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Glympse -Share your location

Glympse -Share your location

by Glympse Inc.

49K ratings
488 reviews
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Released
October 12, 2009
Updated
October 28, 2026

Features

Background Location Access

Developer

Glympse Inc.
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About

Easily share your live location temporarily with anyone, no sign-up needed for recipients. Control who sees your location and for how long, with automatic expiration for privacy. Works across devices and browsers for seamless real-time updates.

✓Temporary live location sharing
✓No sign-up required for recipients
✓Cross-platform compatibility
✓Automatic expiration of location shares
✓Privacy-focused design
✓Favorites for quick sharing
✓Branded maps for events and businesses
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What users say about Glympse

Reviews of Glympse are mostly positive: the Navigation app is rated 4.8/5 from 49K App Store ratings. What users like most: awesome tracking services, better by far tracking services. Top complaints: super App with occasional hiccups, recent update made it worse. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 🚀Awesome tracking services
  • 🚀Better by far tracking services
  • 🚀Excellent tracking service
  • 🚀Functional and reliable services
  • 🚀Super effective and reliable tracking services
  • 🚀Magnificent guaranteed locator
  • 🚀Accurate and Extraordinary
  • 🚀Superb recommendation
  • 🚀Fantastic advice
  • 🚀Awesome tracker
  • 🚀Brilliant
  • 🚀Efficient App & Great service
  • 🚀Satisfactory Review
  • 🚀Helpful tracking services
  • 🚀This is it!
  • 🚀Life saver! I recommend
  • 🚀Works like magic
  • 🚀Finally, tracking services that work. Thank you

Negative things

  • 🐛Super App with occasional hiccups
  • 🐛Recent update made it worse
  • 🐛Not easy to use
  • 🐛Constant crashing
  • 🐛Crashes upon generating link and doesn't track
  • 🐛Crashes Every time l open the app
  • 🐛Just doesn't work as described (groups)
  • 🐛Recent update needs to go
  • 🐛Dark mode UI not fully supported
  • 🐛Not working for iPhone 11 Pro
  • 🐛Useless
  • 🐛Unreliable
  • 🐛Latest update is broken
  • 🐛Stopped working
  • 🐛Generating Glympse Not Working
  • 🐛Crashes on registration
  • 🐛Un-believable lag
  • 🐛Not easy to use
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What's New in Glympse

4.0.34

October 28, 2026

Introducing our new Glympse Premium Shares feature and a new modern UI!

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Premium Public Tag 3

Can create and customize 1 public tag

$99.991 Year
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User reviews

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Fantastic

One of the best apps for long time. Keep it like this guys
Jjustbeenhacked

Used to work

Worthless
Eeadgvdisxi

A lot of faffing about

I use this occasionally. It’s a simple enough concept and it meets a need. But it seems bloated and overly complex and more so since the last time I used it. It should be a few taps and you’re done, and maybe it is for someone like the developers who are deeply familiar with it, but for occasional use you find yourself having to re-learn it each time.
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DDavidJH.....

A way to share

We use Glympse exclusively to share our locations temporarily while traveling. It is easy to use and sharing is disabled automatically. ☺️
KKristiEricksen

Apple Watch app please

Please please 🙏 really need this
SSteve28728
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

6 issues

Crashes on iOS 12

Bug

Incompatible with iPhone 11 Pro

Bug

Generating Glympse not working

Bug

Crashes on registration

Bug

Laggy performance

Bug

Inability to delete recipients

Bug
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Requested Features

4 requests

Allow deletion of recipients

Feature

Integrate with Siri Shortcuts

Feature

Longer tracking duration

Feature

Show recipient's location

Feature

FAQ

What does Glympse do?

Glympse allows you to temporarily share your live location with friends, family, or colleagues. It provides a secure and fast way to let others know your real-time whereabouts without requiring them to sign up for an account. Location sharing links expire automatically, ensuring your privacy.

How does Glympse ensure privacy?

Glympse is built with privacy as a core value. Location sharing is temporary and expires automatically, meaning you are in control of who sees your location and for how long. Viewer links do not require logins, and your data is never sold.

Is Glympse free to use?

The basic Glympse location sharing features are free to use. There are optional Premium features available for businesses and events, such as branded maps and enhanced tracking capabilities, which come with a cost.

What devices are compatible with Glympse?

Glympse works seamlessly across popular mobile devices and can be accessed from any device or browser. This cross-platform compatibility ensures that anyone can view your shared location, even if they don't have the app installed.

What are common use cases for Glympse?

Common uses include letting friends know when you're on your way, coordinating family meetups or school pickups, tracking carpools or teams temporarily, and keeping customers informed with live ETAs. Businesses can also use it for home services, delivery coordination, and event tracking.