Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to cmapper

Swarm meets Spotted by Locals

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. cmapper launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Swarm 4.0▲279

   Compete with friends based on the places you go

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Swarm 5.0▲426

   Keep up & meet up w/ your friends (pre-launch)

   2017 · swarmapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Robocide▲55

   Command a swarm of robots in Robocide!

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tripstir▲103

   Swarm for future travel

   2016 · tripstir.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Zpotdrop▲78

   Like Swarm - but better!

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Swarm▲698

   Relationships. Are. Back.

   2025 · theswarm.com · its alternatives →

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   Swarmly▲89

   Waze for people. See where everyone is in realtime

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Swarm: Golden Stickers▲67

   Leaderboards are Back!

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Swarm▲114

   Exhibition website builder

   2025 · swarm.danilvladimirov.co.uk · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Swarm Challenges▲19

    Check in, win prizes!

    2016 · support.foursquare.com · its alternatives →

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    BugClipper▲85

    Bug reporting for mobile apps made simple

    2014 · bugclipper.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Flock▲118

    A messaging app for making plans

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Swarm – Program a colony of 200 ants using a custom assembly language▲190

    We built an ant colony simulation as an internal hiring challenge at Moment and decided to open it up publicly. You write a program in a custom assembly-like (we call it ant-ssembly) instruction set that controls 200 ants. Each ant can sense nearby cells (food, pheromones, home, other ants) but has no global view. The only coordination mechanism is pheromone trails, which ants can emit and sense them, but that's it. Your program runs identically on every ant. The goal is to collect the highest percentage of food across a set of maps. Different map layouts (clustered food, scattered,…

    Mar 2026 · dev.moment.com · its alternatives →

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    flock▲79

    Run a flock of Claude Code (or other agents) in one window.

    Apr 2026 · baahaus.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Army Antz▲69

    General Chaos meets A Bug's Life

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Spinnner▲149

    Challenge your friends to a spin-off (literally)

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Swarm▲73

    Cryptoequity crowdfunding platform

    2014 · swarmcorp.com · its alternatives →

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    Spaceteam▲93

    Command a spaceship with your friends

    2014 · spaceteam.ca · its alternatives →

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    Acyclic▲69

    Rapid agent swarms for any agentic workflow

    18d ago · acyclic.dev · its alternatives →

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    relaydfree tier, from $5/mo▲101

    I kept missing when my Codex agents finished, so I built relayd — a mobile dashboard that sends push notifications and lets me continue agents from my phone. Free tier available. Would love feedback.

    Jan 2026 · relayd.dev · its alternatives →

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    MobiHelp by Freshdesk▲90

    Engage your users right within your app.

    2014 · freshworks.com · its alternatives →

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    Appto▲81

    An iOS app factory that runs on your own AI subscription

    22d ago · appto.store · its alternatives →

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    Zooids▲9

    Building Blocks for Swarm User Interfaces

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Spiral 3.0▲81

    Proximity-based community forum

    2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →