Traditional location sharing apps assume you want to broadcast your position forever. WAY assumes the opposite. Sharing is temporary by default, you control it per friend, and a single tap on Ghost Mode disables everything. It's location sharing built for adults who value their privacy.
Find My is great for family but built around your Apple ID. Snapchat and Instagram bundle location into a noisy social feed. Google Maps requires a Google account and treats sharing as permanent. WAY does one thing well: temporary, private location sharing for the times when you actually need it.
Met someone new at an event and want to add them as a one-night-only contact? WAY's stranger inbox lets you accept, ignore, or block requests from people you don't know — without exposing your full network. And because share codes rotate, you can sever the connection later with no awkwardness.
Add a friend by scanning their QR code or entering a share code, and once you both add each other you can share your real-time location. Your location is never shared unless you have added the person, enabled sharing, and approved them, or Festival Mode is active.
Yes. Festival Mode continuously shares with approved friends for a set duration of 1 to 24 hours and auto-expires. You can also stop sharing per friend at any time or use Ghost Mode, a one-tap kill switch that stops all sharing immediately and deletes your published location records.
WAY is free to use with no ads, no third-party analytics, and no tracking SDKs, and your data flows through Apple's CloudKit instead of custom servers. There is an optional one-time WAY+ purchase for cosmetic extras, and an internet connection is required for live updates.