Live Friend Maps and Location Context
Zenly centered on a live map that brought a friend group into one shared view. Users could see accepted friends, focus on an individual pin, and recognize whether someone was at home, work, or school. Movement context added details such as travel speed, time spent at a place, and phone battery or charging status. The map turned a quick “Where are you?” question into a glanceable view of the group.
Because visibility depended on accepted friend connections, the map worked best for small-group planning rather than as a public directory. A friend’s pin could show whether someone was still moving, already out, or close enough to meet. Focused map views made everyday movement easier to follow while leaving location-sharing choices with the people involved.
Your World, Footprints, and Check-Ins
Your World turned movement into a personal map of places and areas uncovered over time. Footprints could record where a person had travelled, while a profile overview highlighted a top city, a favorite place, recent places, and the latest addition. The feature gave ordinary travel a scrapbook-like layer, helping users revisit the places and routines that shaped their own map.
Check-ins added more active participation. Users could choose a detected place, tag friends who were there, create a custom spot, and add the visit to their map. Check-ins could also produce short-lived highlights for friends, feed public place rankings, and make the shared map feel more personal. These tools suited people who enjoyed discovering local habits and turning real-world meetups into lightweight social history.
Search, Conversations, and Go Mode
Zenly combined social discovery with practical ways to meet up. Users could search for people, places, or addresses, open a friend or place profile, and request walking, cycling, driving, ride-hailing, scooter, or public-transit options without leaving the app. Map pins and journey details helped turn a location check into a plan.
Conversations added a playful layer to coordination. One-to-one and group chats supported text, voice notes with automatic transcription, emoji combinations, and photos or videos. A friend could share a quick “what’s up” moment before a meetup, so the map and chat worked together instead of feeling like separate tools.
Ghost Mode and Everyday Sharing Control
Ghost Mode gave users a direct way to adjust how their location appeared to friends. Precise mode shared the real position, Blurred mode showed a randomized nearby area, and Frozen mode kept the last known position in place. These options made location sharing more flexible for changing routines, quiet periods, or moments when a user wanted to stay connected without revealing an exact position.
Friend requests and accepted connections formed the boundary around the social map, while gatherings and Bump added lightweight ways to recognize shared time. Users could choose when to appear, decide which friends received location context, and use the app for spontaneous plans without making every movement public. That balance shaped Zenly as a people-first map.
