tier, then get human-reviewed. Iconic adds a badge and deeper insights — no gameplay perks. Brands go through the same track, with a Brand badge for authenticity.
Yes. 85% split on Free, 95% on Aura, minus processing fees. Sell in your own Lounge or on the platform Marketplace.
Join the beta, build an Aura from only the perks you want, and help shape what chat should feel like.