Here are the 10 Best Location Sharing Apps For Android & iOS.
Contents
- 10 Best Location Sharing Apps For Android & iOS
- 1. GeoZilla – Find My Family
- 2. Pathshare GPS Location Sharing
- 3. Konum: Location Sharing for Family – GPS Tracker
- 4. Foursquare Swarm: Check In
- 5. “ADT Go: Personal Safety, Family GPS & Safe Driving”
- 6. Life360: Find Family & Friends
- 7. Glympse – Share GPS location
- 8. Trusted Contacts
- 9. “onX Hunt: Hunting Maps, Offline GPS/Nav & Weather”
- 10. Familonet: Family GPS Locator
10 Best Location Sharing Apps For Android & iOS
1. GeoZilla – Find My Family
GeoZilla Family Locator lets you:
– Share your location in a private circle only your family can see
– Easily link with family using the GPS tracker within your phone
– Know when family leaves or arrives at a place
– See where your family's been during the week
– Text and share images of your daily life in the Family Locator's private messenger
And much, much more!
GeoZilla works with Wear OS
Share your real-time location with your family using your Android smartwatch.
Stay safe on the road
Use Driver Safety reporting to know if a family member is speeding or using their phone while driving. Crash Detection will fire an alert in the event of a roadside accident to notify your emergency contacts so you can get help faster.
Use of Significant Location Change (SLC) ensures the family location tracker is in sleep mode until you have significantly moved on the map to keep the GPS at bay and your battery life from draining.
Use the family locator app to get notified when loved ones leave home to find if they arrive safely and on time.
Link them as Emergency Contact in GeoZilla GPS locator & tracker and we will send you their location information if they ever need to inform you.
Never worry again if your loved one is safe. With GeoZilla family locator & GPS tracker, you can rest a bit easier knowing that you have them linked with GPS tracking and be certain your loved ones are safe when away from home.
Important: Please note, location-sharing is opt-in only. GeoZilla requires consent from all family members to be linked.
GeoZilla requires the following optional permission requests:
• Location services to enable real-time location sharing, SOS alerts, & place alerts even when the app is closed or not in use
• Notifications, to inform you of your family's location changes
• Contacts, to find other users to join your family circle
• Photos and Camera, to change your profile picture
• Motion and Fitness tracking for Driver reports
Please share your feedback and suggestions: support@geozilla.com.
For more information on our Privacy Policy & Terms of Use, click: https://geozilla.com/privacy-policy/
https://geozilla.com/terms-of-use/”
2. Pathshare GPS Location Sharing
Pathshare is a beautiful app that helps you share your path in realtime. It was designed to be simple to use and make realtime location sharing a safe experience. With Pathshare, you can easily setup a session with your friends and share your location for a defined period of time. You and only you are in control of for how long you want to be seen by other participants! And there is more: Pathshare will automatically stop sharing your location when the defined time expires. That’s safe and easy!
** Best New App on Android Police **
** Featured on CNN and many Tech Blogs **
** Received Quality Label Swiss Made Software **
WHEN TO USE PATHSHARE
Share your realtime location the next time you are
• on a night out with friends
• stuck in a traffic jam and late for dinner
• on your way home: no texting while driving!
• heading to a professional meeting and want to make your business partner aware of your arrival
• want to know your kids are safe at school
• shopping with the girls and lost them in the mall
• skiing or snowboarding in a group and want to join on the other slopes
• in an emergency situation and want to let help find the exact location
PATHSHARE IS REALTIME LOCATION SHARING
• It's fast, it's realtime
• It's safe
• It's exceptionally easy to use
• You control how long you're sharing and when Pathshare stops automatically
• Pathshare runs on your Android device, your iPhone and your web browser
HOW DOES IT WORK?
• Tap on the round button to start sharing your location. It's as simple as that!
• To actually share your location, you need to enable your phone's location services and allow Pathshare to use them.
• Please allow Pathshare to read your address book so that you can share your location with your friends from within the app.
