# Nelos: Location Without Signal — Group Hiking, Trekking & Trips

> Group Hiking, Trekking & Trips (iPhone/iPad app by The Quyen Le.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nelos-location-without-signal/id6777224613 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Quyen Le](https://appshunter.io/developer/1602478574)
- Category: Utilities, Navigation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 74 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, European Spanish, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-06-23
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Nelos?

Stay connected beyond cell coverage.

Nelos is an offline messaging, location sharing, and tracking app for families and small teams using MeshCore-compatible LoRa radios. Message your team, see everyone on a map, find trackers, and coordinate even when cell service or internet isn’t available.

No radio yet? Offline maps, location history, and personal waypoints work right away. Connect a MeshCore-compatible radio to unlock messaging, teams, trackers, and help requests.

STAY TOGETHER OFF-GRID

• See teammates and compatible trackers on one map
• Send team messages and direct messages over LoRa
• Track family members, pets, and personal belongings with compatible trackers
• Find a tracker faster with Find Mode
• Create Safe Zones and get alerts when a tracker leaves or arrives
• Look back at every alert in Activity
• Send help requests and coordinate responses with your teams
• Create and join teams offline using QR codes

READY FOR THE OUTDOORS

• Download detailed offline maps worldwide
• Open a GPX route from any app and follow it on your offline map
• Head to a teammate, tracker, waypoint, or route with Go to: a line and distance on the map, and an alert when you arrive
• Mark campsites, meeting points, hazards, and other locations with waypoints
• Review the last 24 hours of location history

MORE WITH NELOS PRO

Unlock multiple active teams, unlimited trackers per team, unlimited offline maps, GPX route import and saving, and up to 90 days of location history with a one-time lifetime purchase.

PRIVACY-FOCUSED

No account required. No central message server. No ads. Your location never goes to our servers: it is shared only with your team, over LoRa, when you choose.

Built for families, hiking, camping, outdoor adventures, travel, volunteer teams, festivals, and other off-grid situations.

COMPATIBLE HARDWARE

Off-grid communication requires MeshCore-compatible LoRa hardware. Download maps before heading out.

Location updates and message delivery depend on your devices, radio conditions, terrain, positioning availability, and permissions.

Help requests go only to members of your teams, not to emergency services or to Nelos. Nelos should not be your only means of communication or safety in critical situations.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nelos Pro Lifetime | $24.99 | one-time |


## Is Nelos safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Nelos.

## Is Nelos legit?

Nelos: Location Without Signal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nelos is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.7.3 — 2026-11-05

• Open a .gpx file with Nelos from any app to see the route on the offline map. Importing and saving routes is part of Nelos Pro.
• Need Help asks "Do you still need help?" after 30 minutes, then every hour.
• Steadier in the background: Need Help uses less airtime, and iPhone reconnects to the radio when it's back in range.
• Day separators in chat, a trip name on shared images, and other fixes.

### 2.7.2 — 2026-11-01

• Go to: a straight-line guide to a teammate, tracker, waypoint or Check in, with an alert when you arrive.
• Movement history: pick a time range, Smart GPS filter hides wrong points, share your route as an image, export GPX.
• Turn location sharing on or off for each team.
• MeshCore channels: mention someone, copy messages, see how a message was relayed.
• Better performance and longer battery life.

### 2.7.0 — 2026-10-24

• Works without a device: offline maps, movement history and personal waypoints.
• Activity: review alerts via the bell on the Team screen.
• Safe Zones: new arrival alerts; more accurate leave and return alerts.
• Rejoin a team you left without an invite code or QR.
• See which repeaters relayed your messages, over how many hops.
• Clearer member list; refresh to ask nearby teammates for their status.
• More reliable tracker updates; smoother map, history and background use.

### 2.6.5 — 2026-10-20

• Faster, more accurate map at launch
• Rotate the map with two fingers; compass mode turns it the way you're heading
• Map filters: show members, trackers, waypoints and check-ins by status or team
• Follow members and trackers on the map with a movement trail
• Trackers are team-only by default and more reliable on a weak signal
• Low-battery alerts for your radio and your teammates
• A reminder to turn on Location Services when they're off
• Overall performance improvements and bug fixes

### 2.6.3 — 2026-10-12

• More reliable background location updates, with new settings and a guide for using Nelos with the screen locked.
• New alerts for team activity, lost signals, and unresponsive trackers.
• Find Mode continues in the background, plus one-tap refresh for all trackers.
• Clearer teammate status, faster reconnection, and bug fixes.

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