CircleUs
The facts below are what the maker publishes about CircleUs, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From CircleUs's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free Forever | Free | Up to 5 members · 3 place alerts · 2 Circles · real-time location · SOS · temporary sharing · privacy bubble |
| Gold | $9 a month | Crash detection + 911 dispatch · drive score and safety reports · 30-day location history · unlimited members and alerts · elder care monitoring · AI smart alerts and routines · billed annually; $14 monthly |
The facts
Each one read from CircleUs's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alerts
- Place alerts notify users when a circle member arrives at or leaves a set location.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Battery
- The site says adaptive GPS checks location more often during movement and slows down when a user is stationary.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cancellation
- Gold can be cancelled through the App Store or Google Play; access continues to the end of the billing period, after which the account returns to Free.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Consent
- The site says people join through an invite link and must agree before being added to a circle.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Driving
- Drive reports include speed, phone use, hard braking, and a drive score after each trip.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Elder care
- Elder care mode can learn daily routines, flag unusual inactivity, monitor battery, and send check-in pings.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Emergency
- One-tap SOS alerts circle members and can contact emergency services with live GPS coordinates.checked 7 Oct 2026
- History limit
- Gold location history is kept for 30 days and then deleted.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Live map
- The site says members appear on a live map refreshed every 8 seconds.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Location privacy
- The site says location data is end-to-end encrypted, is not sold or used for advertising, and can be exported or deleted in app settings.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy bubble
- The privacy bubble lets users share a general neighborhood area instead of an exact address, with visibility controlled per circle.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CircleUs provides real-time location sharing for families, presented as a trust-focused alternative to surveillance.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Target users
- The site presents CircleUs for families, teens and adults seeking location privacy, drivers, and caregivers monitoring older relatives.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- CircleUs says it is available on iOS and Android, and that members can mix those devices in one circle.checked 7 Oct 2026
Alternatives to CircleUs
- 1
OpenFamily
Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSWebAPI7.7Free plan - 2
BuddySOS
Free planAndroidiOS7.6From $19.99 a year - 3
Findmykids
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.2From €3.58 a month - 4
Family Locator
Free planAndroidiOSmacOS7.1From $19.99 a month - 5
Glympse
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.1From $15 a month - 6
Family Safety: GPS Locator
Free planAndroidiOS6.9$1.99 one-time