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24 alternatives to Herenow

Send and receive messages with anyone within 100 metres.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Herenow launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Herenow▲4

   Send and receive messages with anyone within 100 meters

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2HS
   Herenow – Send and receive messages within 100 metres of you▲8

   2014 · herenowapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3HS
   Herenow – Send and receive messages within 100 metres of you▲6

   2014 · herenow.nolanconsul.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Somebody▲209

   Send a message delivered verbally by a stranger

   2014 · somebodyapp.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Push It▲103

   Simple location aware messaging

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hundo▲100

   Send 100-character messages to the nearest 100 people.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Reach▲99

   Chat with likeminded people nearby, anonymously

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Time Will Come▲69

   Send your message to the future

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9IH
   I hacked up a hybrid android / iphone app in a week...▲10

   Last week I decided to have a go at building a location based app, using native APIs for both android and iphone, but using a webview to display the content. It came together pretty well I think, still waiting for the ios app store to approve or reject the app. The app sends messages to anyone within 100 metres of you: http://herenow.nolanconsul.com/ I blogged a bit about it here: http://bennolan.com/2014/05/27/herenow-retrospective.html

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Shout▲207

    Exchange Anything with the people around you

    2014 · useshout.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Message Near▲9

    Effortlessly send location-based messages

    2015 · msgnear.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Huckle▲89

    Send group messages to people at places

    2015 · huckleapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Path Talk Places▲159

    Message People and Places in One App

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Wave▲163

    Instantly chat with anyone with an email address

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Let's Meetup▲81

    An easy way to share POIs and addresses in iMessage

    2016 · danielsadjadian.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Text▲168

    Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity)

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Confr▲60

    Super fast phone conferencing via email

    2014 · confr.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    OY▲3

    Chat with people around you.

    2018 · oyoy.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    TAP▲76

    Tap your phone to share location & message your friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    SendHub▲100

    Phone System for the Mobile World

    2014 · sendhub.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hi Messenger▲71

    Send 1 Line Messages as Push Notifications

    2015 · hiiiii.me · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Holo▲120

    Leave a message at a certain location and share it

    2017 · holoapp.co · its alternatives →

23. 23PM
    Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile▲126

    2013 · appsto.re · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Nearly▲92

    Ambient messaging

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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