Family Tracker for iPad app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 7456 ratings )

Social Networking Lifestyle
Developer: LogSat Software LLC

2.99 USD

Current version: 3.6.0, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 10 May 2010
App size: 4.41 Mb

NEWS:
Family Tracker was used to locate a missing child - see news report on: http://www.reuters.com/article/net-us-app-missing-idUSBRE8460GZ20120507

***SUPPORT NOTICE****
We do help everyone who contacts us via our [email protected] email address, but unfortunately most users give bad ratings without ever contacting us for support. Please do contact us if you have any issues, were always there to help!
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Family Tracker allows you to track your wife, husband, children and fiancée. You can now find out where they are, at anytime, as long as they have their phones with them. Family Tracker is available for other platforms as well, so you can track (and be tracked by) other devices as well - check our website for more details.

Please note that starting with the new iOS4 and supported hardware, Family Tracker runs in the background at all times, and, unlike previous versions of Family Tracker, user intervention is **NOT** needed for you to track them. Family Tracker runs at all times, continuously updating the GPS location of the device. Even if the iPhone is rebooted, Family Tracker will automatically resume tracking and updating its position!

So how does this work?

Simple. Install Family Tracker on the iPhone/iPad you want to track. From then on, you can use either a web browser or via the Family Tracker app itself installed on your own iPhone/iPad to locate your family member.

If the device you wish to track does not support multitasking (for example, older iPhones 3G, iPads), you can still use Family Tracker to locate the family member. Using the web or your own iPhone, you will be able to "ping" the other iPhone. This is done by sending the other iPhone a (free) “Apple Push Notification” which will cause an alert to sound on your family member’s iPhone, even if the phone in is stand-by, just as would happen if the iPhone receives an SMS. As soon as this alert is acknowledged, their GPS position will be recorded, and their location will be updated on a map. If you are using an iPhone yourself to track them, you will be sent a Push Notification to inform you that the family member has accepted your "ping". These notifications will be automatically re-sent every 60 seconds until they are acknowledged. If the recipient is trying to ignore them or does not hear them, this repetition will help acknowledging them.

Family Tracker does not need to know your iPhone cell number to function, as it does not send SMS messages for notifications. Your email address is instead used to send free Apple Push Notifications to the iPhones being tracked. These notifications are free, specific to our Family Tracker application, and work anywhere in the world as long as the iPhone and/or iTouch being tracked has internet access via the cellular network or WiFi.

Notice: ***Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.*** For this reason, we strongly recommend users to configure Family Tracker to use the "Driving Only" accuracy in the GPS setting. This special mode updates the GPS location only when a significant location change occurs, which results in a tremendous gain in battery life.

Additional pro features, such as the ability to see the past locations for the previous 2 weeks, and the ability to set geofences so you are alerted when users that you track enter or leave certain areas are available via an optional iTunes subscription.
Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions are available for either $2.99/month, or $8.99/3 months, or $15.99/6 months or $29.99/year. Privacy policy & terms of use: http://logsat.com/family-tracker-privacy.asp

Pros and cons of Family Tracker for iPad app for iPhone and iPad

Family Tracker for iPad app good for

Does just what it stated. Ive been looking for something like this. Would be nice if the app saved the locations like geotagging

I hesitated purchasing this app because it forced tracked people to acknowledge whenever they were "pinged" -- which lowered the value in my opinion because it interrupts them. With OS4, however, no acknowledgement is required and it silently grabs the persons location! It took a little fiddling to get the phones and my iPad syncd up properly but once they were, this app really works great! This is a very handy app and well worth the price. Im sure teens wont think so if their parents use it to check up on them , but for my wife and I with our busy schedules, its a convenient way to locate each other without interrupting. My wife uses it to check where I am on my long commutes and I can find out when shes leading a meeting at one of the centers around town (I can never keep them straight). Some reviewers have mentioned a bug that causes the battery to drain quickly (my wifes phone has this problem). I asked the developer who responded immediately that a fix was submitted a week ago and should be available any day now.

This is a perfect app to not only track your family and friends, but also track down a lost iPhone! The best part is that the tracking is ALWAYS on (unless you turn it off on purpose). GREAT APP!!!!!

Its not a waste of money if you read the info before you buy it... Another thing is that if you want to track a few phones, be smart and use the same iTunes account in order to get it for free on the others phones, otherwise youll have to pay $5.99 for ea. phone...this application is really good to track your kids phone, or anyone else. You can change the settings if you dont want it to run on the background all the time...

I feel this is a good app but not for the price. I was expecting more from the app with a $5.99 price tag.

Great support guys! The battery does indeed seem to last longer, even though tomorrow with a full day of use will be the final proof. And the GPS fix for updating the location in "100m" mode when the phones at home, not moving, does actually work - updates are shown every few minutes, not hours. It wasnt a real problem to begin with, since the updates when driving where made almost in real-time, but knowing that the app is running thank to the updates even if the phone isnt moving give me the reassurance that it is indeed running :-) Thanks for the good work! Keep the updates coming!! How about a notification if the kids leave the house...? Suggestion for the next update maybe :-)

Some bad moments

If anyone have Apple Me installed and have used the "Find" feature on it, this software is not usefull at all. We need to accept the requested push "ping" to make it work and if the other person you want to locate do not accept it, you can not locate it. The alert does not work in iPad,and to make it work you need to be running the program. I have tested in iPhone too and in that it works ok.

This program doesnt work at all! I put in two different email addresses and I never received the consent email to make the program work. Dont waste your money.

It is not working the way it design for, even I register with my email account.

This does not work. Purchased for my iPad, then purchased it for four iPhones so we can all track and NOTHING. We tried over and over. The map does not show on the page. WASTE...Ive yet to see a seamless GPS for iPhones and now iPads...SAVE YOUR MONEY

Took me $10 to find out it does not work. Never received the email on my .me account.

I loved what this promised, but the app does not deliver. I set this up and got an initial location from my wife, but after that, it never update or delivered the push notifications required to update location. Same problem when I installed it on my wifes iphone. Biggest waste of $8 Ive ever invested in an iPhone app. Do not buy this.

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