Walk after dark with confidence. lantern treats you as a human, not a vehicle, and weighs the things maps ignore — light, crime, seclusion — for a brighter route home
Help getting home — from the data that matters
What it weighs
Turn-by-turn guidance that scores each street, then chooses the route that keeps you in the light.
Time-aware lighting data, metre by metre — favours lit routes over dark alleys and switched-off streetlights.
Weighted from recent police-reported data nearby.
How exposed or hidden a path feels versus busier streets.
Flagged and routed around wherever there's a better way.
Keeps you near somewhere open — a shop, a station, a hospital.
The difference
lantern compares your usual way against a brighter one, and tells you the trade-off — the extra distance, and what you avoid by taking it.
WHY LANTERN?
Getting home shouldn't be a battle between the cost of a taxi and the personal cost of walking after dark
lantern's goal is to reduce the constant mental load of navigating public spaces for women. Other navigation apps we tried optimise for the fastest way, not the one that feels safe to walk at night — so we built a routing engine that does.
We can't make it safer out there, but we can arm you with the data to make an informed choice about your journey.
Norwich, first
We're recruiting walkers for the first field test. Join the waitlist and we'll send you a walk link when it's your turn.