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Dark Interface
The Lamppost
Connect through shared spaces
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Discover independent places, add the ones you value, and help build a community where shared places can become meaningful connections.
Discover people through places.
Lamppost is a local network built around the places we share.
Cafés, bookshops, bars, galleries, cinemas, music venues and community spaces all bring people together. Lamppost makes those shared places the starting point for new connections.
Explore Lampposts on the map, add places you think belong, and help build a network shaped by the people and places that make a community interesting.
When you visit a participating place, scan its Lamppost code to become part of its community and discover people with something in common already.
Whether that leads to friendship, romance, creative collaboration, or simply a conversation, is up to you.
**Why Lamppost?**
• Meet people through places you genuinely share
• Discover independent and interesting places nearby
• Add places you value and help grow the Lamppost community
• Find connections through shared interests and shared spaces
• No endless swiping or algorithmic feeds
• No adverts or background tracking
• Your precise location is never shared with other users
**A local network, not a social network.**
Every Lamppost begins with a real place.
Rather than trying to keep you scrolling, Lamppost encourages you to look outward: towards your neighbourhood, the places you enjoy, and the people whose paths might already cross yours.
The more places the community adds, the more possibilities for connection begin to appear.
**Privacy comes first.**
Lamppost doesn't follow you around.
You decide what you share and who can see it. Your precise location is never shown to other users, and Lamppost doesn't use background location tracking to build a picture of where you go.
Because meaningful connections should begin with something you have in common, not with being tracked.
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Improved QR code scanning for faster, more reliable recognition.
The developer, CHARLES JAMES MACKINNON, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- CHARLES JAMES MACKINNON
- Size
- 43.5 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- 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
18+
- 18+
- Frequent
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Horror/Fear Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © Charles Mackinnon (2026)