Features

Built for the moment you actually open it.

Famloop does the handful of things a family needs when someone is late, on the road, or simply out — and it tells you the truth about every one of them.

The family map

Everyone who has joined your Loop and turned on sharing, on one warm, readable map. Each member carries a Signal state describing how fresh their location genuinely is.

Tap anyone for their battery level, distance and ETA, plus a direct route to them, live tracking, a message or their history. Switch between Loops from the title without losing your place.

  • Battery level, distance and ETA per member
  • Warm map styling designed for glanceability
  • Full dark mode

Signal states & Signal Check

Freshness is never stored or cached — it is worked out fresh from what the phone last reported. Live needs an active sharing session and a fix from moments ago, so a phone that has sat still for hours cannot appear live.

When something is blocking updates, Signal Check names the exact setting and links straight to it, instead of leaving you to guess why a relative is stuck on the map.

  • Six honest states, never guessed
  • Readable without relying on colour
  • Guided fixes for permissions and battery saving

Safe Arrival Timers

Heading home late? Pick a destination and an arrival time. You get a gentle reminder before the deadline, and check in with one tap when you get there.

Miss it, and Famloop tells the family members you chose, with your last known location attached. Those alerts arrive even when the app is closed.

And if a check-in or SOS fails to send, Famloop says so plainly rather than showing a reassuring tick. Your Loop is never told something happened when it did not.

  • You choose who gets alerted
  • Reminder before the deadline
  • Watch Live or message straight from a timer
  • Timers that repeat on the days you choose Premium

And the rest of it

Place alerts

Save Home, School, Work or anywhere custom, and get told when someone arrives or leaves. Hysteresis and cooldowns filter out the repeat false alerts that make other apps unusable.

Schedule a rule for the times that matter — school days only, for instance. Premium

Live tracking & ETA

Follow a trip in real time with route progress and arrival estimates. The tracked person always sees that it is on and can stop it — there is no covert mode.

Location history

Review routes and places day by day. Where no reliable location existed, Famloop marks a gap rather than drawing a line it is guessing at.

Free keeps 2 days; Premium keeps 365. Export any day as a PDF. Premium

SOS & check-ins

Hold to activate an SOS and your Loop is alerted instantly with your location and battery level. One-tap "I'm Safe" check-ins work the other way round.

Driving & speed alerts

A heads-up when a new driver goes past the speed threshold you set, with noisy GPS blips filtered out so you are not woken by a glitch. Trip summaries after the drive. Premium

Private family chat

A chat for each Loop, with check-ins and safety events woven into the same thread. No public profiles, no strangers, no discovery.

Battery & device awareness

See each member's battery level, so "their phone died" becomes something you can tell at a glance instead of a worry.

Notifications you control

Mute a Loop, pick which events reach you, and choose per timer who gets alerted. Nothing is all-or-nothing.

Several Loops

Keep immediate family, grandparents and a group of friends separate — up to 5 Loops of 10 members each. Premium

Joining a Loop

Consent is the first screen, not a setting.

Famloop explains what it needs and why before it asks the system for anything — so nobody taps "Allow" without knowing what they agreed to.

Welcome What the app is, before you sign up.

Join with a code The only way in.

Why we ask Explained before the system prompt.

Your Loop Members, chat and events.

Bring your family into the loop

Start with the people who matter most.

Free for a Loop of up to 3 members, with place alerts, SOS, check-ins and a Safe Arrival Timer. Upgrade only if your family outgrows it.

iPhone on iOS 18 or later, and Android. Everyone joins by choice.