Glympse -Share your location

Glympse -Share your location

By Glympse Inc.

  • Category: Navigation
  • Release Date: 2009-10-12
  • Current Version: 4.0.5
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 52.90 MB
  • Developer: Glympse Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Score: 4.8
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From 47,713 Ratings

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/

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Reviews

  • Great and very to use.

    5
    By FDRocha
    Great and very good tool to help to track and the arrival of guest.
  • Recent update made it worse

    3
    By dladowaki
    My wife and I have been using Glympse for years. It was a great app. A recent update made it less friendly. Now we cannot find where or how to stop sharing before the share time is elapsed. Also, for the first time ever, it gave me a dialog box that said sharing will only occur while Glympse is in the foreground. So I was driving and constantly making sure it stayed on in the foreground. I never had to think about that before. Overall, I think Glympse updates location more frequently than Apple’s FindMy so Glympse is very useful.
  • Ok but stopping app is not easy

    1
    By MD 68
    Nice app for tracking family on trips. Not a easy way to stop sharing with the newer version. Go back to the older way of doing stopping sharing.
  • New Update Needs to Go

    1
    By Anonymous 371739
    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.
  • Great app for all platforms

    4
    By StephenD~
    I love that the notifications this app sends out can be viewed on all platforms even if they don’t have the Glympse app themselves. The most recent updates rightfully restore the usefulness of the main Glympse button at the bottom of the screen, however I really think they need to bring back a way of just looking at the map to see if anyone has viewed your Glympse. They used to have a little number would appear to show how many people had viewed it and now you have to tap the screen and find that information which is dangerous when you’re driving.
  • $99/year? For what my phone does for free!?

    1
    By JW-69
    My favorite feature is how you disabled the Help & Feedback button so you can’t hear any complaints about your absolutely insane premium tier.
  • I only want location-- NOT an app-determinedroute

    2
    By what unused nickname
    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!
  • Just crashes within 10 seconds

    1
    By chezbriand
    I used to use Glympse all the time, but with other options I don’t use it as often. Today I tried to use it and it just crashes after less than 10 seconds after launch. Tried over ten times and same result, it just crashes after a few seconds of use on an iPhone 15 pro max.
  • Great app to let people see where you are

    5
    By Flybymight
    The app lets you generate a link to share your location for a set period of time. I use it when I’m meeting up with folks, so they can see how close I am. Much easier and safer than trying to use my phone while driving.
  • Ballooning

    5
    By ShakeZula92
    We use this app in ballooning for almost every flight. Perfect for tracking crew and flight information!

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