WiSaw

Spec sheet

What it does

WiSaw is an anonymous, location-based service for sharing photos and short videos with nearby users.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Purpose

WiSaw is a location-based app for sharing photos and short videos anonymously with people nearby.Read 8 Oct 2026 · echowaves.com

Intended users

The app listing highlights events, campuses, travel, neighborhoods, and conferences as use cases.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Support

Google Play lists [email protected] as the app support email.Read 8 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

License

The client repository states that the project is licensed under the MIT License.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

AI features

The app listing says photos are automatically described by AI and AI can group photos into Waves.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

AI image recognition

The product automatically generates AI descriptions for uploaded photos.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Alternative directory listing

AlternativeTo lists WiSaw as free and open source and places it in social-network software.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Anonymous posting

Posts and comments can be made without revealing a user name, email address or phone number.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

API and extensibility

The project uses a GraphQL backend with WebSocket subscriptions and publishes a separate AWS CDK infrastructure repository plus environment variables for GraphQL and realtime endpoints.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Apple privacy disclosure

Apple’s developer-provided disclosure lists coarse location and photos or videos as data that may be collected without being linked to identity.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Bookmarks

Users can bookmark posts for later access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Comments

Users can participate in real-time comments attached to posts.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Community moderation

Any user can remove content they consider inappropriate.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Company founded

LinkedIn states that EchoWaves was founded in 2010.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company headquarters

LinkedIn lists EchoWaves headquarters in Fremont, California.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal name

The listed seller and developer are ECHOWAVES CORP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Company size

LinkedIn places EchoWaves in the 2–10 employee size range.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company type

LinkedIn describes EchoWaves as a nonprofit corporation focused on open-source social collaboration technology.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Dark mode

A dark-theme display option is included.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Data collection

Apple’s listing reports that the developer may collect coarse location and photos or videos not linked to the user’s identity; Apple says these disclosures are developer-provided and unverified.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Developer stack

The repository documents React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL, WebSocket subscriptions, Jotai and device camera/location services.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Documentation depth

Developer documentation includes setup prerequisites, installation commands, environment configuration, build scripts and guides for deep links, friends, navigation and comments.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Google Play data safety

Google Play says the app encrypts data in transit, shares no data with third parties, and may collect location, messages, and other data types.Read 8 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Google Play downloads

The Android listing shows at least 1,000 downloads.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Google Play security disclosure

Google Play says the app does not share data with third parties, encrypts data in transit and supports deletion requests.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Independent description

Xataka characterizes WiSaw as a free, minimalist, fully anonymous photo network using geolocation to show nearby uploads.Read 15 Oct 2026 · xatakandroid.com

Independent limitation

An education study reports that WiSaw’s anonymity comes with no support for closed groups.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mlsjournals.com

Limit: activity visibility

One reviewer complained that posts and comments lacked visible timestamps, making activity age unclear.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Limit: location accuracy

A reviewer reported seeing geographically distant material instead of content from the expected area.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Limit: upload controls

A reviewer requested captions and the ability to select existing gallery images instead of taking a new photo.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Location feed

Content is ordered using proximity and time so nearby posts appear first.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Nearby feed

The app listing says the feed is sorted by distance and time, showing nearby posts without requiring an account or profile.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

No registration

The app lets people start browsing and posting without creating an account, profile or login.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Open source

The app listing says WiSaw is open source and that its code is published on GitHub.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Other features

The app listing describes real-time comments, QR-code connections with friends, bookmarks, dark mode, and short-video sharing.Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Photo library

The website describes its collection as unaltered photos and videos taken with phone cameras, free to use for personal and commercial purposes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · wisaw.com

Praise: local discovery

Reviewers value seeing what is happening in their local area through nearby photos.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Praise: simplicity

App Store reviewers describe the interface as simple and easy to use.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Privacy claim

The app listing says WiSaw collects no personal data because it does not request identifying information.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Public source code

The main WiSaw repository is public and identifies the project as anonymous photo and short-video posting software.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

QR friends

A QR-code friend feature allows private connections without exposing identity.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Rating on Apple App Store

4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Rating on Google Play

4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Recent release activity

The App Store version history records frequent 2025–2026 bug-fix and performance releases, with dark mode added in version 7.4.0 and Waves grouping introduced experimentally in version 7.5.2.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Self-hosting status

The public repositories expose client and AWS infrastructure code, but the opened documentation does not provide a turnkey self-hosting procedure or hosted API service terms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

System requirements

The iOS listing requires iOS 16.4 or later, iPadOS 16.4 or later, macOS 12 on Apple silicon for Mac use, or visionOS 1.0 or later.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Use cases

The maker presents events, campuses, travel, neighborhoods and conferences as target settings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Video support

The service supports sharing short videos as well as still images.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Waves

Waves are collections that organize photos, with optional AI grouping into those collections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Photo Sharing Software#23 of 348.1