The Midst
Location first social network.
Free · In-App Purchases
Check in at places you've been. Search for places you want to go. A location first social network gives you what's happening where from who's there.
The Midst is a location-based social network and life logging app. Posting to The Midst drops a pin at your current location and is visible to anyone in the world. Pan the map to see what's happening around the world. Posts expire after 24 hours, ensuring information remains relevant and up-to-date. Posts can be anonymous by hiding your screen name in Settings.
Check-in: Have you stumbled upon a fantastic new food truck or a great coffee shop? Check-in by tapping a place on the map. Check-ins can be public by also posting to The Midst, or choose to only save check-ins to your Saved Places list.
Wish List: Did someone check in at a place you find interesting? Tap the pin on the map in The Midst and add that location to your Wish List. Saved places and wish list items are saved in the Check In tab.
Some regions now require age verification for social apps. The Midst uses Apple’s Declared Age Range verification to meet these regulations while protecting your privacy. Verification is a one-time, on-device check using the age information already stored in your iCloud account. We only receive a yes/no confirmation that you meet the age requirement. The Midst never sees, stores, or transmits your birthday or actual age.
The Midst uses Apple's standard end user license agreement (EULA) which can be viewed here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
View our privacy policy here: https://www.themidstapp.com/privacy-policy.
more - New Search tab! Enjoy searching for places with great detail such as gluten free restaurants or coffee shops with outdoor seating.
- Tapping a pin of the search results will display details about that place including the 20 most recent photos.
- Search data provided by Foursquare.
- Bug fix for an issue where saving a place from a Check-in would not properly save the City/State/Region data.
1.6 10 Apr
Fixed an issue where public posts in The Midst would sometimes show blank city/state/region information.
1.5.4 16 Mar
- Import your Foursquare/Swarm check-ins to The Midst
- Through the Settings tab you can now access your Foursquare account to download and save all your previous check-ins. Once download/ed you'll have a chance to preview the data and save it to your Saved Places in The Midst.
- You can now search by date in the Saved Places list, which can be accessed through the menu button in the upper left corner of the Check In tab.
- Search by month, day or year. As well as a combination of "Cafe December" or "January 27"
- Maximum zoom out level on the Check-in map is restricted when displaying saved places pins. This protects performance when a large number pins are present.
- Changed wishlist context menu image to a finger press icon to better indicate the action requires a long press.
- Improved error messaging and handling for server side errors.
1.5.3 29 Jan
- If you check-in to a place on your wishlist it will be automatically removed from the wishlist.
- Added a "get directions" button in the list of Saved Places. Tapping the button will open the Maps app so you can easily navigate back to your saved place of choice.
- Fixed an issue where opening the camera (from the check-in screen) while the device was horizontal would result in the camera rotation being off by 90 degrees.
- Added a "Done" button to the camera screen for more clarity on how to dismiss the view.
- Some background code organization
1.5.2 3 Jan
- Fixed an issue where a Saved Places pin would get in the way of checking in at the same place a second time. Now you can tap the pin to check in again at places you frequent. Thanks Colton for the bug report!
- Fixed an issue where the the location information of a post (City, State for example) would be empty.
- Improved appearance of the Cancel / Save buttons as well as the "Add a note..." text field when adding a place to your wishlist for better contrast.
- Redesigned the wishlist (in the Check In tab) with better visual hierarchy.
- If you're close enough to a place in your wishlist a button will appear allowing you to check-in directly from that wishlist item.
1.5.1 27/12/2025
- Saved Places Pins
- You can now view places you have checked in at on the map in the Check In Tab.
- Places saved to your Wish List can also be toggled to display on the map.
- Toggle these options in Settings.
- Tapping a pin allows you to view details about that place.
- Fixed an issue where searching your saved places was case sensitive.
- You can now search the descriptions you leave for a place when checking in. Example; You check in at a coffee shop that has a lot of plants and saved "Nice coffee shop with a lot of plants" in the description. Later if you want to find that coffee shop that you know had plants, searching the word "plants" will show you the coffee shop.
- Fixed an issue where city name was often repeated in the Saved Places view.
- Simplified toggle button text when saving a place in the Check in tab as private or to also share to The Midst publicly.
- Fixed an issue where searching your wishlist items did not include the name of a place.
