Geo-Harbor

Android · Free base app · No subscription

Share your location in real time with your group

Geo-Harbor lets you and your group follow each other's position on a shared map — whether you're hiking, hunting, cycling, or just keeping an eye on each other.

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Use cases

Built for more than just adventures

Family & Peace of Mind

Keep the family together, stress-free

With Geo-Harbor, you can easily look after one another on a private, shared map. Perfect when children walk home from school, during excursions in the woods, or to provide peace of mind for elderly relatives. Everything works completely free of ads or data monetization.

  • Place zones (Geofencing) — get notified when kids arrive home or at school
  • Battery-friendly tracking — GPS updates automatically wake on movement
  • 100% Private — no third-party registrations, zero tracking cookies
City Trips & Friends

Never lose each other in the city

Traveling together, attending a festival, or exploring shopping streets? Geo-Harbor lets your group split up without constant calling or texting. Follow each other live, chat and share photos instantly, or set a proximity alert so the app rings when you're nearby.

  • Live tracking on dark maps or satellite view for urban navigation
  • Group chat with image sharing and read receipts
  • Proximity alert — get a notification when a friend is nearby
Hunting & Wildlife Management

Organize your hunt safely and efficiently

With Geo-Harbor's hunting module, the entire party keeps track of each other and the dogs in real time. Share boundaries, place stands, report catches, and send emergency alerts with precise coordinates if an emergency occurs. Everything works offline with local queueing and automatic sync.

  • Hunt roles & invites — leaders manage the session, and members join with a simple 6-digit code
  • Catch reporting — log game with species, sex, and weight, plus receive season warnings
  • Emergency alerts — send quick help alerts to the party with your GPS location if an accident occurs
Forestry & Inventory

Map and document your forest land

The forest inventory module makes it easy to record GPS tracks during your walks and mark key observations directly on the map. Create sessions, categorize tree species and forest conditions, attach photos, and export professional PDF or DOCX reports for management plans.

  • Sessions & track recording — save your walks and path history on highly detailed maps
  • Categorized markers — document tree types, windthrows, damage, or planting needs
  • Professional reports — generate PDF or Word documents containing maps and statistics
Lone Working & Safety

Extra security for lone workers in any environment

Whether you work alone in forestry, as a field technician, in home care, property maintenance, or during late shifts, Geo-Harbor's safety features keep you connected. The safety timer is monitored directly by the server. If you fail to check in, the group is automatically alerted with your last known GPS position, even if your phone's battery has run out or lost signal.

  • Server-monitored safety timer — because the countdown runs on the server, the alarm triggers even if your device dies or is destroyed
  • Last known GPS location — in an emergency, your last registered coordinates are shared so help knows where to find you
  • Versatile applications — ideal for field service, forestry, retail, healthcare, and anyone working on their own
Communication & Collaboration

Stay connected in real time, privately

Communicate directly with the group or send private direct messages in secure channels. Geo-Harbor's chat is fully integrated with the map, allowing you to share locations, photos, and markers directly in the conversation. Uses WebSockets and FCM fallback to ensure push notifications deliver.

  • Group channels & DMs — switch seamlessly between the group chat and private conversations
  • Images & read receipts — share camera photos and see exactly who has read your messages
  • Hybrid delivery — automatic fallback to push notifications when the app is in the background

Features

Live Map

See everyone in your group on a shared map updated in real time. Follow a specific person with a tap.

Groups

Create or join groups with a code. Invite via link or email. You can be in multiple groups at once.

Activity Tracking

The app detects whether you are walking, cycling or driving and adapts GPS accuracy automatically. Activity is shown to others in the group.

Map Icon

Choose your own symbol for your position on the map — person, animal, vehicle, emoji and more. Others in the group see your icon immediately.

Weather & Rain Alert

Real-time weather with wind animation on the map. The app warns you in advance if rain is approaching your location.

Battery Friendly

The GPS stream is event-driven and pauses automatically when you are still. Choose GPS mode as needed for even longer battery life.

