Glympse -Share your location 4+
Glympse Inc.
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Glympse is an app that lets you temporarily share your real-time location with family, friends, co-workers and more. It visually answers the question, “Where are you?” Glympse gives people and businesses power to share real-time locations safely, securely and temporarily, regardless of what type of mobile device they all have.
The app uses the GPS capability in your mobile phone to let you share your location in one of two ways:
Via a web-based map for a predetermined period with anyone you choose who does not have the Glympse app
Within the Glympse app for a predetermined period for those who, like you, have the Glympe app downloaded.
Sharing your location with someone is referred to as "sending a Glympse." A Glympse goes out as a link via text message. When recipients click on the Glympse link they can view your location on a map in real-time using any web-enabled device for as long as you choose to share with them.
Send a Glympse to let friends know you are on your way to meet them. Request a Glympse from a colleague who is running late to a meeting. Set up a Glympse Tag with your biking club. Create a Glympse Premium Tag for an upcoming local Santa parade. Those you share with can view your Glympse from any web-enabled device, no sign-up or app required.
Glympse is the pioneer of location-sharing. Since 2008, we have been providing solutions that offer communication between the right people at the right time when it matters most. Our solutions operate successfully with minimal data retention, and by default, we do not keep data, nor do we harvest or sell it.
Download Glympse for free today.
Features
Glympse Private Groups
Glympse Private Groups is a feature in Glympse that creates a private, invite-only Group. You give members control over who can be a member. All members of a Group can share their location and request the location of other members – all visible only to those in the Group. Private Groups are ideal for sharing with family, carpools, sporting teams, groups of friends and more.
Glympse Public Tags
Glympse Tags is a feature in Glympse that allows you to quickly view and share location with multiple friends on a single, shared Glympse map. Glympse Tags are public spaces (similar to Twitter/X hash tags) where anyone who knows the Tag name can view the tag map and add themselves to that map. When you view a tag map, what you are seeing is a map of people who have chosen to join the tag map (example: !SmithFamilyReunion or !SeattleCyclingClub).
Glympse Premium Tags
Glympse Premium Tags is our premium offering in Glympse that provides customization options to personalize and brand the Glympse experience. You can create a one-of-a-kind experience by uploading your logo and branding, map out certain routes you plan to make stops at, as well as other branding elements. Glympse Premium Tags is ideal for events such as community parades, Santa parades, food trucks, marathons, and so much more.
Glympse Premium Shares
Glympse Premium Shares is a premium feature in Glympse that allows businesses to create a branded, professional experience for sharing and requesting locations. With Premium Shares, you can customize the app with your logo, colors, and other branding elements, making it a seamless extension of your business. It's perfect for industries like home services, HVAC, limo services, and more, enabling clear and efficient communication with clients. Whether you're coordinating appointments, deliveries, or service visits, Premium Shares ensure your business stays connected and informed, reducing the need for phone calls and texts.
The browser map viewer for non-app users may not be entirely accurate in regions such as Japan, China, and South Korea. Various factors, including mapping data limitations and regional restrictions, may result in imprecise displayed information in these areas.
This limitation does not affects in app users
Terms of Use: https://corp.glympse.com/terms/
What’s New
Version 4.0.4
Introducing our new Glympse Premium Shares feature and a new modern UI!
Ratings and Reviews
Awesome app
Glympse allows me and my wife to make most of our time. We both have to commute but only have one car. I cannot use public transport to work, so I use the car. I drop off my girl friend at the train stop every morning before I drive to work, however, picking her up in the evening is not that easy since I might be stuck in traffic or her bus/train is caught up by the rush hour. Being on each others' screen through Glympse makes it much easier to still time our pickup well. If she is running late, I go to the store adjacent to the train stop first. If I am running late, she walks towards the way she sees me taking on glympse.
Also, for longer driving without the other you can always make sure you know what's going on so that I can have dinner on the table by the time she is home for example. We seriously use Glympse every day. Just great!
I only want location-- NOT an app-determinedroute
I now understand this is a rather restrictive "navigation" appI that pre-determines a route. This restriction does not meet my need for an app that simply indicates my location without presumptive route "clutter". I need to inform another only my current location--not upon an app-determined route as the app's solution is most likely not my intent. I ride a mountain bike upon trails: even when choosing the bike icon; the app indicates dots upon most-direct roads to a destination I eventually intend to get to upon multiple select trails. So, sharing my location data that is laid upon an assumed route misleads the tag receiver. This can also apply to anyone who might be out for a joy-ride such as with family who might go to s movie, than a restaurant not yet predetermined and then shopping, etc; too much to preload!. If the app allows one to remove the predetermined route--I haven't found how to control that feature via extensive time in the online manual and searches to include whether the paid version of the app provides that capability. So, I'll go elsewhere for an app that simply provides location!
New Update Needs to Go
My family and I have been using Glympse for about 8 years. We have never wanted to use Life360, but have peace of mind by knowing where we all are when we are traveling, especially my siblings and I to and from college. Since we have a decent sized family, I usually share my location with 8-10 people. This new update only displays the most recent 5 people, which is inconvenient since we all send our locations to more than 5 people. It is also difficult to search for the people I send my location to as my contacts are NOT in alphabetical order on this app. This has made it incredibly more difficult and inconvenient to find everyone I send my location to since this update. I can search for each person’s name, but the process of adding everyone I need to used to take 5-10 seconds, and now takes well over a minute or two.
This new update is also confusing to navigate for my family. It is NOT user friendly anymore and we are considering finding a new app to share our location with.
App Privacy
The developer, Glympse Inc., 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Glympse Inc.
- Size
- 55.4 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2024 Glympse Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Premium Public Tag 1 $99.99
- Premium Public Tag 2 $99.99
- Premium Share Single Monthly $9.99
- Premium Public Tag 3 $99.99
- Premium Public Tag 4 $99.99
- Premium Share MultiUser Annual $199.99
- Premium Share MultiUser Month $19.99
- Premium Share Single Annual $99.99
- Premium Public Tag 6 $99.99
- Premium Public Tag 5 $99.99