1.5 11/12/2025
- Added Age Verification page to onboarding to help comply with new and upcoming laws for social networks in some areas.
- Changed the Wishlist button style on the Check-in tab so it only displays the icon, not icon and button title.
- Updated the Save and Cancel buttons when adding a place to your wishlist.
- Fixed a UI issue where the loading animation would not trigger on the "Save & Post" button right away when checking in at a place.
- Improved loading time when viewing your Saved Places. Images saved to a place now load in the background before displaying in the list. Thanks Andrew!
- Fixed an issue where the full instructions for creating a screen name would not be visible on smaller devices.
- Streamlined appearance across the onboarding flow.
- Added a better error description in the rare case the location of a post is not immediately determined. Thanks Colton!
- When adding photos to a place check-in, users with iPhone 16 and above can now use the Camera Control button (side button) to zoom using the rear camera.
- Fixed an issue where the app could crash when viewing your saved places with only a few items in the list.
1.4.4 30/11/2025
- Option to allow Notifications. After creating your next post a prompt will appear asking if you'd like to receive notifications from The Midst. These notifications will present after someone likes or replies to your post.
- Minor UI update to the presentation of your WishList in the Places Tab. This differentiates the Wishlist from your Saved Places.
- Changed "Dismiss/Cancel" button when replying to someone in The Midst to simply be an "X" to close the view.
- Fixed an issue where the app would indefinitely hang when posting a reply to a status with the emoji keyboard visible.
1.4.3 03/11/2025
- Wishlists are here! Did you see someone post from a place that sounds like somewhere you'd like to visit one day? Tap the pin on the map to add that place to your wishlist. You can also add a note when adding the place. From the Check-in tab, access your wishlist with the new button in the upper right corner on the map. You can get directions, visit the website or call the place you saved to the Wishlist.
- You can now use the camera to add up to two photos to a check-in at a location.
- Fixed an issue where an error would be presented when unblocking a user, even though the unblock action occurred successfully.
- You can block someone from the reply screen if need be. The list of people you have blocked is in the Settings screen. Swipe to the left on their name to unblock them.
- The list of people blocked or hidden is now a separate screen accessed from the Settings view.
- Small design changes to the Post and Reply button appearance.
- Added a small "loading" animation while a reply thread loads if the network connection is slow.
- Added security features to ensure posts come from authenticated (logged-in) users.
- Update the App Icon for iOS26
- Updated subscription status checking to prevent an issue where occasionally subscription status would not load properly.
- Fixed an issue where saving a place during a check-in would not dismiss the sheet in some cases.
- Tweaks to location labeling to prevent some locations from showing up blank when no specific address is available.
1.4.2 21/10/2025
- Wishlists are here! Did you see someone post from a place that sounds like somewhere you'd like to visit one day? Tap the pin on the map to add that place to your wishlist. You can also add a note when adding the place. From the Check-in tab, access your wishlist with the new button in the upper right corner on the map. You can get directions, visit the website or call the place you saved to the Wishlist.
- Fixed an issue where an error would be presented when unblocking a user, even though the unblock action occurred successfully.
- You can block someone from the reply screen if need be. The list of people you have blocked is in the Settings screen. Swipe to the left on their name to unblock them.
- The list of people blocked or hidden is now a separate screen accessed from the Settings view.
- Small design changes to the Post and Reply button appearance.
- Added a small "loading" animation while a reply thread loads if the network connection is slow.
- Added security features to ensure posts come from authenticated (logged-in) users.
- Update the App Icon for iOS26
- Updated subscription status checking to prevent an issue where occasionally subscription status would not load properly.
1.4.1 19/09/2025
- Replies are here! You can now reply to a post by tapping the chat icon below the post.
- Increased the check-in radius to ~800 meters / .5 miles to accommodate wider area of check-in availability.
- Tapping a post in the list now zooms the map to a more user-friendly distance.
- Fixed an issue where tapping the "done" button on the keyboard would not dismiss the keyboard when adding a description to a place Check-in.
- Added a label when posting to indicate whether you are in a "Protected" or public location.
- Protected locations can be set in the Settings tab.
- Some behind the scenes work to prepare the app for upcoming iOS updates.
1.4 17/08/2025
- The check-in flow has been reordered so that the Check-in tab now presents the map first.
