Grid: Private Location Sharing

Rezivure

About this app

Share locations with friends, family or anybody you choose with privacy in your hands. Our end-to-end encrypted service ensures your location data stays safe and under your control. No selling, no sharing– just the privacy you deserve and trust you can count on. Grid is free and open source, and utilizes the Matrix Protocol for end-to-end encryption so only those you choose know where you are.

- Add contacts for one to one location sharing

- Create long term or short term and temporary groups

- Self hosting capability using the Matrix Protocol

- Custom map provider through Protomaps (does not utilize Google Maps or Apple Maps)

- Cloudflare integration to serve map tiles efficiently and improve privacy

- Self hosted map provider capability


Grid is created by Rezivure, a tech company dedicated to tools that enhance digital privacy. Without privacy we do not have freedom.

To check out our source code, visit https://www.github.com/Rezivure

Follow us on Mastodon social at @getgrid for updates.

Head over to https://mygrid.app to see any new updates.

Ratings and reviews

Experiencing all the same issues as everyone else. Was so hopeful for this as a replacement for live 360 but it seems this app just needs more attention and effort from its creators. Would love to see: improved overall reliability. not being logged off regularly. not being "offline" much of the time. Geofencing options. Saved locations and group alerts.

Unfortunately it didn't work for me. Couldn't get past the phone number verification step (Australian mobile numbers). My partner also tried on their phone (ios) but with the same result. Looks like it could be a cool app and would like to try it again in the future.

I WANT to use this app because I'm 100% on boardwith the vision. It's privacy-focused, open-source, and self-hostable. Unfortunately, the battery drain (Samsung S23) is too high to use it properly. It also seems to log me out when re-opening the app. I'll be revisiting this app in the future, so I'll update this review should the issues get resolved.