The free neighbourhood app for Switzerland
That saves you money, time and unnecessary trips.
Free to download and free to use. No subscription, no fees.
Scan with your phone
Benefits
Buy less, search less and find help faster.
Get useful things for free anywhere in Switzerland, or hand them over without any fuss.
More space
Find tools and rarely needed things right in your own area.
Save money
Find support for small tasks or offer help yourself.
Save time
Pass on surplus food in good time instead of throwing it away.
Avoid food waste
Plus: local places, dates and information as well as direct chat without a phone number.
Why CooHood?
Four official facts about Switzerland, and what neighbours can do in practice.
37%
of private households are one person households
More and more people live alone. Everyday help and a quick chat are often farther away than the next door.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 2024. Open the original source
2.8 million t
of food loss a year from Swiss consumption
Food is lost along the whole chain. A large share would be avoidable, including at home.
Source: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), 2025. Open the original source
25.5%
of the population is expected to be 65 or over in 2055
More people stay in a familiar neighbourhood. Digital help has to be simple, close and trustworthy.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 2025. Open the original source
39.2%
of people aged 15 and over did volunteer work in 2024
Millions of people already help unpaid, often invisibly and without a simple local channel.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 2024. Open the original source
A closer look
CooHood brings practical offers, local information and safe communication together in one place.
First steps
CooHood is available for iPhone and Android.
The single confirmation assigns you to your Hood or your building.
After that you decide what you look for, what you offer and who you get in touch with.
Free for iPhone and Android
Your Hood
You confirm your residential address once. After that you are connected with the people in your building and in the buildings around it. In the centres of Zurich, Bern and Basel that is about one kilometre, and about three everywhere else in Switzerland.
Everyone at the same address shares one Hood.
Nearby buildings join the same Hood.
Help and food stay inside that Hood. Gratis listings are on a map of all of Switzerland.
Your building
Everyone at the same address joins the same Hood.
A Hood nearby
In the same postal code, first in the same neighbourhood, otherwise the nearest Hood within reach.
A new Hood
If there is none, yours starts with your address.
Safety
No seals, no promises. Only what actually applies inside the app.
Partners
In the app we surface places and services from partners that make your Hood safer and more useful.
Community
This is how people react to the idea behind CooHood.
Where CooHood is already growing
Every red dot stands for a hood where neighbours have already joined. The map grows with every new neighbourhood.
For municipalities, organisations and institutions
Complement your existing local offers with a digital platform for neighbourhood and mutual support.
Frequently asked
Get the app
Download CooHood for free, confirm your residential address and become part of your Hood.
Free for iPhone and Android
Scan with your phone
After installing, you confirm your address once and you're in your Hood.
