Map My Friends Open the app

Private · Friends only · 18+

Your friends’ day, pinned to a private map.

Take a photo and drop it on the map for your friends — only the people you’ve accepted can see it. Choose how precise the spot is. Tomorrow it’s gone.

Sign-ups open soon How we protect your location

Works in your phone’s browser — nothing to install. UK mobile numbers only.

The ruined West Pier in Brighton silhouetted at sunset, with a flock of starlings over the sea
Photo: Les Chatfield, CC BY 2.0 Example bubbles — Photo: James Petts from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0; Photo: Adam Court, CC BY 2.0; Photo: wardyboy400, CC BY 2.0. The coloured ring shows how much of each post’s 24 hours is left.

From photo to map in four stops

  1. Sign in with your mobile

    Type your UK mobile number and we text you a 6-digit code. No password to remember, and you stay signed in on that phone.

  2. Add the friends you actually know

    Friendships are always two-way: send a request by username, or share your personal invite link or QR code. Nobody else can see your posts.

  3. Take a photo, then choose how precise

    Approximate (the centre of a roughly 1 km square) is the default. Pick the exact spot only when you want to, or post with no location at all.

  4. Gone tomorrow

    Posts disappear after 24 hours (or 7 days if you choose), and the photo files are deleted from our server.

The full walk-through

Privacy you can actually see

  • No live tracking. A location is only attached when you post, and only if you choose one.
  • Hidden photo data removed. GPS and camera details inside photo files are stripped before anyone sees them.
  • Privacy zones. Draw up to three circles — home, work — and posts from inside are moved outside the zone or kept off the map.
  • Ghost mode. Keep all your posts off the map; friends still see them in their list.
How an approximate location works A grid of squares about 1 kilometre across. Your real position is somewhere in one square; your friends see the post at the centre of that square instead. home zone ≈ 1 km
where you are · where friends see the post · a privacy zone

Little postcards from your people

A view from the top of a hill, the bay at sunset, the bridge on the way home. Each post is a small, temporary postcard for your friends — not a public profile.

For adults, and safe by design

Map My Friends is only for people aged 18 and over. There are no public profiles, no comments and no messaging with strangers — just photos for friends you’ve both agreed to. Anyone can block or report a post or a person in two taps, and reports go to a real person.

Community guidelines How reporting works

Sign-ups open soon

We’re putting the finishing touches to sign-in. Have a look at how it works in the meantime.

How it works