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FamiSafe Location vs Find My Kids

FamiSafe Location logo

FamiSafe Location

Parenting & Family

Know where your family is anytime

From
$9.99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Find My Kids logo

Find My Kids

Parenting & Family

Child GPS tracker and parental control app

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Find My Kids has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: FamiSafe Location monitoring requires installing a separate FamiSafe Kids app on the child's phone and pairing the two devices with a code; Find My Kids screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission
  • They diverge on capability: FamiSafe Location covers Geofence alerts, Find My Kids covers Loud signal.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which FamiSafe Location and Find My Kids actually diverge.

Attributes where FamiSafe Location and Find My Kids differ
AttributeFamiSafe LocationFind My Kids
Starting price$9.99/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
Founded20032016

Identical on both: platforms (Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Parenting & Family).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in FamiSafe Location

  • Geofence alerts
  • Driving speed alerts
  • Battery monitoring
  • Multi-device support
  • Privacy modes
  • French language support
  • Japanese language support

Only in Find My Kids

  • Loud signal
  • App usage stats
  • Screen time control
  • Geofencing
  • Battery status
  • Russian language support
  • Portuguese language support

Both cover

  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Location history
  • SOS button
  • Data encryption
  • Privacy controls
  • Cloud deployment
  • Ios support
  • Android support
  • English language support
  • Spanish language support
  • German language support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

FamiSafe Location

  • Setting different screen time limits for school days and weekendsnot Find My Kids
  • Blocking adult apps and filtering inappropriate web pages on a child's phonenot Find My Kids
  • GPS location tracking with location history and an SOS panic buttonnot Find My Kids

Find My Kids

  • Viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the daynot FamiSafe Location
  • Getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved placenot FamiSafe Location
  • Sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving SOS alertsnot FamiSafe Location

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

FamiSafe Location

  • Monitoring requires installing a separate FamiSafe Kids app on the child's phone and pairing the two devices with a code
  • Remote screen capture is limited to mobile devices, Windows and Mac
  • The parent must run the FamiSafe app on their own phone; there is no monitoring without the paired parent app

Find My Kids

  • Screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission
  • The app requires camera and photo access to set a child avatar and microphone access to send voice messages in chat
  • Tracking requires the child to carry a phone running the paired child app

Pricing, plan by plan

FamiSafe Location

$9.99/month
  • Monthly$9.99/month
    • Real-time location
    • Geofencing
    • Location history
  • Annual$59.99/year
    • All Monthly features
    • Best value
    • Priority support

Find My Kids

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Basic location
    • SOS button
    • Limited history
  • Premium$2.99/month
    • Real-time tracking
    • Unlimited history
    • Multiple children

Which should you pick?

Choose FamiSafe Location if

  • You need geofence alerts.
  • You work on Ios, Android.
  • You also want driving speed alerts.
FamiSafe Location review

Choose Find My Kids if

  • You need loud signal.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Ios, Android.
  • You also want app usage stats.
Find My Kids review

Questions people ask

Is FamiSafe Location or Find My Kids better?
Neither clearly leads. FamiSafe Location starts at $9.99/month and Find My Kids at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, FamiSafe Location or Find My Kids?
Find My Kids has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for FamiSafe Location and Free for Find My Kids.
Does FamiSafe Location or Find My Kids run on more platforms?
Both run on Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Find My Kids for free?
Yes. Find My Kids has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. FamiSafe Location starts at $9.99/month.
What is FamiSafe Location best used for?
FamiSafe Location is most often used for setting different screen time limits for school days and weekends, blocking adult apps and filtering inappropriate web pages on a child's phone, gps location tracking with location history and an sos panic button. Of those, setting different screen time limits for school days and weekends and blocking adult apps and filtering inappropriate web pages on a child's phone are not what Find My Kids is typically brought in for.
What can FamiSafe Location do that Find My Kids cannot?
FamiSafe Location covers Geofence alerts, Driving speed alerts, Battery monitoring, Multi-device support. Find My Kids covers Loud signal, App usage stats, Screen time control, Geofencing. Both handle Real-time GPS tracking, Location history, SOS button, Data encryption.
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