Free Find My Friends Alternatives

The best free alternative to Find My Friends is Glympse. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Find My Friends and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Find My Friends are Life360 Family Locator, iSharing, Forest: Tree Style Tab Manager and OwnTracks.

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  1. Glympse icon

    Glympse

     31 likes

    Glympse is the easy way to safely share your location in realtime. No sign-up needed. No social network to manage. Just send a Glympse to anyone via email, SMS, Facebook, or Twitter. Your location is only shared for the duration you specify and then stops.

    55 Glympse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire
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    Glympse vs Find My Friends Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    the location is only shared on demand.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    You can´t share location continuously, only for a max of 12 hrs and then you need to give permission again.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Glympse is Free and ProprietaryFind My Friends is also Free and Proprietary
  4. iSharing icon

    iSharing

     4 likes

    iSharing allows you to easily locate your friends and family from your Android phone, iPhone and iPad. iSharing uses the latest GPS technology available to provide the most accurate GPS locations.

    43 iSharing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  5. Forest: Tree Style Tab Manager icon

    Forest: Tree Style Tab Manager

     4 likes

    Forest is a simple app that lets you see who is at a specific place at a glance. Set up a forest for anywhere you like, tell your friends to join and see when they're in.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
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  6. OwnTracks icon

    OwnTracks

     10 likes

    OwnTracks is your location companion, it allows you to keep track of your own location. You can build your private location diary or share it with your family and friends.

    23 OwnTracks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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    OwnTracks vs Find My Friends Comments
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    Negative
    0

    Only creates a location history, does not share current location information.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • OwnTracks is Free and Open SourceFind My Friends is Free and Proprietary
  7. LockOnMe icon

    LockOnMe

     4 likes

    LockOnMe is a flexible location-sharing app, displaying targets and/or associated Points Of Interest on OpenStreetMap & fun radars (incl. a "Motion Tracker" inspired by Aliens2).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. Minutes Away Social icon

    Minutes Away Social

     3 likes

    Create an event, invite guests, accept invitations & start on time with Minutes Away Social. You are also able to track the real time location & ETA of guests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. GeoZilla icon

    GeoZilla

     16 likes

    Keep track of your family and friends on your phone throughout the day and stay emotionally connected via private chat messaging.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    Battery Savvy Tracking
     
  12. GeoCha icon

    GeoCha

     12 likes

    GeoCha is a local interaction platform. It supports transient events like local chats as well as local publishing, local exchange and local collaboration. It's easy to create theme-based event maps for private or public use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    GeoCha vs Find My Friends Comments
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    Positive
    0

    cause it can do the same thing and more

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • GeoCha is Free and ProprietaryFind My Friends is also Free and Proprietary
  13. Easy Phone Track icon

    Easy Phone Track

     17 likes

    Do you worry about the safety of your children? Or do you want to see if your employees are doing their job? Perhaps all you want is to protect your phone and data from thieves or damages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  14. When.me icon

    When.me

     1 like

    when.me is all about connecting your social circles to what is happening in your life WHEN it is happening! When are you finally going to get organized? When are you arriving at that new corner bistro for lunch?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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