Location-Based Social Apps

Cluster focuses on discussions and promotions of geo-social apps for discovering nearby friends, events, places, and people for meetups or shared activities, often comparing to Foursquare or Google Latitude and featuring plugs for competing startups.

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cdvonstinkpot Jun 23, 2012 View on HN

Should be a Facebook app, to utilize their user base & location abilities.

feintruled Oct 25, 2023 View on HN

I thought Foursquare already provided this service /s

nroets Apr 6, 2014 View on HN

An app that shows me where my friends and family are.(Like Google Latitude used to do)

MontgomeryPy May 21, 2025 View on HN

Use it to promote making friends in person. Perhaps a curated and editable list of actual 3rd spaces in the real world. All anonymous users (like HN), popular 3rd spaces can be voted up/down per city/town. Maybe each venue could include posts for meet times or events.

rburhum Nov 3, 2022 View on HN

payments? community? local user discovery? etc etc

vasanthv Nov 9, 2025 View on HN

Working on a location based social app. https://pinggy.com

magdadc May 8, 2018 View on HN

Hi everyone! Less than happy to read this news, as my husband and I have been working on a similar solution for some time now. We've created an app https://maplog.it/ which allows you to create different lists, share them with others and give you better recommendations for places to go out. We are currently working on an iOS and Android apps. Do you think it makes any sense to continue or should we just drop the i

Invitor_app Aug 30, 2025 View on HN

Hi HN! Thanks for taking a look at Invitor. An invitations feed from nearby people looking for company for everyday leisure (coffee, bars, concerts, movies, city walks), not dating.What to try (2 minutes):Open the app and browse the invitations feed for your city.Join an invite or post a quick one (“Walk in the park?”, “Who’s up for a movie?”).Coordinate details in the built-in group chat.Optional: switch to the map if you want to see what’s nearby.Questions we’d love your hone

booz Jul 19, 2011 View on HN

sounds like another geo social app

inatreecrown2 Feb 24, 2025 View on HN

cool idea! good luck with your app! I also want to build an app that leverages happenings "in the real world".