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Alternatives to Find My Kids
19 parenting & family tools sit alongside Find My Kids in this directory. Below is what separates each from Find My Kids on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Find My Kids starts at
- Free
Why people look past Find My Kids
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Find My Kids has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $8.99/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Shared family calendar for coordinating activities
- Starts $2.99 a month dearer, at $2.99/month.
Baby tracker for new parents
- Starts $47.99 a year dearer, at $47.99/year.
Save and organize your kids' artwork
- Starts $75 a product dearer, at $75/product.
The must-have family organizing app
- Starts $29.99 a year dearer, at $29.99/year.
The all-in-one childcare app
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Private photo sharing for families
- Starts $7.99 a month dearer, at $7.99/month.
Every Find My Kids alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find My Kids (this page) | Free | Freemium | 2 | |
| FamCal | Free, then $2.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Glow Baby | Free, then $47.99/year | Freemium | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Artkive | Free, then $75/product | - | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Cozi Family Organizer | Free, then $29.99/year | Freemium | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Brightwheel | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| FamilyAlbum | Free, then $7.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| BabyCenter | Free | Free | 1 | vs Find My Kids |
| Care.com | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Apple Screen Time | Free | Free | 1 | vs Find My Kids |
| Baby Tracker - Newborn Log | Free, then $4.99/one-time | Freemium | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Brili Routines | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| FamilyWall | Free, then $4.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Circle | $49/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Find My Kids |
| Bark | $5/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| FamiSafe Location | $9.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Canopy | $99.99/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Find My Kids |
| FamiSafe | $9.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| BusyKid | $4/month | - | 2 | vs Find My Kids |
| Famzoo | $5.99/month | - | - | vs Find My Kids |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Find My Kids badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- FamCal , Free, then $2.99/month
- Glow Baby , Free, then $47.99/year
- Artkive , Free, then $75/product
- Cozi Family Organizer , Free, then $29.99/year
- Brightwheel , Free
- FamilyAlbum , Free, then $7.99/month
- BabyCenter , Free
- Care.com , Free
What you would be giving up
Find My Kids is most often brought in for viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the day, getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved place, sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving sos alerts. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Find My Kids is broadly right and the question is cost, the Find My Kids pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Parenting & Family category lists everything the directory holds, and best parenting & family tools ranks them.
Find My Kids runs on ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Find My Kids alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Find My Kids?
- 19 other parenting & family tools are listed in this directory, led by FamCal, Glow Baby, Artkive, Cozi Family Organizer. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Find My Kids?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: FamCal, Glow Baby, Artkive, Cozi Family Organizer, Brightwheel.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Find My Kids?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Find My Kids has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $8.99/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Find My Kids?
- Find My Kids is most often brought in for viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the day, getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved place, sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving sos alerts. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Find My Kids?
- None of the parenting & family tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Find My Kids alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Parenting & Family, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Find My Kids against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Find My Kids covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every parenting & family tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Parenting & Family category, 19 tools beside Find My Kids. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.