Bump Downloads & RevenueBump - real life is happening · Google Play
Bump - real life is happening gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Bump - real life is happening is #4 in Communication Free on Google Play in Japan and charting in 18 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Bump - real life is happening update history & changes
Last change · 31 events since 19 Apr 2024Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 31 events
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.129.1Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.128.2Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.127.1No release notes
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.126.1Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #6Top Free · All Apps · TW
- 🔎Bump - real life is happening reached Top 10 for “location tracker”#10 in Netherlands search · popularity 57
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.125.0Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 📈Bump - real life is happening entered the top 10Top Free · Communication · ES
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.123.0Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 🔎Bump - real life is happening reached Top 10 for “location tracker”#10 in Mexico search · popularity 57
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.122.2Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #7Top Free · All Apps · TW
- 📈Bump - real life is happening hit #1Top Free · Communication · TW
- 📈Bump - real life is happening entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Free · All Apps · TW · Top Free · Communication · VN
- 📈Bump - real life is happening entered the top 100 in 4 chartsTop Free · Communication · ES · Top Free · Communication · MX · Top Free · Communication · NL · Top Free · All Apps · VN
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #8Top Free · All Apps · TW
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #27Top Free · All Apps · JP
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.121.0Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #31Top Free · All Apps · JP
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.120.1No release notes
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #39Top Free · All Apps · JP
- 📈Bump - real life is happening new best rank in the overall chart: #49Top Free · All Apps · JP
- 📦Bump - real life is happening: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.119.3No release notes
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.118.1No release notes
- 📈Bump - real life is happening entered the top 10Top Free · Communication · KR
- 📦Bump - real life is happening updated to version 2.117.2Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 🆕Bump - real life is happening first spotted by AppInsiderItaly
- 📦Bump - real life is happening version 2.117.1Welcome back! In this new version you'll find bug fixes and stability improvements to keep the app humming along smoothly.
- 🆕Bump - real life is happening released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Communication FreeBump - real life is happening at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A location-sharing and social networking app from the former Zenly team that enables real-time mutual tracking, map-based chat, and activity discovery for close friends. The app is currently dominating communication charts in East Asia (ranking #1 in Taiwan and top-3 in Vietnam and South Korea) while maintaining strong presence in Europe and Latin America, indicating rapid regional adoption following its April 2024 launch.
Similar apps: Zenly, Snap Map, Life360
Bump - real life is happening on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.109.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Bump - real life is happening downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Bump - real life is happening's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Bump - real life is happening before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Bump - real life is happening makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | CommunicationFree | #4 |
 South Korea | CommunicationFree | #3 |
 Taiwan | CommunicationFree | #2 |
 Italy | CommunicationFree | #5 |
| Taiwan | All AppsFree | #12 |
| Japan | All AppsFree | #74 |
 Vietnam | CommunicationFree | #3 |
 Spain | CommunicationFree | #10 |
 France | CommunicationFree | #20 |
| South Korea | All AppsFree | #104 |
| Italy | All AppsFree | #78 |
 Mexico | CommunicationFree | #25 |
 Germany | CommunicationFree | #80 |
 United Kingdom | CommunicationFree | #93 |
 Brazil | CommunicationFree | #50 |
 Indonesia | CommunicationFree | #31 |
| Vietnam | All AppsFree | #35 |
| Spain | All AppsFree | #191 |
 Turkey | CommunicationFree | #43 |
 Sweden | CommunicationFree | #35 |
 Australia | CommunicationFree | #142 |
 India | CommunicationFree | #161 |
 Canada | CommunicationFree | #163 |
 Netherlands | CommunicationFree | #85 |
Apps near Bump - real life is happening on the chart
Communication Free, around #4.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Bump - real life is happening
From the 134 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users enjoy the social location-sharing concept and fun features like the scratch map but are frustrated by aggressive privacy concerns and unreliable location tracking. Frequent complaints highlight arbitrary account bans when adding friends and a lack of support for music services other than Spotify.
Mixed but leaning positive (60% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being fun. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and privacy and spam.
What people like
- Features & content: “I use Apple Music and apparently it's not a feature on Android”
- Fun: “i really enjoy using bump!”
- Connection & sync: “ive tried everything :(( also please add YouTube music as a connection!!!”
- Updates: “I’ve been using Bump since launch and have loved watching it grow with every update”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “got me banned from bump for no reason”
- Privacy & data: “Totally violated my privacy”
- Crashes & bugs
- Speed & performance: “You can't even use it nirmally, because it's lagging all the time -_-”
About Bump - real life is happening
On Bump, create a personal map of your favorite people and places with precise, real-time, and battery friendly location sharing.
[Friends]
• See who your friends are with, their battery level, speed, and how long they’ve been somewhere
• Hear what they’re listening to right now
• Save their songs to your own Spotify library without leaving the app
• Shake phones to BUMP! and notify friends that you’re hanging out
[Places]
• Automatically detects the places you go so you can build your personal map
• Search for any place, see if your friends have already been, get directions there, or just save it for later
• See which bar your friends are at right now or if they’re at home
[Chat]
• Drop text, stickers, images, videos, and GIFs in a brand new chat
• Start convos directly from the map
• See (and even feel!) when friends are in the chat at the same time as you
• Don’t just chat — make art — and export your creations
[Scratch Map]
• Automatically build your own scratch map of everywhere you've been with your phone in your pocket
• Compete with friends to uncover 100% of your local area
• Keep track of where you’ve spent the night and who was with you
[Navigation]
• Get the route to join your people or places with your map app or call a car straight there
• Share your live ETA to your friends’ lockscreen
• Buzz your friends when nearby to get their attention
[All the extra stuff]
• Turn your photos & videos into stickers to send whatever you want
• Get notified when friends travel to other states or countries
• Use ghost mode to take time off the map
• Add location widgets to your home screen to quickly see what friends are up to
• Free app
• Lots more coming soon!
Bump has been featured by TechCrunch, Business Insider, Highsnobiety, Wired and many more. They love Bump and you will too.
Heads up: you can only see your friends' locations on the map once they accept your friend request, and vice versa. Location-sharing on Bump is mutual opt-in.
For questions, feature requests and exclusive merch, drop us a DM on Instagram: @bumpbyamo.
What's new in 2.129.1
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