• Choose a time duration you want to share your location for. Pathshare will automatically stop sharing your location after this time expires.
• Send the invitation as a link via your favourite messaging app.
• Join a session by accepting the invitation you received from your friends. Simply tap on the link within the text message.
• Watch your friends move on the map in real time. See their speed. See their motion activity.
• Select a session participant from a session list to zoom to their location.
• Switch to satellite view.
• Zoom to all participants.
• Read notifications about nearby participants, session joins and leaves.
MAIN FEATURES
• Realtime location sharing: Let your friends see you moving on the map in realtime.
• Group sessions: Share your path with an entire group from your address book.
• Device independent: Run Pathshare on iOS or Android – or in a web browser on any phone or computer and watch your friends even if you don't have the app installed.
• Safety included with active duration control: No location sharing after you left the session or it has expired.
• Security enabled: All data is transmitted over SSL, which is the same protocol as your bank uses for its e-banking services.
• Simple usage: Easy to set up with no accounts required. Automatically runs in background.
• Notifications: You get notified when other participants join or leave a session, and when they are nearby.
• Global availability: Pathshare can be used at any location with GPS and data connection. People all over the globe use it since it is available in all app stores. The app already features English and German with many more languages to come.
REQUIRED PERMISSIONS
• Location services: To let you share your location with your friends.
• Access network and internet: To connect to our servers.
• Storage access: To save user and current locations of participants on phone.
• Activity recognition: To show participants your motion activity type.
• Identity, notifications, vibrations, wake lock: To let you know about nearby participants via notifications.”
3. Konum: Location Sharing for Family – GPS Tracker
Konum's latest feature;
★ [Premium Feature] Groups: You can create groups to send and receive instant messages and photos, share your live location, and keep track of shared locations.
Konum's recently added features;
★ Collaborative and Interactive Tasks: You can create collaborative tasks for personal needs such as shopping and todo list that you can share with your family and friends, as well as business needs such as order and service delivery where customers can get involved and track the delivery process.
★ You can add steps to tasks that both specify content (products, services, order items, etc.) and enable collaboration. The status of the steps can be tracked in real time.
★ You can add people to the tasks according to their roles such as manager, participant and member.
★ You can inform the people involved in the task and make it easier for them to go to the task location with the route by setting the target location.
★ You can have a group chat with the people involved in the task.
Konum's main features;
★ You can instant message with your family and friends and receive the read receipts of your messages.
★ You can share your location and address, let your loved ones follow you on the go and know that you are safe.
★ You can create zones that you can be notified when people who share their location with you enter or exit.
★ During location sharing; Instant notifications such as battery level, high-speed travel, leaving the area, being online in the application, logging in and out can be sent to the shared person (as long as the sharing is active).
★ You can see the historical location change information of the people who shared their location with you up to 30 days.
■ Features such as unlimited instant messaging and location sharing, limited region and task creation, location sharing history up to the last 24 hours and receiving notifications in case of low battery are offered free of charge.
■ Creating unlimited regions and tasks, viewing up to 30 days of location sharing history, receiving exclusive push notifications requires subscription to premium membership.”
4. Foursquare Swarm: Check In
• This is lifelogging made easy. Each time you check-in we’ll add a pin your personal map so you can look back on the places you visit. Help out your future self by adding a photo or a note to your check-ins to make the memories all the better.
• Indian Restaurant? Check. Karaoke bar? Check. Haven’t been to an Art Museum yet? Now’s your chance to go somewhere new! Explore more and collect different types of places so you can keep track and remember your history. You’ll earn fun Stickers along the way.
• Whether it’s your 10th week in a row at the gym, first time to Canada, or the 25th time you’ve gotten ice cream with your BFF, the more you check-in, the more helpful insights you’ll get as you track your habits and explorations.
•Keep up and meet up with friends. Share your location with a checkin and see friends nearby. A serendipitous checkin can help you find friends when you’re out and about and see who’s here.
•Don’t have any friends nearby? Not a problem! Not only is this app a great way to lifelog and remember for yourself, but to keep track of your friends’ adventures as well, no matter how far far away they are.
