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Find Friends Location App

WAY shows you exactly where your friends are on a live map — built for moments when you actually need it, not for permanent surveillance.

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A Private Way to See Where Your Friends Are

Most “find friends” apps are built for parents tracking kids or partners checking in 24/7. WAY is different. It's a friend-locator app for iPhone designed for short bursts of real-time sharing — meeting up downtown, navigating a music festival, or coordinating a road trip. Sharing turns on when you want it and off the moment you don't.


How WAY Works

Add a friend by scanning their QR code or tapping a share link. Once connected, you both appear on each other's live map. You can toggle sharing per friend, set time-limited Festival Mode, or hit Ghost Mode to disappear from everyone instantly. No phone numbers, no Apple ID, no email exchange required.


Key Features


Built for People Who Care About Privacy

WAY has no ads, no third-party trackers, and no analytics SDKs. There's no account to create — just pick a display name and you get a random share code. You decide who you share with, and you can revoke access at any time.


When to Use WAY


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Frequently Asked Questions

Add a friend by scanning their QR code or entering a share code, and once you both add each other you appear on each other's live map in real time. Your location is never shared unless you have added the person, enabled sharing, and approved them.

No account is required — you just pick a display name and get a share code. WAY has no ads, no third-party analytics, and no tracking SDKs, and your data flows through Apple's CloudKit rather than custom servers.

Yes. You can toggle sharing per friend, handle requests from strangers in a Stranger Inbox where you can Add, Ignore, or Block them, and rotate your share code at any time. Ghost Mode is a one-tap kill switch that stops all sharing immediately.

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