FamilySeen
FamilySeen is a family location-sharing and safety service built around a live map for family circles.
What FamilySeen is
FamilySeen is a family location-sharing and safety service built around a live map for family circles. Circle owners can invite people by phone number, QR code, or link; invitees can join with a display name. Each member controls their own location sharing and can pause it. Members can save places for arrival alerts, share check-ins with a place and time, or send a ping that asks someone to respond without obtaining their location. SOS alerts are included on every plan and show the circle the sender’s last known location, but they go to family rather than emergency services. Location history includes routes and daily summaries; the free plan keeps two days, while Premium includes 30 days. Premium costs $9.99 a month and supports up to 10 members and 20 places. The maker says it does not sell location data and deletes history automatically after 30 days. Live maps, arrival alerts, and SOS depend on device settings, battery, and network coverage, so they can be delayed or unavailable. Account holders must be at least 18; children may join with parental or guardian consent.
Good
- Members can pause their own location sharing.
- SOS alerts are free on every plan.
- Free plan includes two days of location history.
- Premium supports up to 10 members and 20 places.
- Invites can use phone number, QR code, or link.
Watch out
- SOS alerts reach family, not emergency services.
- Free plan limits saved places to two.
- Location features may be delayed or unavailable.
- Premium costs $9.99 a month.
Who it suits
FamilySeen is for families who agree to share locations and want shared maps, arrival alerts, check-ins, or SOS alerts. Children may join with a parent or guardian’s consent.
Verdict
FamilySeen provides sharing controls and several ways for a circle to communicate location-related updates. Its alerts depend on device and network conditions, and SOS is not a way to contact emergency services.
Plans and prices
From FamilySeen's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FamilySeen Premium | $9.99 a month | up to 10 members per circle · up to 20 places · 30 days of location history · per month |
| FamilySeen Premium | $79.99 a year | up to 10 members per circle · up to 20 places · 30 days of location history · per year |
The facts
Each one read from FamilySeen's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Arrival alerts
- Members can save places and receive arrival alerts; the free plan allows 2 places and Premium allows 20.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The service is for families who agree to share locations; account holders must be at least 18, and children may join with parental or guardian consent.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Check-ins and pings
- Check-ins share a place and time with the circle, while a ping prompts someone to respond and does not retrieve their location.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Invites
- Circle owners can invite people by phone number, QR code or link, and invitees can join with only a display name.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Location history
- Location history includes routes and daily summaries and is retained for up to 30 days; the free plan includes 2 days.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Payments
- Web subscription payments are processed by Stripe, and FamilySeen says it does not see or store full card numbers.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says it does not sell location data and automatically deletes location history after 30 days.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- FamilySeen is a family location sharing and safety service with a live map for family circles.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Security
- The service runs on managed cloud infrastructure using Supabase and Cloudflare, and data is encrypted in transit.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Service limit
- FamilySeen states that SOS, arrival alerts and the live map depend on device settings, battery and network coverage and may be delayed or unavailable.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Sharing controls
- Each person controls their own location sharing and can pause it at any time.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker lists email as the contact channel for privacy and service questions.checked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Kalispell, Montana, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- SOS
- SOS alerts are free on every plan and show the circle the sender’s last known location; the alert reaches family, not emergency services.checked 28 Sep 2026
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