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Locate Yourself with Where Now?

Where Now? is an intentionally simple app for iOS designed to let you see where you’ve been, creating a useful dataset for personal and private analysis.

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Features & Capabilities

See Where You’ve Been

View locations on a map right in the app using native Apple Maps geocoding APIs.

Manual or Automatic

Log locations with the press of a button or using fine-tuned automatic tracking.

On-Device and Remote Logging

Keep data on-device, push to a private self-hosted remote endpoint — or both!

Full Data Sovereignty

Your data is entirely your own. Easily copy or export JSON from the app.

Speedy Set Up

Access to latest endpoint API code, token creation, and set up instructions are built right in the app.

Regular Check Ups

Integrated API health checks make sure remote access is configured and accessible.

Change Log — What’s New

1.2.5

  • Change a pin location visually with improvements to the location edit view
  • Other small visual polish adjustments

1.2.4

  • Adds ability to edit timestamp and lat/lon values
  • Adds new Studio location metadata category
  • An updated Remote Endpoint for syncing new editable data

1.2.3

  • Adds new Book Store location metadata category
  • Fixes a typo in the Library location metadata label

1.2.2

  • Refinements to location categories
  • Improvements to map re-centering behavior and performance including cached location fallback when background activity is off
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements

1.2.1

  • Bug fix release
  • Corrects app cold start behavior inadvertently saving a location

1.2.0

  • Save a location with one tap using a new Home and Lock Screen Widget
  • Capture rich location info by adding a label, category, and notes
  • Swipe right to delete locations from your History
  • A simplified Settings view and data import/export experience
  • Performance improvements and under-the-hood bug fixes
  • An updated Remote Endpoint with enhanced sync abilities

1.1.0

  • New Home Screen Quick Actions (long-press on the app icon)
  • Shortcuts and App Intents support for key functionality
  • Support for importing an exported log file from the app
  • Miscellaneous UI refinements and bug fixes

1.0.1

  • Initial public release available
  • Open source Remote Endpoint release available

Join the Beta Program and help shape pre-release updates and new features.

System Requirements

  • iOS version 18 or later
  • endpoint API requires Apache with PHP 8.x
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