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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.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Platforms

  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Blackberry
  • Android Tablet
  • Windows Phone
  • iPad
  • Android Wear
  • Kindle Fire
2.5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
31 likes
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Features

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  1.  Call recording
  2.  Surrounding recording
  3.  GPS Location Tracking

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    justarandom added Glympse as alternative to Paralino
    about 1 month ago
  • VicQueiroz updated Glympse
    11 months ago
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Glympse information

  • Developed by

    Glympse Inc
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.5
  • Alternatives

    54 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Turkish

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Travel & LocationSport & Health

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Glympse, and it has gotten 31 likes

Glympse was added to AlternativeTo by cjbox on Feb 8, 2011 and this page was last updated Mar 19, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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endolith
  
Top negative commentNov 10, 2013

When I run this, my phone slows to a crawl and the app itself takes 10 seconds to respond to button pushes. I doubt it could handle this and a navigation app at the same time. What's so hard about sending GPS coordinates to server once in a while?

Then the recipients have to load a Flash app in their browser that, in my browser, never does anything. Is it still loading? No way my girlfriend could use this on her non-Flash phone over data plan

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darlacet
  
ReviewMar 28, 2013

I've used this app a few times and it's great literally for a half hour. It tells your exact location and even how fast you are going.

The app allows up to a four hour window, but even if you select four hours the app stops working after a half hour. I've tried this with two friends and the same thing happened when they sent me a Glympse and when I sent them one.

I'd use it all the time if it worked, as it is, it's useless to me.

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What is Glympse?

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. A safer alternative to typical location sharing services.

Features:

  • Easy: no sign-up required or friend lists to manage
  • Safe: your Glympse automatically expires
  • Live: share location in real-time
  • 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 night out with friends
  • let your spouse know when you’ll be home from work
  • negotiate an extra hour of curfew with your parents
  • make sure a loved one knows you are safe while running or cycling
  • find family members at a theme park
  • provide a courtesy notice & ETA to a client when you are stuck in traffic
  • share a charity run with followers on Facebook or Twitter
  • direct emergency personnel to you quickly

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