Parenting & Family · head to head
FamiSafe Location vs Tiny Beans
FamiSafe Location
Parenting & Family
Know where your family is anytime
- From
- $9.99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Tiny Beans 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; Tiny Beans the free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- They diverge on capability: FamiSafe Location covers Real-time GPS tracking, Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FamiSafe Location and Tiny Beans actually diverge.
| Attribute | FamiSafe Location | Tiny Beans |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $9.99/month | Free |
| Pricing model | subscription | freemium |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Ios, Android | Ios, Android, Web |
| Founded | 2003 | 2012 |
Identical on both: 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
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Geofence alerts
- Location history
- Driving speed alerts
- SOS button
- Battery monitoring
- Multi-device support
- Privacy modes
Only in Tiny Beans
- Private photo sharing
- Video sharing
- Milestone tracking
- Daily email digests
- Child timelines
- Comments & reactions
- Print products
- Memory search
Both cover
- Data encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Ios support
- Android support
- English 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 Tiny Beans
- Blocking adult apps and filtering inappropriate web pages on a child's phonenot Tiny Beans
- GPS location tracking with location history and an SOS panic buttonnot Tiny Beans
Tiny Beans
- Keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by datenot FamiSafe Location
- Sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives onlynot FamiSafe Location
- Turning saved moments into printed photo booksnot 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
Tiny Beans
- The free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- The free plan shows ads; an ad-free experience requires Tinybeans+
- A second user account to share the journal is a Tinybeans+ feature
- High-quality video uploads are limited to 5 minutes and require Tinybeans+
- Tinybeans+ storage is capped at 200GB rather than unlimited
- Priority support is restricted to Tinybeans+
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the period ends
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
Tiny Beans
Free- FreeFree
- Photo & video sharing
- Daily email updates
- Milestone tracking
- Premium$4.99/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited storage
- Video longer than 1 min
Which should you pick?
Choose FamiSafe Location if
- You need real-time gps tracking.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want geofence alerts.
Choose Tiny Beans if
- You need private photo sharing.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android, Web.
- You also want video sharing.
Questions people ask
- Is FamiSafe Location or Tiny Beans better?
- Neither clearly leads. FamiSafe Location starts at $9.99/month and Tiny Beans at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FamiSafe Location or Tiny Beans?
- Tiny Beans has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for FamiSafe Location and Free for Tiny Beans.
- Does FamiSafe Location or Tiny Beans run on more platforms?
- FamiSafe Location runs on Ios, Android. Tiny Beans runs on Ios, Android, Web.
- Can I use Tiny Beans for free?
- Yes. Tiny Beans 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 Tiny Beans is typically brought in for.
- What can FamiSafe Location do that Tiny Beans cannot?
- FamiSafe Location covers Real-time GPS tracking, Geofence alerts, Location history, Driving speed alerts. Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing, Video sharing, Milestone tracking, Daily email digests. Both handle Data encryption, Cloud deployment, Ios support, Android support.