Terms of use
Last updated 12 November 2026
Nearby is a personal map of places you want to try, which you can share with friends you choose. These are the rules for using it, in the iPhone app and on the web. By making an account or signing in, you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use Nearby.
Who can use Nearby
You must be at least 13 years old. An account is for one person: keep your sign-in to yourself, and tell us if you think someone else has used it.
What you put in
Your places, tags and notes, and your name and handle, are yours. By putting them in Nearby you allow Nearby to store them and to show them to the people they are meant for: your name and handle to other signed-in people so friends can find you, and a place and its note to the friend you send it to. The privacy page says exactly what is kept and where.
What is not welcome
Nearby has no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behaviour. You must not use Nearby, including your name, your handle, and anything you send to another person, to:
- harass, threaten, bully or demean anyone;
- post hateful, sexually explicit or violent material, or anything unlawful;
- pretend to be someone you are not;
- send spam, advertising or unwanted requests;
- try to get into other people's accounts, or to overload or misuse the service.
Some words are refused automatically in names, handles and what is sent. Content that breaks these rules is removed, and the account that posted it may be closed, without warning.
Reporting and blocking
In the iPhone app, the three squares beside a person, or beside a place they sent you, let you report them or the place, and block the person so that no request or place can pass between you. Every report is read within 24 hours; where the rules have been broken, the content is removed and the person who posted it is put out of Nearby. You can also write to nearmeapplive@gmail.com.
About the places
Search results, pictures, opening details and booking links come from other services, such as Google and OpenStreetMap, and from the places' own websites. They can be out of date or wrong. Check before you travel, and use your own judgement about where you go and how you get there.
The service
Nearby is free and provided as it is, without any promise that it will always be available or free of mistakes. As far as the law allows, Nearby is not liable for loss that comes from using it or from relying on what it shows. Nothing here takes away rights the law gives you that cannot be taken away.
Leaving, and being asked to leave
You can delete your account at any time: in the iPhone app, from the account button, then Delete account. The privacy page says what goes and what stays. An account that breaks these terms may be suspended or closed.
Changes
If these terms change, the date at the top changes with them, and continuing to use Nearby means you accept the new ones.