Live crew map
See your friends as live dots on the map, updated over the mesh as they move.
What it is
A friend group shares one private Meshtastic channel. Funkpunkt reads each radio's position off that mesh and plots everyone on a self-contained offline map — so you can find your people when there's no phone signal for kilometres. First stop: Fusion Festival 2026, Lärz airfield. Works anywhere off-grid.
Built for finding each other
Works fully offline
A self-built offline basemap ships inside the app. No signal, no data, no problem.
Find a friend
Point-and-distance navigation that walks you straight to anyone in your crew.
Chat over the mesh
Group chat and direct messages on your private channel, no internet needed.
Pins & Zones
Drop the camp, the meeting spot, the mud field to avoid — shared with the whole crew.
Trail — opt-in & private
Off by default. Turn it on and only your own path is logged, kept on your phone — never sent over the mesh. It leaves the device only if you export a GPX file yourself.
What you need
An Android phone
Android 8 or newer. iPhones can't connect to a radio (no Web Bluetooth on iOS). A laptop with Chrome works too, over USB.
A Meshtastic radio
A Wio Tracker L1, T-Beam, T-Echo or similar. You pair it from inside the app — Funkpunkt only reads its position, it never reconfigures your radio.
Your crew's channel
A link or QR from your group that puts your radio on the shared private channel. You join it from the app's setup screen after installing.
Download & install
Funkpunkt isn't on the Play Store — it's a small festival-group app, signed and hosted here. On Android you sideload it: a few extra taps, once. Do this before you leave — there's no signal on site to download it later.
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Download the APK
Open this page in Chrome on your phone and tap Download. Chrome warns that "this type of file can harm your device" — tap Keep. It's safe; Android is just cautious about files that didn't come from the Play Store.
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Allow installs from Chrome (one-time)
Tap the downloaded file. Android says it isn't allowed to install unknown apps from this source — tap Settings, turn on Allow from this source, then go back. You can switch it off again afterwards.
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Install
Tap Install. If Play Protect interrupts with "app not scanned", tap Install anyway (or the small Install without scanning link).
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Open & grant Bluetooth
Open Funkpunkt and tap Connect. Allow the Nearby devices permission — that's what lets the app talk to your radio. Then join your crew's channel from setup.
Troubleshooting
- "App not installed"
- You likely have an older Funkpunkt build signed differently. Uninstall it first, then reinstall.
- "There was a problem parsing the package"
- The download was incomplete. Delete it from Downloads and try again on a stable connection.
- Funkpunkt doesn't see my radio
- Make sure it's powered on, Bluetooth is on, and it isn't already paired to another phone (one device at a time). Power-cycle the radio and retry.
- "Can't install unknown apps"
- Some work-managed phones block sideloading by policy. Use the web app on a laptop instead.
No Android phone?
The web app runs in Chrome on a laptop and connects to your radio over USB — handy for setup and testing. On iPhone it can't connect to a radio at all (iOS has no Web Bluetooth or Web Serial), so for the festival you'll want an Android phone: the app holds the radio link in the background, which a browser tab can't.