Softwr

Software · head to head

Find My Kids vs Tiny Beans

Find My Kids logo

Find My Kids

Software

Child GPS tracker and parental control app

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Tiny Beans logo

Tiny Beans

Software

Your private family journal

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Find My Kids screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission; Tiny Beans the free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
  • They diverge on capability: Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Find My Kids and Tiny Beans actually diverge.

Attributes where Find My Kids and Tiny Beans differ
AttributeFind My KidsTiny Beans
PlatformsIos, AndroidIos, Android, Web
Founded20162012

Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), 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 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.

Find My Kids

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

Tiny Beans

  • Keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by datenot Find My Kids
  • Sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives onlynot Find My Kids
  • Turning saved moments into printed photo booksnot 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

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

Find My Kids

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

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 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.
Find My Kids review

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.
Tiny Beans review

Questions people ask

Is Find My Kids or Tiny Beans better?
Neither clearly leads. Find My Kids starts at Free and Tiny Beans at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Find My Kids or Tiny Beans?
Find My Kids starts at Free and Tiny Beans at Free.
Does Find My Kids or Tiny Beans run on more platforms?
Find My Kids runs on Ios, Android. Tiny Beans runs on Ios, Android, Web.
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 Tiny Beans is typically brought in for.
What can Find My Kids do that Tiny Beans cannot?
Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, Location history, SOS button, Loud signal. Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing, Video sharing, Milestone tracking, Daily email digests. Both handle Data encryption, Cloud deployment, Ios support, Android support.
Share

Related pages

More on Find My Kids

More on Tiny Beans

Keep looking

Other head to heads