Trade time not money

The hour is the only currency.

Teach guitar for an hour. Spend that hour on Spanish. Swaptic is a peer-to-peer time exchange — every skill priced the same: 1 hour = 1 credit.

Free to join. Two starter credits. Credits are time, not cash.

1 = 1
Hour for hour
2.0
Starter credits
0
Cash involved

swaptic.app / wallet

Time wallet

2.0

credits · held until both confirm

Guitar lesson

You taught · 1h

+1

Spanish tutoring

Booked · held

−1

Suggested match

A member in your city

Offers guitar · wants Spanish

94%

Same city. Complementary skills. High completion rate.

Book 1 hour

AI summary

You gave 1 hour of guitar. You received 1 hour of Spanish. The clock is even.

01

1 hour = 1 credit

Guitar, yoga, Python. The clock does not care about market rates.

02

Held, not spent

Booking locks credits. Cancel before both confirm and they return.

03

Not cash

Credits cannot be withdrawn. They are time, not wages.

Guitar/Spanish/Yoga/Python/Portrait photography/Essay editing/Sourdough/UX critique/Tutoring/Ceramics/
Guitar/Spanish/Yoga/Python/Portrait photography/Essay editing/Sourdough/UX critique/Tutoring/Ceramics/

How it works

Three steps. Then the clock starts.

  1. 01

    List a skill

    What you can teach, and what you want to learn. City, availability, a short bio.

  2. 02

    Book an hour

    We hold 1 credit per hour. No money changes hands. Chat in-app to set a time.

  3. 03

    Both confirm

    The teacher earns the hour. You get a written swap summary. The ledger updates.

The product

Built like a bank. Feels like a studio.

Time wallet

A live ledger of earned, held, and spent hours. Starter credits so the first swap is possible.

Matching

Ranked by skill fit, city, ratings, and what you want in return — not by who can pay more.

Escrow clock

Credits lock on booking and release only when both members mark the hour complete.

In-app chat

Arrange the hour, then confirm. Report or block if you need to.

Assistant

Onboarding, bio helper, and swap summaries written from the session log.

Fair clock

No surge. No skill premium. An hour of tutoring equals an hour of design.

The equation

One hour in. One hour out.

New members receive two starter credits. Earn more by teaching. Spend them on anything listed. Disputes go to the admin desk. Credits never convert to cash.

Read the credit rules

1 = 1

You gave 2 hours of design help. You received 1 hour of coding and 1 hour of yoga. The clock is even.

Bring a skill. Leave with another.

Students, freelancers, hobbyists, professionals. If you have an hour, you have currency.