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24 alternatives to Locale Chat

Locale Chat is a locale-based and time-limited chat platform

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Localized Chatbots▲379

   Local chatbots for your websites, in your color & language

   2024 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code▲205

   2015 · idoco.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HereHere▲68

   Location based chat app for Android

   2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   EarthChat▲128

   A chat app with real-time universal language translations

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access)▲450

   Bring your team together

   2017 · blog.google · its alternatives →

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   bilingual.chat▲77

   Chat with people in your native language

   2022 · bilingual.chat · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams▲350

   Self-hosted chat for small teams.

   2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Bants!▲77

   Location based group chat in the browser

   2021 · its alternatives →

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   locale▲11

   Reconnect with world around you one moment, one location.

   2025 · locale.lovable.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mate Translate for iMessage▲356

    Chat in any language in iMessage

    2016 · insttranslate.com · its alternatives →

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    Foxylingo▲252

    Chat and exchange languages with real people worldwide

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Geochat – You are your city. Speak to the world▲20

    2016 · geochat.hackclub.com · its alternatives →

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    Telegram 4.4▲278

    Broadcast your current location to any chat in real time

    2017 · telegram.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ChatCulture▲86

    Global translator & language learning chat app

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Natives Chat▲89

    Chat & learn languages with native speakers

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Drop-In Chat – Chatify your app▲49

    2014 · dropinchat.com · its alternatives →

17. 17GC
    Gis.chat – a Geospatial Community▲86

    Hi folks! I'm excited to show you gis.chat, a geospatial chat platform in both senses: a platform about geospatial topics and a geospatial platform itself, referencing the location of our communities. The setup is fairly simple and reproducible: a plain Zulip instance and a homepage with geospatial search capabilities. It seems almost trivial but it has some very nice features. I guess you should be familiar with Zulips stream/topic model to follow along (https://zulip.com/help/streams-and-topics). The core idea is that there are city-specific streams (currently…

    2023 · gis.chat · its alternatives →

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    Instant Map Chat▲198

    Chat with people in real-time on a Google Map

    2016 · introvert.com · its alternatives →

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    We made a proximity-based video chat for events▲11

    2021 · unnamed.chat · its alternatives →

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    Chat'Inn▲69

    Miminal, Clean and Realtime Global Chat Application

    2022 · chat-inn.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    LocalChat▲7

    First live chat for physical locations, restaurants.

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Chat with people around you▲38

    2018 · oyoy.app · its alternatives →

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    Whereabouts▲66

    Write posts and chat (group or 1-on-1) with people nearby!

    2017 · aelchim.com · its alternatives →

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    Ahoy▲93

    A location-based messaging app 📍💬

    2019 · ahoy.ai · its alternatives →

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