Glympse - Share GPS location

Glympse, Inc

About this app

Glympse is a fast, free and simple way to share your real-time location using GPS tracking, with any of your family, friends or co-workers!

Send a Glympse to let friends and family know you are on your way. Request a Glympse from a colleague who is always running late. Set up a Glympse group for your family reunion.

Those you share with can view your Glympse from any web-enabled device, no sign-up required!

Download Glympse today!

App Features:

+ Easy: no sign-up required
+ Safe: your Glympse automatically expires
+ Live: share location in real time with dynamic map
+ Open: share with anyone – no app required to view
+ Passive: runs in the background
+ Global: works anywhere you have GPS and a data connection

Use Glympse to:
+ coordinate a social night out with friends
+ let your spouse know your ETA when you’ll be home from work
+ let your family know you are safe while running or cycling
+ find friends at a concert festival
+ provide a courtesy notice with ETA to a client when stuck in traffic
+ share a charity run route with followers on Facebook or Twitter
+ direct emergency or roadside personnel to you quickly

~~~ AWARDS & PRESS ~~~
+ 2014 Webby Award Winner
+ "[Glympse] is one of those apps that’s ingenious in its simplicity, insanely handy to have around, and just a little bit fun to boot." – CNET Reviews
+ "Glympse: The Coolest Thing Your Smartphone Can Do" – Fast Company
+ Named one of "15 Best Mobile Apps of 2011" – Mashable

• We LOVE TO HEAR FROM CUSTOMERS. If you have an issue or suggestion, please send us a note using the "Send us Feedback" feature in the app under Settings.

Ratings and reviews

It's certainly a useful app. More often than not it's very glitchy. sometimes the speed says I'm going 70 when I'm definitely only going about 45. I've noticed some times that the blue line that follows behind you does not always accurately reflect on the map. I've also noticed that it seems a little bit hard to actually get the group settings to work but that could just be me and my phone and not the app.

Update: 8/2/2022 - Glympse was great. Then it became intrusive with the last update. More importantly, it's not sharing live data all the time, like it did. Nor is the route displayed to the recipient like it used to be. Also, it continues to keep sharing after the destination is arrived at. (All settings are set to make those things happen.) Still useful, just not as much. Still 2 stars. What happened?

App is useful, but needs a lot of permissions to work. I go back in to settings after each use and turn off permissions, for privacy reasons. After I save a favorite, it continues to ask if I want to save as favorite, which is confusing. Also, if I extend the time to share, it usually automatically reverts back to limited amount of sharing time. Can be confusing if you modify the destination or try to add a recipient after starting the route. With some refinements, it could better.

What's new

Bug fixes and minor enhancements.