Aave began onboarding early users to its mobile app on iOS on Wednesday, giving them access to its consumer savings product. The app is now live for a select group of iPhone users, while Android and web users are still stuck on a waitlist. Founder Stani Kulechov said a feature called Ghost Passes lets users invite friends to skip that waitlist entirely.
The iOS Rollout
The mobile app is the newest way to interact with Aave's consumer savings product, which lets users deposit funds and earn interest. This initial rollout is limited to early users on iOS, meaning the app isn't broadly available yet. The company started with a small group, likely to test the experience before opening it up to the full waitlist.
Users who have access will find the core savings features on their phone, but Aave hasn't detailed any iOS-specific functionality beyond the basic product. The rollout is quiet, without a public announcement or a store listing that anyone can grab.
Ghost Passes to Jump the Line
If you're on Android or the web, the waitlist is still your gatekeeper. But there's a backdoor: Ghost Passes. Aave founder Stani Kulechov said these passes let users invite friends to skip the waitlist. The idea is that existing users can grant access to people they know, rather than waiting for the company to approve each person.
It's a referral system that speeds things up for the people you trust. Kulechov's description of Ghost Passes is straightforward: users get the ability to let friends in. How many passes each user gets or how often they can be used isn't known from the facts.
Android and Web Waitlist
For anyone not on an iPhone, the waitlist remains the only route, unless a Ghost Pass arrives. The company hasn't set a date for when Android or web users will get direct access. The waitlist is still open, but the path forward is unclear for those platforms.
That leaves Android and web users waiting for either a Ghost Pass invitation or a broader rollout. The next step is likely more Ghost Passes distributed or an official expansion, but neither has been announced.
