Not a generic distance calculator, not a friends-list feature. One live number, on your lock screen, that only ever means one thing: how far apart you and your partner are, right now.
A distance widget shows how far apart you and someone else are, right on your lock screen or home screen, without opening an app. It's become a small, quiet staple of long-distance couples' phones — the same "distance apart" widget you've probably seen on TikTok. Nestlight's version is built to only ever be about your distance: one person, calibrated to your relationship, never a shared calculator or a group feature borrowed from somewhere else.
The widget shows the computed distance only — never a pin, never a position. Your partner can't see where you are, only how far apart you both are.
The distance meter learns your own farthest-ever apart. "Closer than usual" means something different at 8 km than at 3,000 miles — Nestlight knows which one is you.
Pick whichever unit reads naturally to you. Works between any two coordinates on Earth — long distance or just across town.
Add it as a circular or rectangular lock screen accessory, or a full home screen widget — whichever you actually look at.
When one of you travels to the other, a live activity ticks the same distance down to zero in real time on both lock screens. More on long distance →
No friends list, no wider circle. Nestlight pairs by a one-time code — the distance widget only ever shows the number between you and your partner.
Pair with a one-time code, both partners turn on location sharing, then add the Distance widget from the lock screen's Customize menu or the home screen's widget gallery. Full step-by-step setup guide →
Location sharing is optional and off until you both turn it on. When it's on, Nestlight uses low-power significant-location updates — not continuous GPS — and computes only the distance between you, never a position on a map. Turn it off and your last known position is deleted immediately.
A small iPhone widget — lock screen or home screen — that shows one live number: how far apart you are from someone else right now, in miles or kilometers. It updates in the background with no app needed.
No — "distance apart widget" and "distance widget" mean the same thing, just phrased differently. Nestlight's version scales the number to your own couple's farthest-ever apart, so "far" means something specific to you two.
Yes — that's what Nestlight is built around. It pairs exactly two people by a one-time code, not a friends list. Your widget only ever shows the number between you and your partner.
In Nestlight, no. It shows only the computed distance — never a pin or position. Location sharing is off by default, and turning it off deletes your last known position immediately.
Both. It's most useful for long-distance couples watching the number shrink on a travel day, but it works between any two coordinates on Earth, in miles or kilometers.
Free to start. Pairing takes one code and about thirty seconds.
Coming soon to the App Store