•Lifelog your adventures so your history is less questions, more remembering the good times.
*A note on battery. We’ve spent *years* developing the location technology that powers Foursquare Swarm, making it extremely power efficient. But, as with all apps of this type, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.“
5. “ADT Go: Personal Safety, Family GPS & Safe Driving”
Thank you for your support! ADT Go will no longer be available for download, nor supported starting this summer. We wanted to ensure that you're aware ahead of time.
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Personal Safety is in the Palm of Your Hand with ADT Go. Real time location tracking, safe driving, roadside assistance and SOS services help ADT help protect you and your family wherever you go.
Stay connected with ADT Go, the personal safety and security app for families and friends on the go. Emergency response services, local crime reports and more are always available, no matter how crazy things get.
Safe driving is important to ADT and your family. Roadside assistance services can reach you wherever you are with the location tracker, whether you get a flat tire, or your car breaks down.
GPS family locator services let everyone stay connected. Emergency Response provides enjoy an extra level of safety as you all go about your busy day. Safety is ADT’s top priority, and ADT Go is designed to help keep your family safe.
ADT Go offers:
Family Locator:
• Family Location Tracker powered by GPS location data lets you see where your family members are in real-time on a private map.
• Family tracker with automatic notifications: ADT Go will let you know when family members come or go from work, school or home, and even when they finish a drive.
Crime Map:
• Crime map to detail unsafe areas and the crimes committed there.
• Crime tracker to identify frequent reports and activities.
Crime Finder:
• Crime reports let you view crime activity to stay safe wherever you are
• Local crime information based on your location.
Safe Driving Reports (Premium)
• Safe driving no matter what road you take.
• Teen driving activity tracker, including trip maps, speed, phone usage, rapid acceleration and hard braking.
SOS App & Crash Detection (Premium)
• Emergency response for car crashes and roadside incidents.
• Rapid SOS response in the event of a crash. Should a crash be detected, ADT can send an emergency alert so first responders can provide you the help you need.
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Roadside Assistance, 24/7 (Premium)*
• Roadside assistance to help with any problems you have down the road.
Emergency Response (Premium)
• SOS App: help is a tap away with the SOS button.
• Rapid SOS emergency response: We'll contact you to make sure you’re okay and alert emergency responders if not.
Download ADT Go today – it’s free for current ADT customers and everyone can connect their Family with Premium services for just $99* / month.
*Requires month to month agreement. $99 (plus tax) monthly recurring fee. Services may be cancelled in app. Crash Detection, SOS Emergency Response and Safe Driving Reports are only available in the 50 US states and D.C. SOS response not available in Milwaukee. Crash detection may not detect 100% of automobile crashes. Road Side Assistance services provided by third party vendors and not ADT. Two service calls per Circle, per year, are included in the subscription at no cost up to a limit of $100 per call. Towing is covered up to five miles (additional miles will incur a separate charge per mile). Customer will be charged $35.00 per incident if vehicle is not at dispatched location or service request is cancelled after fifteen minutes from the initiation of a valid service call. Gas is limited to three gallons. Roadside service must be initiated by calling ADT first. ADT will not reimburse for roadside assistance service not initiated by ADT. Roadside service is limited to passenger cars and light trucks. We cannot provide service for trailers, large trucks, RVs, campers or anything already being towed. Roadside Assistance is not an automobile insurance policy and ADT is not an insurance carrier. For ADT Go features to work, your phone must be on, powered, and fully functional.”
6. Life360: Find Family & Friends
Life360 membership offers a wide range of all-new services. Highlights include:
– SOS to send a silent alert with your location to family members, emergency contacts, and responders.
– 24/7 Emergency dispatch that’s always on call for your entire family. Even if you can’t call for help, we will.
– Family Safety Assist for comprehensive real-time specialist support anytime, anywhere, and in any situation.
– Identity Theft Protection to safeguard each family member’s sensitive digital information and white glove restoration service, including up to $1M in coverage.
