Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Herenow – Send and receive messages within 100 metres of you launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Herenow▲81

   Send and receive messages with anyone within 100 metres.

   2014 · herenow.nolanconsul.com · its alternatives →

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

   2014 · herenowapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Herenow▲4

   Send and receive messages with anyone within 100 meters

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Push It▲103

   Simple location aware messaging

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hundo▲100

   Send 100-character messages to the nearest 100 people.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Somebody▲209

   Send a message delivered verbally by a stranger

   2014 · somebodyapp.com · its alternatives →

7. 7IH
   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 →

8. 8
   Wabi▲84

   A new kind of messenger that gets things done

   25d ago · wabi.ai · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Nearly▲92

   Ambient messaging

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Time Will Come▲69

    Send your message to the future

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Message Near▲9

    Effortlessly send location-based messages

    2015 · msgnear.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Confr▲60

    Super fast phone conferencing via email

    2014 · confr.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hi Messenger▲71

    Send 1 Line Messages as Push Notifications

    2015 · hiiiii.me · its alternatives →

14. 14SA
    Send a personalised Telegram to anyone in downtown SF▲9

    2015 · telegramthat.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Louder▲66

    Amplify important messages beyond your network.

    2014 · louder.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Attache Arrivals▲65

    Land Like a Local

    2014 · attachearrivals.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    OY▲3

    Chat with people around you.

    2018 · oyoy.app · its alternatives →

18. 18SY
    Send yourself messages on WhatsApp▲9

    2018 · messageyourself.com · its alternatives →

19. 19SR
    Super realtime webchat, so you can feel closer with people online▲6

    2016 · thedank.chat · its alternatives →

20. 20RR
    Really real-time messenger▲5

    2021 · bopchat.com · its alternatives →

21. 21ZL
    Zocal – Location Based Messenger▲7

    2019 · toappsto.re · its alternatives →

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    Push It▲4

    Simple, anonymous, location aware messaging.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23PM
    Personal messaging with a 2-7 day delay▲8

    2021 · tardamail.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    99folks▲3

    A new way to make networking using geolocation

    2015 · 99folks.com · its alternatives →

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