ShapedSocial
Circl

Know where your people are.

Private location sharing for small, closed groups of friends. Circl is built for proximity, not reach.

Closed beta on iOS and Android
The Circl app icon

Spaces

Invite-only groups of a few people. You choose who is in, and you can leave at any time.

One live map

One shared live map of the people in your space, with nothing else competing for attention.

Places

Name the spots that matter to your group so arrivals and departures make sense at a glance.

Quiet notifications

Gentle nudges when someone gets home or arrives, instead of a stream of notifications.

The app

A few screens from the current beta build.

The Circl map, showing where each member of a space is
One live map of your space
A space called The Usual, listing its members, what each is doing and their battery level
Who is in, and where
Saved places in Circl, each with its own arrival settings
Places that matter to the group
Moments in Circl, photos pinned to a place
Moments, pinned to a place

What Circl does not do

No profile. No followers. No advertising.

There is no public profile, no follower count and no advertising. Your location is shared with the handful of people you invited, and nobody else.

How we handle location