Saved places can be access via the button in the upper left corner of that view.
The map will zoom to a distance where places can be selected for check-in.
A temporary banner will appear in the Check-in view after checking into a location.
- Fixed an issue where text would truncate in the saved places list when no photo is present.
1.3.3 13/04/2025
Improved sort quickness in the Check-in tab
When checking in at a location, and posting to The Midst from your check-in, you'll see a progress spinner over the "Save & Post" button while the post is publishing. This may be noticeable if you're inside a building and the network connection may be slow.
Searching locations is back. This was removed while optimizing search and display quickness.
1.3.2 04/04/2025
This update focuses on the Check-in tab and the displaying of your saved places.
- Optimized performance when displaying the list of saved places.
- Improved speed when searching saved places
- Smoothed the animation as places are filtered while searching.
1.3.1 21/03/2025
- Protected locations are here!
In the Settings tab, under privacy you'll now see an option called "Protect Location". Navigate to this screen and set up your protected location. After setting your protected location, you can set an "alternate location". Posts from within your protected location will appear on the map at your alternate location instead. This helps ensure privacy while posting from your home, work, school or any place you wish to declare as protected.
Other fixes;
- Rename Places tab to "Check In"
- Smoothed out the "like" button animation
- Fixed an issue where posts wouldn't show up immediately when posting to The Midst while checking in at a location.
- Fixed an issue where a selected map item would not deselect if a user cancelled the confirmation dialogue. (Thanks Colton)
1.3 16/03/2025
Now when you check-in at a Place, you can add your check-in description to The Midst map and share to the world your favorite or exciting new place you've discovered.
1.2.2 28/02/2025
- Optimized post fetching behavior to keep the map running smoothly as the number of posts around the globe increases.
- Fixed an issue where posts could be liked an unlimited number of times.
1.2.1 25/02/2025
Added the Places tab to save interesting places you've been. Check-in at a new restaurant, coffee shop, or anywhere! Add some photos from your photo library and include a short description. Then later you can search by place name, type, date, or city.
1.2 14/02/2025
Fixed a bug where if no entry was made in the search field there would be no way to dismiss the keyboard other than searching for an empty value.
1.1.2 17/01/2025
Added the ability to resize the Map and Post List views. Now the map doesn't always have to be a square. Resize the view by dragging the bar in the post list view.
Optimized code used to fetch status updates for better maintainability.
1.1.1 15/01/2025
Added the ability to search for interesting places. Search for restaurants, parks, coffee shops, whatever you can think of. The map will show a number of places around you. Tapping a place provides a brief description and optionally you can navigate to that location using Apple Maps.
A small design change has been made to the list of posts.
1.1 07/01/2025
- Added a tip to the map view on first launch directing new users to pan the map around to view posts around the world.
- Fixed a bug where if a user exists the onboarding early, and doesn't create a screen name, the app will crash on next launch.
1.0.4 22/12/2024
Hot fix for an issue where the sign in sheet might dismiss prematurely for some users before an account could be created.
Updated the placement of the pin on the map to place the bottom of the pin at the post location, instead of the center.
Background code maintenance to keep the app manageable for future planned features.
1.0.3 22/12/2024
- Updated app icon with full support for dark mode.
- You can now delete your own posts if you feel necessary. Swipe right on your post access the delete button.
- Some background code maintenance to keep the app growing smoothly.
1.0.2 17/12/2024
Fixed a bug where if you choose to hide your screen name in a post, you could then hide or block yourself from that post.
Fixed a bug where the "Post" button could be tapped multiple times when there is a slow network connection resulting in duplicate posts. The UI will now disable the button and display a progress spinner while the post is in progress.
Updated the UI when unhiding/unblocking a user the button displays "unhide" or "unblock" as appropriate in Settings. As opposed to just "delete".
Updated the UI when after hiding/blocking a user, the map no longer requires a small movement to exclude the offending user.
1.0.1 12/12/2024
- New Search tab! Enjoy searching for places with great detail such as gluten free restaurants or coffee shops with outdoor seating.
- Tapping a pin of the search results will display details about that place including the 20 most recent photos.
- Search data provided by Foursquare.
- Bug fix for an issue where saving a place from a Check-in would not properly save the City/State/Region data.
more Version 1.6 10 Apr
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