Ballune
Send messages with balloons
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Release a message into the sky and watch it drift across the world. Discover balloons near you and experience unexpected human connections.
Send something small into the sky… and let the world find it. Ballune is a unique, location-based experience where your messages travel on virtual balloons, drifting with the wind across real locations. You never know where they’ll go—or who might discover them.
Write a short note, attach it to a balloon, and release it into the world. Your balloon begins its journey immediately, carried by real-world wind patterns. Track your balloon as it moves across cities, regions, and beyond. See how far it’s gone, how long it’s been flying, and where it might land. See messages drifting or landing around you. Balloons can be popped, causing them to land at that exact location—keeping the message alive for others to find. Or, as the sender, you can remove it entirely. Ballune isn’t about followers or feeds. It’s about small, unexpected moments—messages found by strangers, carried by chance.
Designed with safety in mind - report inappropriate content, block senders.
Ballune uses real weather data to create believable movement—so every journey feels connected to the world around you.
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News — tap the newspaper icon next to Settings to read announcements and Ballune world updates.
Browse a chronological News list; open any item for the full story.
Optional alert when new News is published (Settings → Notifications → When there’s new News).
Increased balloon ranges — Latex and Foil balloons can drift farther.
New balloon types — higher-range envelopes (like Bubble and beyond) will roll out over time.
Minor Bug fixes.
The developer, Scott Ross, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- SJW Software LLC
- Size
- 3.2 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © Scott Ross