Life 360

Life 360

Life 360 is a free app for your smartphone that allows you to share your location with your family.Family members can create a "family circle" to share everyone's location with one another.This app uses your phone's built in GPS location which means it is reliant on your phone's data to connect.

EASE OF USE

Easy

The app interface (map) is intuitive, some features may require more confidence to use.

SET-UP TIME

20-50 minutes

Requires some knowledge to download app to your smart phone, set up account and then invite family to your circle.

PRICE

Upfront: £0

Recurring: £0 but additional features can be purchased

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Other uses

Mobile phone alerts.

Good to know

The app is free but will use your mobile phone data to send your location
You can add as many people as you like to your tracking 'circle' or create more than one for different purposes
On the free plan you can set alerts on two locations so you know when people have arrived/left.
If you want additional features (such as tracking history) these are available on subscription
Life 360 is integrated with Tile bluetooth tags making it easier to track lost items in one place
There is an SOS function so people can ask for help in the app

Reviews

I have a regular life going certain places on certain days. The Life 360 app lets my wife see where I am. I like that it also notifies me when my wife returns home.
 - Frank
The Life 360 app is great for me. It gives me some reassurance when my husband is out on his own. I like how you can see the movement of the person. One of the problems I found was my husband was changing the location in settings from 'always' to 'while using the app' and also putting his phone on airplane mode. The app doesn't work when you do either of these things, but he seems to have stopped doing that now.
 - Christine