Location-Based Messaging at Scale

Find out about the power cut on your street before the lights go out

HereCast channels belong to places, not people: the town hall, the water company, the village head, the bakery round the corner. The sender draws an area on the map, and messages reach the people who are in it or follow the channel.

No account needed: you can use HereCast anonymously.

Works in the browser, on iPhone and on Android
Free
for residents, always
No account
start anonymously
Any shape
zones drawn on the map

Powerful Location-Based Messaging

Everything you need to build sophisticated geo-targeted communication systems

Geographic Zones

Create custom irregular shapes on the map to define precise notification areas. Draw boundaries that match real-world regions.

Channel-Based Messaging

Organize messages into channels with tags and geographic metadata. Users subscribe to topics that matter to them.

Instant Delivery

Messages reach users immediately when they enter a zone or subscribe to channels. Built for speed and reliability at scale.

Location-Triggered Notifications

Automatically notify users when they enter a channel's geographic zone. Perfect for hyper-local alerts.

Tag-Based Discovery

Search and filter channels using custom tags. Find relevant content through smart categorization.

Anonymous If You Like

Use HereCast without an account: no email, no name. Create an account later and everything you've done moves with you.

Real-World Use Cases

From city hall and utilities to the bakery around the corner: HereCast brings people the news from the place they are in

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Emergency Alerts

Send precise alerts to residents about power outages, natural disasters, floods, or emergency situations in specific geographic areas.

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Municipal Communications

Target residents in particular districts with service schedules, waste collection updates, and local government announcements.

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Targeted Advertising

Reach inhabitants of specific regions with relevant advertising campaigns and promotional offers.

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Local Promotions

Notify nearby customers about time-sensitive deals like end-of-day bakery discounts or flash sales.

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Event Marketing

Promote events to people in specific areas. Increase attendance by reaching the right audience at the right location.

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Virtual Mailboxes

Create private virtual mailboxes at house locations where others can send messages directly to residents.

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Public Safety

Provide timely information about hazards during catastrophes, severe weather, or security situations.

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Hyper-Local Services

Share service schedules, pricing, and availability information tied to specific geographic areas.

Safe, Honest Communication

Preventing harmful content is our priority: people should be able to trust what reaches them from the place they're in

Checked before it goes out

Before a publication reaches anyone, an AI model reads it. Hate speech, threats, calls to violence, scams, fake news and claims that contradict science are stopped before they can spread.

Transparent for the author

The author sees how their publication was rated in every category, and why. When something is stopped, they know exactly what to change: nothing disappears without an explanation.

Your words stay with us

The check runs on our own model, on our own servers. Publications are not sent to outside AI companies.

People have the last word

An automatic check can be wrong. Anyone can report a publication, our moderators review every report, and accounts that break the rules can be blocked.

What every publication is checked for

  • Hate speech
  • Harassment and threats
  • Violence
  • False information
  • Unscientific health claims
  • Manipulation and fearmongering
  • Scams
  • Someone's private data
  • Vulgar language
  • Sexual content
  • Illegal goods

AI analyses every publication for all of these and blocks it if it doesn't meet these standards.

Effective local communication rests on trust: clear, checked and honest messages, with open rules for everyone.

Free for Everyone

HereCast is a free app, and for people it will stay that way

In the Future

For organizations

Paid options

In the future, paid options may appear for organizations and developers, such as:

  • Access through an API
  • Creating channels in bulk
  • Publishing messages in batches
  • Events and notifications for developers (webhooks)

In the browser, on iPhone and on Android

One account and the same channels everywhere: start in the browser today

Available now

Web

In any browser, on a computer or a phone: create channels, publish and receive messages. Nothing to install.

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iPhone

Publications from where you are, also with the app closed, and notifications on your lock screen.

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Android

The same app for Android phones, with notifications about where you are.

Coming soon to Google Play Get it on Google Play

Browsers donโ€™t let websites follow your location in the background, so in the browser messages from where you are arrive only while the page is open. With the app closed, the iPhone and Android apps do it.

Your location stays yours

Privacy is the basis of HereCast, not an add-on

Ready to Get Started?

Join HereCast today and start delivering location-based messages