Facebook Places Alternatives

Facebook Places is described as 'Places is a Facebook feature that allows you to see where your friends are and share your location in the real world. When you use Places, you'll be able to see if any of your friends are currently checked in nearby and connect with them easily' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Facebook Places for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Web-based, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Facebook Places alternative is Glympse, which is free. Other great apps like Facebook Places are Zood Location, Minutes Away Social, Google My Business and Friendz.

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  1. Glympse icon

    Glympse

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    Glympse is the easy way to safely share your location in realtime. No sign-up needed. No social network to manage. Just send a Glympse to anyone via email, SMS, Facebook, or Twitter. Your location is only shared for the duration you specify and then stops.

    55 Glympse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire
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    • Glympse is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Glympse is the most popular free alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Glympse is Free and ProprietaryFacebook Places is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Zood Location icon

    Zood Location

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    With Zood Location, your family and loved ones can continuously share their location with each other, so you can make sure everyone is safe with a quick glance at your phone. No more having to text and call each person to find out where they are, and where they are headed.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • Zood Location is the most popular Open Source alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Zood Location is Free and Open SourceFacebook Places is Free and Proprietary
  4. Minutes Away Social icon

    Minutes Away Social

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    Create an event, invite guests, accept invitations & start on time with Minutes Away Social. You are also able to track the real time location & ETA of guests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Minutes Away Social is the most popular Windows alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Minutes Away Social is Free and ProprietaryFacebook Places is also Free and Proprietary
  5. Google My Business icon

    Google My Business

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    Get your free business listing on Google My Business to start building visibility in Google Maps and Google Search in your local community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Google My Business is the most popular Web-based alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Google My Business is Free and ProprietaryFacebook Places is also Free and Proprietary
  6. Friendz icon

    Friendz

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    Friendz lets you stay geo connected with your friends & family with Location Tracking, Proximity, Directions, Alarms, Location Map in Call, Social Media & more. Friendz is the best free GPS based app that lets you find your groups on the map & keeps you notified.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  7. WherBouts icon

    WherBouts

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    Locate your friends and family with just one click. WherBouts will automatically sync your contacts and find those that use the app. Use WherBouts to send your map location and nearest point of interest directly to a contact.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. Sygic Travel Places Database icon

    Sygic Travel Places Database

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    Global POIs database available in 13 languages with detailed information about places all round the world. You can get places descriptions, photos, 360° videos, opening hours, admission fees, tags, categories and popularity rating.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Sygic Travel Places Database is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Sygic Travel Places Database is the most popular commercial alternative to Facebook Places.

    • Sygic Travel Places Database is Paid and Open SourceFacebook Places is Free and Proprietary
  10. Bewoork icon

    Bewoork

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    Meet Bewoork.com, a new revolutionary platform created to show companies of any kind, in the United Kingdom. Turn people that search for a specific service into new customers, listing your company for free. You can search for, software design, gardener, florist, and so on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Tracki GPS icon

    Tracki GPS

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    Tracki GPS is the top pick of people looking for real-time updates of their valuables. The app works with Tracki devices, which you can place in your kid's bags, put them to your vehicles or to your pets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. Wherezat icon

    Wherezat

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    Wherezat is Fast, free, and easy way to share your location with your friend or family. Created by Ameba Softwares Pvt. Ltd.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
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  13. Nearlist icon

    Nearlist

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    Nearlist lets neighbors create their own personalized real-time news feeds so they have one place to build ongoing relationships with their favorite local businesses. News and promotions can be searched by neighborhood and/or campaign type (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  14. Umapio icon

    Umapio

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    Umapio is a map showing your friends and strangers. Make friends all over the world!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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