Get BlurMap

About five minutes, once. You need your iPhone (iOS 17 or newer), its cable, and a Mac or Windows PC. After that, BlurMap runs on your iPhone alone.

  1. Download BlurMap Setup

    Sign in and choose a plan to download. Every plan starts with 2 free days.

    Watch the whole setup, step by step (3 minutes).
    Opening it on a Mac
    1. Open the downloaded BlurMap Setup file. A window opens with the BlurMap Setup icon and your Applications folder.
    2. Drag BlurMap Setup into Applications. Don't open it from the download window; it won't stay installed.
    3. Open BlurMap Setup from Applications. If your Mac asks whether you want to open an app from the internet, click Open.
    Opening it on Windows
    1. Install Apple's free Apple Devices app from the Microsoft Store, open it once and plug in your iPhone. Windows needs it to see the iPhone.
    2. Open the downloaded BlurMap Setup installer. If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway.

  2. Install it on your iPhone

    BlurMap Setup walks you through this:

    1. Sign in with your BlurMap account (the email and password you use on this site).
    2. Sign in with your Apple ID. A free Apple ID works; you don't need a developer account. Enter the code Apple sends you.
    3. Plug in your iPhone with a cable, unlock it and tap Trust.
    4. Turn on Developer Mode on your iPhone: Settings › Privacy & Security › Developer Mode. Apple doesn't let Setup switch it on for you, but Setup makes the switch show up if it's missing. Your iPhone restarts; unlock it and tap Turn On.
    5. Click Install BlurMap. Setup signs BlurMap with your Apple ID and installs it.

  3. Open BlurMap

    1. On your iPhone, open Settings, General, VPN & Device Management, tap your Apple ID, then Trust.
    2. Install LocalDevVPN from the App Store, open it and turn it on. It's free, and it's how BlurMap reaches your iPhone without a cable.
    3. Open BlurMap and sign in with your BlurMap account. Your account works on one iPhone; you can change which one in Your account.
    4. Open BlurMap, search a place and tap Teleport here. You can unplug the cable.
    No Wi-Fi?

    iPhone only lets BlurMap connect over Wi-Fi or in Airplane Mode, not cellular data alone. Turn on Airplane Mode (keep LocalDevVPN on), open BlurMap and wait until it connects, then turn Airplane Mode off. Cellular data works for as long as BlurMap stays open. You only do this when BlurMap opens without Wi-Fi.

Every 7 days

Once BlurMap is installed, you can also control it from a browser at blurmap.com/app. On your iPhone, open BlurMap, go to Settings, then Use on the web.

Apps signed with a free Apple ID expire after 7 days. BlurMap reminds you a day before. Open BlurMap, go to Settings and tap Renew BlurMap with LocalDevVPN on. BlurMap closes for a moment while it reinstalls. No computer needed.

Your Apple ID password goes only to Apple. It is kept in your computer's keychain for Setup and, once you renew, in your iPhone's Keychain. BlurMap never receives it.