Explore Life360 for free
Download Life360 and get started with advanced Location Sharing, 2 days of Location History, and 2 Place Alerts to see family members come and go from your top places like home, school, and work. Protect your drivers and passengers and respond to a car crash faster with automatic Crash Detection, and stay safe on the go with automated SOS.
Upgrade to membership for premium features and tools, backed by 24/7 specialist support and emergency dispatch. Find the plan that fits your family’s unique needs and try free for 7 days.
Life360 Platinum
Be prepared for anything, anywhere with all the features of Life360 Gold, plus:
• Family Safety Assist: Disaster Response, Medical Assistance including a nurse helpline during the pandemic, and Travel Support with a team of trained, live agents.
• 24/7 Roadside Assistance, including 50 miles of free towing
• $500 in Stolen Phone Coverage
• ID Theft Protection & restoration with up to $1M in coverage per person
• Credit Monitoring
Life360 Gold
Protect your family on the go with all the features of Life360 Silver, plus:
• A full 30 days of Location History
• Unlimited Place Alerts
• Individual Driver Reports to see how (and what) your drivers are doing behind the wheel.
• Crash Detection with emergency dispatch and live agent support
• 24/7 Roadside Assistance
• $250 in Stolen Phone Coverage
• SOS to send a silent help alert, plus 24/7 emergency dispatch to your location
• ID Theft Protection & restoration with up to $25k in coverage per person
Life360 Silver
•Make daily coordination a breeze with features like:
•5 Place Alerts to stay in step
•7 days of Location History
•$100 in Stolen Phone Coverage
•Crime Reports to see and avoid dangerous situations
•Family Driving Summary”
7. Glympse – Share GPS location
Send a Glympse to let friends and family know you are on your way. Request a Glympse from a colleague who is always running late. Set up a Glympse group for your family reunion.
Those you share with can view your Glympse from any web-enabled device, no sign-up required!
Download Glympse today!
App Features:
+ Easy: no sign-up required
+ Safe: your Glympse automatically expires
+ Live: share location in real time with dynamic map
+ Open: share with anyone – no app required to view
+ Passive: runs in the background
+ Global: works anywhere you have GPS and a data connection
Use Glympse to:
+ coordinate a social night out with friends
+ let your spouse know your ETA when you’ll be home from work
+ let your family know you are safe while running or cycling
+ find friends at a concert festival
+ provide a courtesy notice with ETA to a client when stuck in traffic
+ share a charity run route with followers on Facebook or Twitter
+ direct emergency or roadside personnel to you quickly
~~~ AWARDS & PRESS ~~~
+ 2014 Webby Award Winner
+ “[Glympse] is one of those apps that’s ingenious in its simplicity, insanely handy to have around, and just a little bit fun to boot.” – CNET Reviews
+ “Glympse: The Coolest Thing Your Smartphone Can Do” – Fast Company
+ Named one of “15 Best Mobile Apps of 2011” – Mashable
• We LOVE TO HEAR FROM CUSTOMERS. If you have an issue or suggestion, please send us a note using the “Send us Feedback” feature in the app under Settings.
8. Trusted Contacts
9. “onX Hunt: Hunting Maps, Offline GPS/Nav & Weather”
Know where you stand with the most trusted and accurate GPS satellite /topo maps: Use onX Hunt as a fully-functioning GPS navigation on your phone. View private and public property land ownership and land owner names on the maps. Easily view hunting and fishing units, mountain roads and trails, US topographic maps and more. Turn your phone into the best hunting GPS with offline maps and location tracker!
▶ FREE TRIAL:
While the onX Hunt App and many of it’s features are free, you will also start a free Premium State Membership trial when you install the App. This allows you to try a full featured Premium State Membership for 7 days.
