What is Locaria?
We're building the first collaborative digital passport: a world atlas where you explore places, plan smart routes, discover local flavors and track your adventures without being spied on.
Explore
Browse interactive maps. From countries to regions, from cities to small villages, everything is categorized and a tap away.
Plan & GPX
Build multi-stop routes, import and export GPX tracks. The app automatically optimizes heavy files to keep them smooth.
GPS Tracker & Photos
Record your route in real time point by point. Take photos directly in-app: coordinates are saved with the place in one tap.
Local Flavors
The culinary passport: every city has its typical dishes. Mark what you've tasted, unlock badges from the cuisines of the world and find where to try them.
Voice Pin
Hold the central button and dictate the place name: we save it with GPS coordinates without typing. Perfect while driving or walking.
Your Moment
Dashboard with the Momentum widget, last-30-days streak, and progress bars across cities and countries. Suggest 10 approved places and unlock the gold "Trusted" badge.
Community
Friend network, real-time chat and 1-tap sharing of places, routes and flavors with anyone.
Take Locaria onto your phone
The Android app does everything the website does — plus you download routes to navigate them offline and it unlocks the real GPS in your photos, which the browser can't read for privacy reasons.
⬇️ Download the app (APK)≈ 29 MB · Android 7+ · outside the Play Store
On first launch Android asks you to allow installation from “unknown sources”: that's normal for sideloaded apps outside the Play Store.
On a computer? Open this page from your Android phone to download it right away.
Turn-by-turn navigation
Follow your itineraries with live GPS: complete or skip stops as you go.
GPX track
Record your real route point by point and export it as a GPX file.
Photos with real GPS
Only the app reads the coordinates hidden in your gallery photos and places them on the map automatically.
Locaria is better together
Find explorers like you, swap tips in chat and share every step of your trip with a single tap.
Friend network
Search users by name, send friend requests and manage pending ones from the Network tab. A red dot lets you know when someone wants to add you.
Real-time chat
Direct messages with Online/Offline status, "typing…" indicator, unread counters and last-message preview in the conversation list.
1-tap sharing
Every page in the app has a Share button: send it in chat to a friend, or copy / forward the public link via any other app.
Everything is shareable
Eight content types travel through your chats with a dedicated preview.
Bronze, silver, gold, platinum.
Turn every trip into a medal collection. Thresholds are always the same: 25% bronze, 50% silver, 75% gold, 100% platinum.
Thematic
Visit places in a region, one category at a time: museums, castles, waterfalls...
Regional
Typical flavors tasted region by region. From cacio e pepe to pesto.
National
Global achievements on the cuisine of an entire country and on total tastings.
Privacy & Lightness
Locaria is built with a "Mobile First" philosophy. We know connectivity is scarce on the road. We compress files on your phone before sending and automatically strip GPS metadata (EXIF) from your original photos to protect your privacy.
With the Android app you download a whole route — map, stops and place cards — and navigate it even offline, with the screen off thanks to background GPS. Downloads stay on your device and the app reconnects on its own as soon as the connection is back.
Free Culture
Locaria deeply believes in the free sharing of knowledge. All cover images of places come from open databases like Wikimedia Commons.
Support Locaria
Independent project, totally free and ad-free. Your contribution helps pay for servers and fund development.
How will we use the funds?
Servers and Maps
Keep the database and navigation maps fast and online.
New Features
App development, PDF export, and smart algorithms.
Buy us a virtual coffee
Even a small donation makes a huge difference for an open-source project.
Secure donation with PayPalStart your journey
Create a free profile (or sign in with Google in one tap) to unlock unlimited routes, manage your GPX files and save your trips.
Want to know more?
We've put together a detailed guide and a frequently-asked-questions page.