Software · head to head
Find My Kids vs Glow Baby
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Find My Kids screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission; Glow Baby glow Premium is $59.99 a year after a 7 day free trial and is required for the GlowGPT health assistant, advanced analytics, comparative health insights and an ad free experience
- They diverge on capability: Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, Glow Baby covers Nursing & bottle tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Find My Kids and Glow Baby actually diverge.
| Attribute | Find My Kids | Glow Baby |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2013 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), platforms (Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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
- Location history
- SOS button
- Loud signal
- App usage stats
- Screen time control
- Geofencing
- Battery status
Only in Glow Baby
- Nursing & bottle tracking
- Pumping log
- Diaper tracking
- Sleep tracking
- Growth tracking
- Milestone tracking
- Multiple caregivers
- Breast pump sync
Both cover
- Data encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Ios support
- Android support
- English language support
- Spanish 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 Glow Baby
- Getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved placenot Glow Baby
- Sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving SOS alertsnot Glow Baby
Glow Baby
- Tracking ovulation, pregnancy and newborn care across linked appsnot Find My Kids
- Building a baby registry and logging feeding and sleep for a newbornnot 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
Glow Baby
- Glow Premium is $59.99 a year after a 7 day free trial and is required for the GlowGPT health assistant, advanced analytics, comparative health insights and an ad free experience
- The free trial has no stated cancel-anytime disclaimer beyond a general cancel anytime note, and converts to the paid annual charge unless cancelled first
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
Glow Baby
Free- FreeFree
- Basic tracking
- Feeding log
- Diaper log
- Premium$47.99/year
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited data history
- Advanced insights
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 location history.
Choose Glow Baby if
- You need nursing & bottle tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want pumping log.
Questions people ask
- Is Find My Kids or Glow Baby better?
- Neither clearly leads. Find My Kids starts at Free and Glow Baby at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Find My Kids or Glow Baby?
- Find My Kids starts at Free and Glow Baby at Free.
- Does Find My Kids or Glow Baby 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?
- 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 Glow Baby is typically brought in for.
- What can Find My Kids do that Glow Baby cannot?
- Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, Location history, SOS button, Loud signal. Glow Baby covers Nursing & bottle tracking, Pumping log, Diaper tracking, Sleep tracking. Both handle Data encryption, Cloud deployment, Ios support, Android support.