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NANPA - Bluetooth messaging app for iPhone and iPad


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Social Networking Lifestyle
Developer: Naoki Nakajo
Free
Current version: 1.0.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Dec 2016
App size: 0 Bytes

This app can exchange messages with Bluetooth. When you publish a message by pressing the public button, the message of the nearby user is displayed automatically.
At the same time as message publish, it store rough location information in iCloud and share it so that you can see where many users are publish (NANPA spot) at a glance.

■ How to use ■

When launching this app, the map showing the NANPA spot is displayed. It is usage that you move to a place where other users are located and exchange messages.
Because it communicates only with users who use the same app in public place, this app was named "NANPA". It also have age restrictions. At first, since it is not restricting usage other than NANPA, it does not matter how you use it.

It is an app that assumes that it will trigger an actual conversation in the visible range of the face, so it does not have a function like a secret chat. In other words, it is an app that only possible communication can be done in the public circle.

■ Structure ■

This app exchanges messages through close-by device communication using Bluetooths P2P network using iOS MultipeerConnectivity. Comfortable communication with users of radius 70 m is possible. You can exchange messages even if you are out of the cellular phone coverage area, and you can communicate comfortably in buildings, underground malls, transportation facilities such as trains and buses, aircraft, cruising ships, and congested event sites.
However, since iClouds connection check will be done the first time, please use it after starting up with Internet communication enabled.

The NANPA spot will convert it to meshized location information with accuracy of about 100 m in consideration of personal information protection and then share the saved on iCloud and display it on the map. In places with few people, it displays with accuracy of 300 m, and as the number of people increases, it gets darker. In places with more people, it is displayed with an accuracy of 100 m. If you are not connected to the Internet, it will be suspended.
Please note that it is not possible to display and operate the map in the wide scale where the NANPA spot can not be displayed.

When you close the app, it stops publishing and does not continue publishing messages and location information in the background. Even if you forget to stop publishing it is a safe design.
Also, you can set to "Never sleep during the publish" or "Never sleep always". Even if you set these settings, publishing will be stopped if you close the app, but please be careful not to put it in the bag as it is published.

Since it is an app that displays sentences and images created by other users, the blocking and reporting function are indispensable.
Unpleasant words and images may be displayed, but it is possible to refuse communication with users who have published such messages. Please operate from the prohibition mark displayed at the bottom of other users message.

The block function is a function that can arbitrarily block other users and block communication. As location information is blocked in the same way, your location information is not displayed on the blocked user.

The reporting function is a function to notify the app developer of users who are clearly illegal or who are disclosing messages that are unpleasant for other users. This neighborhood arrangement is stated in the terms of service, but we will exclude this user from the service if we check the terms of service violation.
Since this reporting system uses iCloud, please connect to the Internet as soon as you report it without connecting to the Internet.

■ Other ■

● If the same iCloud account is configured in multiple devices, there is a problem with the real-time search of the spots.
● It displays a banner ad. In addition, it will display an interstitial ad at the beginning of the public, either at the public end.
● You can hide the ad by the In-App Purchase.
● The images of screenshots are free materials.