▶ FREE HUNTING APP FEATURES:
• NO ADS
• Aerial view and 24K Topographical Maps with GPS Navigation
• Local weather conditions, forecast, wind speed, and wind direction sourced from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Aerial/Topographic Hybrid overlay to see contours with satellite imagery
• Hunting Zones, Areas or Game Management Units (GMU) for general game species in all 50 states
• Free Hunting GPS app with compass, tracker and waypoints: mark waypoints with icons to navigate back to your vehicle, camp, or hunt stand
• Easily measure distances between tree stands and blinds
• Measure acreage with the Shape Tool to easily measure food plots
• Track the distance, coordinates, duration and speed of your hunt with our GPS Hunting Tracker
• Complimentary mapping layers such as topo maps, hiking trails, running and bike path
• Web Map for e-scouting at home and syncing data to your mobile. Web Hunting Map: www.onxmaps.com/web
▶ OFFLINE GPS FUNCTIONALITY:
The onX Hunt App turns your phone into an outdoor handheld GPS Navigator by using the GPS built into your phone or tablet to display your location on the sat/topo map. Cellular coverage is NOT needed, as tile saving technology allows you to save basemaps and layers for offline navigation.
Extensive collection of Rec points, hiking and bike trails, backcountry roads, hot springs, Fire towers, and more.
▶ WEB MAP: Memberships also include access to our online Web Hunting Map (www.onxmaps.com/web)!
• Scout from the comfort of your home
• Sync markups and tracks between devices
• Print unlimited free maps
▶ PREMIUM STATE MEMBERSHIP:
With a Premium State Membership you gain access to our proprietary hunting GPS maps developed by our GIS team. A Premium State Membership costs $299/year. Get the same great features of the free onX Hunt App but with the additional benefits of:
• Public land like Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM maps), Wildlife Management Areas, County and State land hunting/fishing maps, Timber Lands, QUADS and more!
• Landowner names with property line maps and boundaries finder in available counties (U.S. only)
• Search by landowner name or Hunting property landowner boundaries to scout and look for new areas to Hunt.
• Save private, or public hunting land maps for offline use
• GMU or Hunting Units for multiple species (Whitetail Deer, Mule Deer, Elk, Turkey Hunting and more)
• Possible Access Lands, Walk-In areas, Block Management Areas and private lands open to the public.
• The largest database of nationwide Roads and Trails ever built.
* Private landownership maps may not be available for all counties (U.S. only)
ELITE NATIONWIDE MEMBERSHIP
With an Elite Membership, you gain access to our proprietary maps for all 50 states. You also get access to exclusive tools and services that maximize your hunting experience. Easily scout and plan hunts in any state now for one membership price. Available for $999/year or $14.99/month.
▶ FEEDBACK:
Having a problem, or want to request new features please contact us at support@onxmaps.com”
10. Familonet: Family GPS Locator
– Real-time family locator on a map
– Know when family members arrive or leave
– Panic button for emergency location sharing
– Communicate in a private family chat
– Low battery consumption
– Very easy to use for kids and parents
– Each user decides who can see their location
– Familo can be used anonymously
360 DEGREE VIEW OF YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY
You choose when and for how long you want to share your location with family
INTELLIGENT PLACES
Automatic notifications when kids arrive at and leave their daily places
PANIC BUTTON
Sends parents the child's current location so they can offer help fast
CHECK-IN
Share your location with your family
MULTIPLE GROUPS
Create individual groups for your family members
CHAT
Send messages and images with your family members
YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS
We welcome your ideas for improvement. Simply use the “Send Feedback” button in the menu of the App or send us an Email: support@familo.net
To function properly Familonet needs access to:
Camera / Photos – Send photos and create your profile picture
Microphone – Send voice messages to your group members
Contacts – Invite your group members to Familo
Location – To share your location with your group members
Notifications – Automatic notifications when users arrive at a location
Background refresh – Update your location even when the app is not open
Mobile data – Send messages, photos, and your location to group members
Familo Family Locator has been exclusively designed for parental and family monitoring.
Terms of Use: https://terms.familo.net/en/Terms_and_Conditions_Familonet.pdf
Privacy Policy: https://privacy.familo.net/en/
Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.”