Find a friend on Android, without the tracking
Quick answer
On Android, the usual way to find a friend is Google Maps location sharing: their live position, running continuously, set to stretch on for ages.
On Android, the usual way to find a friend is Google Maps location sharing: their live position, running continuously, set to stretch on for ages. Plenty of people turn it on, forget about it, and get followed for months. Parages skips all of that. No position moves around in real time. You simply get a sign when a friend is close, right when it matters. Otherwise your phone stays quiet and out of the way.
In one sentence
Parages pings you when you pass near a friend. It tracks nobody.