Parenting & Family · head to head
Find My Kids vs FamilyWall
Find My Kids
Parenting & Family
Child GPS tracker and parental control app
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
FamilyWall
Parenting & Family
Private family network for organizing and sharing
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Find My Kids screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission; FamilyWall budget tracking, meal planning, family document storage and schedule management are Premium only
- They diverge on capability: Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, FamilyWall covers Private family network.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Find My Kids and FamilyWall actually diverge.
| Attribute | Find My Kids | FamilyWall |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Ios, Android | Web, Ios, Android |
| Founded | 2016 | 2012 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), 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 Find My Kids
- Real-time GPS tracking
- SOS button
- Loud signal
- App usage stats
- Screen time control
- Geofencing
- Battery status
- Data encryption
Only in FamilyWall
- Private family network
- Shared calendar
- Real-time location sharing
- Family messaging
- Photo sharing
- Shopping lists
- Chore assignment
- Google Calendar
Both cover
- Location history
- 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.
Find My Kids
- Viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the daynot FamilyWall
- Getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved placenot FamilyWall
- Sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving SOS alertsnot FamilyWall
FamilyWall
- Running a shared colour-coded family calendar across phones and the webnot Find My Kids
- Keeping shared shopping, chore and to-do lists for a householdnot Find My Kids
- Planning meals and tracking family expenses on the Premium plannot Find My Kids
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
FamilyWall
- Budget tracking, meal planning, family document storage and schedule management are Premium only
- Google and Outlook calendar sync and subscribing to a calendar by URL are Premium only
- Locating family members and arrival or departure notifications are Premium only
- Premium storage is capped at 25 GB
- Premium costs 4.99 USD per month or 44.99 USD per year in the US and Canada, with other countries priced only in-app
- Premium features apply only to the first 5 circles created
- The Premium subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends
- Any unused part of the 30-day free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased
Pricing, plan by plan
Find My Kids
Free- FreeFree
- Basic location
- SOS button
- Limited history
- Premium$2.99/month
- Real-time tracking
- Unlimited history
- Multiple children
FamilyWall
Free- FreeFree
- Shared calendar
- Location sharing
- Family messaging
- Premium$4.99/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited members
- Location history
Which should you pick?
Choose Find My Kids if
- You need real-time gps tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want sos button.
Choose FamilyWall if
- You need private family network.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want shared calendar.
Questions people ask
- Is Find My Kids or FamilyWall better?
- Neither clearly leads. Find My Kids starts at Free and FamilyWall at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Find My Kids or FamilyWall?
- Find My Kids starts at Free and FamilyWall at Free.
- Does Find My Kids or FamilyWall run on more platforms?
- Find My Kids runs on Ios, Android. FamilyWall runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- Can I use Find My Kids for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Find My Kids best used for?
- Find My Kids is most often used 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. Of those, viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the day and getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved place are not what FamilyWall is typically brought in for.
- What can Find My Kids do that FamilyWall cannot?
- Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, SOS button, Loud signal, App usage stats. FamilyWall covers Private family network, Shared calendar, Real-time location sharing, Family messaging. Both handle Location history, Cloud deployment, Ios support, Android support.