Personal check-in
Share where you are, with people you trust.
Open the app, tap once, and Ureka Lantern prepares your location, and photos if you choose, to send to up to three people you picked. No account. No tracking. No ads.
Not yet released. Want to hear when it is? Email us and we will let you know once, nothing else.
Three steps
Built to be fast when you need it to be.
Choose your people
Pick up to three trusted contacts, by phone number or email. They are stored only on your phone.
Tap once
One big button gets your location and the time ready right away. Photos are optional and never slow the first message down.
Send in your messaging app
Your phone opens the message with your location link filled in. You press Send. The app is honest about that second tap, because phones require it.
Try it
See the flow.
This is a clearly labeled simulation in your browser. It does not use your real location, send a message, or collect anything.
Sending to 3 trusted contacts
Location ready
Getting your location
Photos are never waited on. Your location comes first.
Preparing your message
Building a link to your location and the time.
Message ready
Ureka Lantern check-in, Nov 8, 9:41 PM PST.
Location: maps link (simulated)
Accuracy: about 12 m
Location only
Your messaging app opens. You tap Send. We never say “sent” until it really is.
Handed to your messaging app
That is what Ureka Lantern can honestly confirm. Whether it was delivered depends on your carrier, signal and your contact’s phone.
Not sent
You cancelled in the messaging app. Nothing was shared. Try again any time.
What you are seeing
- One big button. The first screen is the action.
- Location first. Photos are optional and come after.
- Your phone’s own messaging app does the sending, so you stay in control.
- Truthful status. Prepared, handed off, or cancelled. Never a fake “delivered.”
- Ready
- Locating
- Preparing
- Message ready
- Handed off
- Cancelled
Simulated demo only. Real behavior depends on your phone, permissions and signal.
Privacy
We built it so we cannot see your location.
No account, no profile
There is no sign-up and no login. Your purchase goes through Apple or Google, not through an account with us.
No Ureka server for your data
Your location, photos and contacts are not sent to Ureka. They stay on your phone until you hand them to your messaging app.
No ads, no analytics, no sale
No advertising or tracking software, and we never sell or rent data. We do not collect any to sell.
You start every share
Nothing is sent in the background. No recurring tracking. No hidden camera. Every share begins with your tap.
The honest fine print: your phone’s messaging app, your carrier, and your contacts’ services handle the message once you send it. Read the full privacy promise.
Pricing
Simple. $3.99 a month, first month free.
No free tier and no ads. Billed and cancelled through the App Store or Google Play, so you can stop any time in your store settings. Final terms are shown by the store before you subscribe. See pricing details.
Please read: Ureka Lantern is a personal sharing tool, not an emergency service. It does not call 911, does not monitor you, and cannot guarantee a message arrives. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number. Safety notice.