24sata on Nema dima: the app that shows where non-smokers can relax

24sata, Croatia’s most-read news portal, published the story of our app Nema dima and how it came to be. The app is completely free, ad-free and without any monetisation, with our founder Martin currently covering all the costs out of his own pocket because, as he puts it, he genuinely believes in the idea.

Users can search cafés, restaurants, bars and other venues by name or use GPS to see the nearest places around them. The point, as Martin stresses in the article, is not that the app is aimed against smokers. It helps everyone find what suits them, especially when they are somewhere unfamiliar, in a different neighbourhood or city.

The article also tells the bigger story: what began as a sole proprietorship grew into CRISP, today a company building websites and applications, and alongside Nema dima we are building Arhium, a B2B platform for professional land analysis already used by architects, investors and real estate agencies in Croatia.

The response exceeded our expectations: in just a few days the app recorded more than 3,000 unique visitors, several thousand clicks on venues and hundreds of registered users and votes, with over 90 percent of social media comments being positive.