Karavan

Karavan

Find your friends, family, & phone in real-time

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Karavan is a real-time group map app available for free on iPhone. Locate your friends and family in real-time on map!
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Bud Hennekes
Hunter
One of the better apps I've seen for keeping friends together at concerts or just a night on the town. :-)
Andrew Lee
Maker
@aboundlessworld Thanks for sharing this Bud. Major shoutout to @aboundlessworld for being our earliest user. He's been a close friend and a great advisor.
Bud Hennekes
Hunter
Tam Pham
Raise Millions Book
pretty cool
Bud Hennekes
Hunter
@mrtampham Let me know what you think man! I played around with it -- and it's awesome!
Anibal Madrid
SOSmart
Looks great buddy. I love being able to drop a pin to share a location.
Andrew Lee
Maker
@anibalmadrid Hey Aníbal, really appreciate the feedback!
Mark
Sendbird
In general, it looks like a cool product that I must try with any outdoor activities. Any plan for Android app release? In addition, did you internally develop the group chat functionality?
Andrew Lee
Maker
@markatsendbird Thank you so much for the kind words! An Android version of Karavan is definitely coming in the future. For the skeleton of Karavan's chat, I used an open source 3rd party library - I expanded on the basic framework to make it better for the users and unique to Karavan.
Andrew Lee
Maker
Greetings everyone, Andrew here. I'm the founder Karavan. I’m thrilled to be able to share what I've been working on with you guys! Happy to answer any questions you guys may have!
Andrew Lee
Maker
Was just asked a great question by Arseniy Gallager on Facebook: Question: What is the difference between Karavan and Apple's 'Find Friends' App? Answer: Find Friends lacks several important features that Karavan provides. For example: -Find Friends does not include a chat room or a way for users to easily communicate with one another. -Find Friends also lacks the ability for users to drop "rally pins” on the map for the entire group to see. -Karavan, unlike Find Friends, allows you to stop updating your location simply by exiting out of the app (going offline). -Unlike other location apps including Find Friends, Karavan’s location services have been optimized to NOT drain your phone’s battery and data.