Property Boundaries

Draw or import land boundaries as a GPX file. Shown on the map for the whole group — perfect for hunting.

Geofencing

Set up place zones with any radius. Get notified when a group member arrives at or leaves a zone.

Group Chat

Send messages and share photos with your group directly in the app. Read receipts show who has seen your message.

Lone Worker Alarm

Start a timer. If you don't check in, an alarm with your GPS position is sent to the whole group — even if the app is closed.

Hunt Module

Start a hunt with roles and an invite code. Report catches with species, sex, and weight. Hunt chat and history included.

Proximity Alert

Get notified when a group member comes within range — configurable radius in meters. Perfect during hunts.

67 premium avatars — wildlife, vehicles, characters and gaming
Choose your avatar as your map icon in Geo-Harbor.

Hunting & forestry

Complete hunting tool — not just GPS

Your whole hunting party on one map. Start a hunt, assign roles, report catches, and communicate — all in one app.

Season Warning

Automatic warning if you report a catch outside hunting season.

Hunt History

Log of completed hunts with catch stats and participants.

Offline Support

Hunt actions are queued locally in poor coverage and synced automatically.

Roles

Leader, hunter, or guest — different permissions per role.

Proximity Alert

Notification when a hunter comes within range — configurable radius.

Private

No accounts, no third-party data. Positions stay within the party.

Download base app for free

Communication & safety

Stay connected with your group

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Group Chat

Send messages and share photos in real time with your group. See read receipts and unread badges in the menu.

  • Text and photos with push notifications
  • Read receipts per message
  • Offline cache — fast loading
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Lone Worker Alarm

Start a timer monitored by the server. Miss the check-in and an alarm with your GPS is sent via FCM — even if the app is closed.

  • Watch screen with live chat
  • Clear banner on the map for watchers
  • History of all alarms
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Notifications

Granular control: mute all, filter per member, online/offline notifications, geofencing alerts. Do not disturb with a tap.

  • Per-member filtering
  • Geofence alerts on arrival/departure
  • Push on new markers
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5 map types + custom

Vector (light/dark), OpenTopoMap, and Satellite with roads. Also add any XYZ tile servers directly in the app.

  • Compass rotation — map follows phone
  • Animated wind particles in real time
  • Place search (address, city, mountain)

Pricing

What is free and what is premium?

The base app is completely free to download and use with your group. For advanced needs, we offer premium modules as annual subscriptions or one-time purchases.

Feature Base Version (Free) Premium Price
Real-time locations on the map-Included
Create & join groups-Included
Group chat with image sharing-Included
Activity tracking (walk/cycle/drive)-Included
Weather forecast & rain warning-Included
Compass & map rotation-Included
Create & import property boundaries (GPX)-Included
Place zones & Geofencing notifications-Included
Lone worker alarm (safety timer)-Included
Proximity alerts (distance alarms)-Included
Premium map avatars (67 icons)-9 SEK0 SEK*
Hunting module (stands, roles & hunt chat)-99 SEK/year0 SEK*
Forestry inventory (sessions, maps & reports)-990 SEK/year0 SEK*

* Premium features are completely free of charge until the app is officially released as version 1.0. If you enjoy the app and want to support its development, feel free to send a contribution to [email protected] on PayPal.

About the app

About the app

Geo-Harbor is a private location-sharing app for Android with no third-party accounts, no subscription and no ads. The app is built for situations where knowing where people are actually matters: mountain hikes, hunting trips, cycling with friends, or keeping track of family spread across a wide area.

Positions are sent in real time via WebSocket directly to others in the group and displayed on a map with 5 map types — including vector, topo, and satellite. The app automatically detects whether you are walking, cycling or driving. You can chat with text and photos, place markers with images, import property boundaries as GPX, enable proximity alerts, and monitor weather with animated wind particles and rain warnings.

The hunt module lets you start and manage hunts with roles, catch reporting, and hunt chat. The lone worker alarm provides safety in the woods with a server-backed timer that alerts the whole group if you don't check in. All without accounts, subscriptions, or ads. See Documentation for technical details or Instructions to learn all features.