Relocating to a new city often means leaving people you’ve known your whole life to a place where you know no one personally. Whether you’ve moved for work, study, or to get a new lease of life, moving to a new city can be tough, and it helps to have friends to help you through your transition phase. However, making new friends in a new town is not always easy, especially if you are not a very social person. Fortunately, there are apps to help you meet new people and make friends wherever you find yourself. Friender is a common interest app that lets you make new friends by connecting you with people of shared interests. You create a profile based on activities you enjoy, and the app suggests other users with similar interests near you. When you connect with a person on the app, you can start message each other and take it up from there.

Besides using apps to connect based on shared interests, attending events in a new city is another effective way to make new friends and enjoy life, particularly if you’re new in town. If you enjoy social gatherings and would like to make friends, then you may want to download the Meetup app. Meetup connects users with local events and groups of people with similar tastes and interests. The app uses your location to find events based on the categories (art, business, career, and others) that pique your interest. After making a reservation to a Meetup event, you can still send messages to people attending the same functions and join groups that’ll afford you opportunities to attend more events with people of similar interests.

That said, sometimes, making friends in a new city is not so much about finding new people as it is about reconnecting with the old. Friends you may have lost touch with may reside in your new city, and there’s no better way to reconnect with old friends than by using the Facebook app. Facebook’s search feature lets you find old friends in your city, and you can send them a message and catch up when it’s convenient. You can also ask about old friends in a new town on Facebook groups you belong to and have hours of fun catching up on old times when you finally get to meet.