Parenting & Family · head to head
Find My Kids vs FamiSafe Location
Find My Kids
Parenting & Family
Child GPS tracker and parental control app
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
FamiSafe Location
Parenting & Family
Know where your family is anytime
- From
- $9.99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Find My Kids has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Find My Kids screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission; FamiSafe Location monitoring requires installing a separate FamiSafe Kids app on the child's phone and pairing the two devices with a code
- They diverge on capability: Find My Kids covers Loud signal, FamiSafe Location covers Geofence alerts.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Find My Kids and FamiSafe Location actually diverge.
| Attribute | Find My Kids | FamiSafe Location |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $9.99/month |
| Pricing model | freemium | subscription |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Founded | 2016 | 2003 |
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 Find My Kids
- Loud signal
- App usage stats
- Screen time control
- Geofencing
- Battery status
- Russian language support
- Portuguese language support
Only in FamiSafe Location
- Geofence alerts
- Driving speed alerts
- Battery monitoring
- Multi-device support
- Privacy modes
- French language support
- Japanese 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Which should you pick?
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.
Choose FamiSafe Location if
- You need geofence alerts.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want driving speed alerts.
Questions people ask
- Is Find My Kids or FamiSafe Location better?
- Neither clearly leads. Find My Kids starts at Free and FamiSafe Location at $9.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Find My Kids or FamiSafe Location?
- Find My Kids has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Find My Kids and $9.99/month for FamiSafe Location.
- Does Find My Kids or FamiSafe Location 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 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 FamiSafe Location is typically brought in for.
- What can Find My Kids do that FamiSafe Location cannot?
- Find My Kids covers Loud signal, App usage stats, Screen time control, Geofencing. FamiSafe Location covers Geofence alerts, Driving speed alerts, Battery monitoring, Multi-device support. Both handle Real-time GPS tracking, Location history, SOS button, Data encryption.