Where do you want to be today?
StealthPin changes where your iPhone appears in Find My, Maps and every other app. Pick a spot on the iPhone and it travels there along real roads, so nobody watching sees it jump. Then it stays there, at home or out and about, with no computer around.
Free, for iOS 18 and later. There's a Mac app too.
Click anywhere on the map to send your iPhone there.
Your iPhone tells itself where to be
Every iPhone has a location setting built in for people who make apps. Normally only a computer can reach it. StealthPin reaches it from the phone itself, through a small VPN that turns every packet straight back into the phone, so the iPhone answers it as if a computer were plugged in.
That VPN never sends anything off the phone, and your browsing and other apps don't go through it. Because the phone does the work, the location holds wherever you take it.
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You pick a spot
Search for a place, tap the map, or choose a favorite. Or let a schedule do it.
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Your iPhone moves
It travels there at a real pace, then sits still the way a real phone does, wandering a few meters.
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Every app follows
Find My, Maps, Weather and the rest all see the new spot, until you switch back to real.
Legend
A fake location gives itself away by behaving like no real phone would. StealthPin is built around that.
- Travels instead of teleporting
- Move more than 500 m and StealthPin drives, walks or cycles there on real roads, taking as long as Apple Maps says the trip would. A phone that covers 30 km in a second is the easiest fake to spot.
- Drifts like real GPS
- Even on a desk, a real phone's position wanders a few meters. While yours sits somewhere, StealthPin adds that wander too, about three meters on average.
- Replays trips you really took
- Record a journey with the screen off, and replay it later with its real stops, speeds and wobble.
- Follows a schedule
- At the office 9 to 5 on weekdays, or the gym on Saturday mornings. StealthPin leaves in time to arrive when you said, and travels back when the stay ends.
- Keeps your usual places close
- Favorites sit above the map, one tap away. Bookmarks and trips stay in step with the Mac app when it's around.
- Remembers where it's been
- Recents keeps a day-by-day record of every place your phone appeared, when it got there and how, so your story stays straight.
Back to real in one tap
Back to Real Location stops everything at once: any trip, the drift, and the fake location itself. It's the red button in StealthPin and the Stop button on your Lock Screen. If you'd rather not arrive from nowhere, hold the button instead and StealthPin travels you home first.
Restarting the iPhone switches the fake location off too.
Before you start
You need an iPhone on iOS 18 or later. On iOS 27 it takes about ten minutes and no computer. StealthPin's setup checks each step for you.
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Install StealthPin
It isn't on the App Store: Apple doesn't allow apps that use these developer settings. You install it yourself with a free sideloading app, or join the beta.
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Turn on Developer Mode
It's an Apple setting made for people who build apps, and it's what lets StealthPin set the location. Once StealthPin is installed, the switch is in Settings › Privacy & Security. Turn it on and restart.
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Pair it with your iPhone
On iOS 27, StealthPin pairs with the phone itself: you type a code in Settings. On iOS 18 to 26, the Mac app sends a pairing file across once, and after that the phone works alone.
On a Mac too
The Mac app sets up iPhones on iOS 18 to 26, and it's the big screen for planning: routes through several stops, history, GPX files, and favorites on ⌘1 to ⌘9. It can also set the location directly, though on iOS 17 and later that only lasts while the phone stays near the Mac.
Free for macOS 14 and later. Signed and notarized by Apple.
Questions
Does it really change what Find My shows?
Yes. When someone looks your iPhone up in Find My, the phone reports the spot StealthPin is holding. Your other Apple devices still show where they really are.
Friends you share your location with are the one wrinkle. They see what Find My last shared with them, and it only does that about once an hour, or sooner after a move of more than 10 km. So for up to an hour after you start, they may still see where you were. StealthPin's main screen tells you which spot they see and when Find My shares next.
Does it keep working when I leave home?
Yes. The iPhone does the work itself, so the location holds wherever you take it, on Wi-Fi or cellular, with no computer nearby.
Can my real location still slip out?
It can if StealthPin stops. That happens when the iPhone restarts, when you swipe StealthPin away, or now and then when iOS closes it to save memory. Once it's stopped, the real location shows again until you open it. StealthPin keeps a hold log of every slip and restart, and can notify you if holding stops while the phone's in your pocket.
Home is the one place we're still unsure about. In testing, Find My sometimes showed the phone at home while StealthPin was holding somewhere else, with a wide circle around it. The Mac doing the looking was sitting right there, and we think Find My was showing where the Mac saw the phone over Bluetooth rather than anything the phone sent. That isn't confirmed yet. Away from home it held.
Leave StealthPin running, and keep an eye on the friends line on its main screen after you start.
What is Developer Mode, and is it safe?
It's a switch Apple builds into every iPhone for people who make apps. Turning it on lets apps and computers you've allowed use Apple's testing tools on the phone, including the one that sets its location. Nothing is erased, your passcode and Face ID keep working, and you can turn it off any time. The Developer Mode guide walks through it.
Why does it need a VPN?
Only a computer is meant to reach the iPhone's developer tools, so StealthPin's VPN makes the iPhone look like that computer to itself. Every packet goes straight back into the phone. Nothing leaves it, and your browsing and other apps don't go through it.
iOS runs one VPN at a time. Turning on another one, such as Tailscale or a work VPN, turns StealthPin's off, and the fake location stops holding until it's back.
What happens if I restart my iPhone?
The fake location switches off, along with the developer tools it lives in. Open StealthPin and it puts them back, which needs the internet once, and you can hold a spot again.
Does it use much battery?
More than usual. StealthPin keeps running in the background while it holds, the way a navigation app does. When it's not holding, it isn't running.
Do I need a Mac?
Not on iOS 27: StealthPin pairs with the phone by itself. On iOS 18 to 26, the Mac app sends a pairing file across once, and after that the iPhone works alone.
Does anything I do get sent anywhere?
No. Your places, trips and history stay on your devices, and there's no account and no tracking. Map search, directions and place names come from Apple Maps. The privacy page has the details.
Is it free? Will it stay free?
Yes, and yes. There's no account, no subscription and no ads, and nothing will be switched off later to make you pay. StealthPin is licensed under the GPL, and the source code is being prepared for release. Free and open source has more.
Is it allowed?
It's your phone. Some apps and games have rules against faking location, and the people you share your location with may be relying on it, so use it with care.