Life360

Suitable for ages - Ages 18 and older
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Subjects & Topics - Apps for Parents
Tools

Great for - Organisational and Productivity Skills
Communication Skills
Responsibility and Ethics
Time and Task Management

Publisher - Life360

• Battery monitoring to ensure kids don't fall out of contact due to a dead phone
• Live location tracking to find kids in an emergency
• Historical tracking to find kids if, for some reason, their phone is not working
• Location alerts so that you know a family member has left a defined zone or arrived at a place
• Quick check-in where a single press shows that a family member has thought of you

Many other features, including those linked to driving, may be helpful to families as a whole but not specifically to kids.

Life360 users in the US and Canada have the option of extra features via the Life360 Gold and Platinum options. This review of Life360 was carried out in the UK and applies to the standard Life360 account available internationally.

Life360 is relevant to parents of school-aged kids but not for educational reasons. It could open up educational opportunities by reassuring families to allow kids extra freedom to attend study sessions with friends or extra-curricular clubs. 

Life360 gives kids who want extra independence a safety net by helping parents monitor their location and other information that can help them stay safe.

Is Life360 app easy to use?

We found setting up Life360 to be easy. There is an easy-to-follow guide on the app's website, but it is a guided process that typical users won't struggle to follow.

As the subscribing account holder, you will be an administrator of a family circle and able to add and remove circle members. You can use any messaging app to invite family members to your circle from within the Life360 app. Those family members will receive a message and a code.

The invited family members must download the Life360 app, which is free, and then create an account. The code ensures that only those you have chosen can join your family circle. Be careful not to invite unintended contacts into your circle, but as an administrator, you can remove anybody who should not remain a circle member.

Is Life360 app safe to use?

Only those you choose to invite can join a Life360 family circle. This restriction is significant because the information that contributes to your family's safety and your peace of mind in Life360 is not something you want others to have. You have a role to play in ensuring the data is safe by keeping your account information secret and secure.

Family relationships can come under strain when members fail to keep each other informed. Life360 provides a great feature set within an easy-to-use package for you and your family to put to work in a way that suits your lives. As well as providing reassurance and increased safety, we can imagine Life360 leading to better family harmony.

The free tier and premium trial are quick to set up and give a great insight into using the app, so we recommend you click the link to try it with your family. Life360 is a five-star app.