Zenly vs Snapchat, where the friend map ended up

Quick answer

Zenly was a focused live friend map that closed in 2023; Snapchat tracks through Snap Map inside a chat app; Parages drops the live map and only pings when you pass near a friend.

Zenly was a standalone app built around one idea: a live, precise map of your friends, wrapped in playful design. Snapchat is a messaging app that bolts location on through Snap Map and Bitmoji pins. Snap bought Zenly and shut it in 2023, and the map energy moved inside the chat app. Zenly was focused; Snapchat is location as a side feature of something bigger. Both default to showing your live spot. A quieter middle never really existed.

In one sentence

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

Comparison

How Parages compares

Same goal, opposite philosophy. The others track everyone. Parages tracks no one.

	Parages	Life360	Snap Map	Find My
Shares your live location	Never	Always	Always	Always
Others see where you are	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pings you near a friend	Yes	No	No	No
Keeps a history of your trips	No	Yes	Partly	No
Works without anyone tracking	Yes	No	No	No

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

Those apps share your live location with a group, all the time. Parages shares nothing. It checks on your own phone whether you are near a friend you added, and only then pings you.

Find My broadcasts your position to everyone you share with, continuously. Parages keeps your position on your device and sends it nowhere, so there is no map of you to leak or sell.

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