Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Walkbase, room-level context for your apps.
Hi guys! Our team of HN lurkers been hard at work for what feels like an eternity now and today we're proud to present our first public product: The Walkbase library for Android. You can get it at www.walkbase.com With Walkbase, app developers can push location-specific room-level context (e.g. in-game content, coupons, mobile ads) to various smartphone apps. The idea is to give you a logical context (e.g Starbucks, SOMA) rather than an approximate GPS position for your users and we hope devs will be able to build a bunch of cool stuff on top of this. We hope you like it and find it useful.…
Walkbase is an Android library that enables app developers to deliver location-specific content to users at the room or venue level, rather than relying on GPS coordinates. The library allows developers to push in-game… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Walkbase, room-level context for your apps. launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Swarm 5.0▲426Keep up & meet up w/ your friends (pre-launch)
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Spaces by Google▲555Small group sharing for everything in life
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Walk Mate▲326Discover new walk paths while staying active.
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Google Maps 4.0▲270New material design brings bold graphics and fluid motion
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Open Source Food Delivery and local shopping Platform - NearbyShops/Nearby-Shops-Android-app-Deprecated
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GigaOM has the scoop at: http://gigaom.com/2012/01/29/walkbase-showcases-indoor-location-tech-with-auto-check-in-app/ You can see a few screenshots, read a more detailed description and get a download link at http://checkedapp.com/
2012 · gigaom.com · its alternatives →
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Build live location sharing in your Android app. Contribute to hypertrack/live-app-android development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. I've created a service that creates a "flow map" of your mobile app. Check it out at: https://prodscape.net. The goal is to reduce last-minute regressions, promote holistic discussion, and help develop more ownership within an organization. This is something that I would have liked to have had when I was working at a big company. Some caveats: 1.) Only iOS is currently supported but Android-support will be coming soon. 2.) You need a developer-signed IPA file (see the guide on creating an IPA file here:…
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High-precision indoor positioning framework for most wifi-enabled devices. - schollz/find
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · android.steerway.com · its alternatives →
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I am excited to announce the project I am working on: an advanced mobile app profiler for Android. Its primary purpose is to optimize app performance and make it faster. Additionally, it serves as an excellent debugging tool. The main distinction between existing tools, such as Perfetto and the Android Studio Profiler, is the ability to synchronize the trace with a video recording of your app. This allows you to see the app's UX alongside what's occurring within the app to identify what's causing slowdowns. Another key feature is the ability to click on any slice and view the cross-thread…
2024 · crpath.app · its alternatives →
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User on-boarding & self help for mobile apps
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