Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
Map My Friends, without the live-location creep
An Android-first map for remembering where friends met abroad are now, with manually added city pins and availability states.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Friends scattered after travel, study, or remote work
- Worth noticing
- The site says coordinates are rounded to two decimals—about 1.1 km—before storage or transmission.
Field notes
Pins are added from memory and can be marked Resident, Temporary, or Traveling, with availability options such as open to plans, coffee, or busy. Invitations can be sent into an existing group chat; a recipient enters a city in a browser and joins the shared map without installing the app or creating an account. The page says the map stays on-device unless cloud sync is enabled, at which point sign-in is required.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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