Looking for an app like Zenly that respects your privacy

Quick answer

Parages is an app like Zenly without the live map. It shares no location and only nudges you, on your own phone, when you pass near a friend you added.

Zenly made checking on friends feel playful, then shut down in 2023 and left a gap nothing quite filled. Most look-alikes copied the live map and the constant tracking that came with it. Parages keeps the warm, friend-first spirit and drops the surveillance. You note where people live, the app works out proximity on your phone, and a soft ping lets you know when you are near. No shared map, no trail, no data leaving your device.

In one sentence

Parages pings you when you pass near a friend. It tracks nobody.

How it works

Add your friends

Their neighborhood, not their exact address. Only you see your list, and nothing is shared.

Live your life

No continuous tracking, no shared location. Parages sleeps in your pocket.

Get a hello

You pass near a friend, and your phone says “You’re 300 m from Thomas 👋”. Right when it matters.

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Frequently asked questions

No. Parages never shares or stores your live location. It only checks, on your own phone, whether you are close to a friend you added, and pings you if so.

There will be a free plan that covers the core feature: getting pinged when you pass near a friend. A paid tier will add history and travel stats later.

No. You can add a friend just by noting roughly where they live. They never know they are in your private book.

Be there at launch.

Parages is coming soon. Drop your email, we’ll tell you first. No spam, just the day it opens.

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