Family location and organiser apps
OurFamLife vs Life360, Glympse and Cozi
Life360, Glympse and Cozi each solve a useful family problem. OurFamLife brings private family location sharing, daily step counting, recorded walking trips and everyday family organisation together in one app and a fully functional web interface.
Updated 11 September 2026Why choose OurFamLife?
- Everything in one app — family calendar & planner, shopping lists and location sharing.
- Replay trips — watch a recorded journey play back with time and speed.
- See the whole day — view a simple list of each person's daily travels.
- Choose your battery use — Ultra Battery Saver, Battery Saver, Balanced or Live tracking.
- Live traffic layer for maps — optionally show slow traffic in orange and very slow traffic in red alongside family locations. Available on desktop for Plus and Protect; no traffic overlay runs on phones.
- Share with anyone — send a temporary Ping so someone can follow your journey in their web browser, with no app required.
- Pin photos to your trip — easily share your snaps so family following along can see what you see, where you saw it.
- Full web access — see locations, manage the calendar, lists and more from your laptop.
- Count steps and record walks — see daily step totals and recorded walking trips with step counts on supported phones.
- Include the whole family — add children and pets without phones to your family calendar and planning. A device-free profile does not provide live location tracking.
- Give teens privacy from siblings — choose "Share with guardians only" in the app. Family owners and guardians can still see their location; siblings with ordinary member roles cannot.
- No ads.
- We don't sell your family data.
OurFamLife brings these tools together in one family space. Some features, including daily history and temporary browser-sharing links, are also available in Life360. Plan, device and region limits can apply; see the comparison below.
OurFamLife vs Life360
Life360 is strongest when the main job is family location and safety. OurFamLife is for families who want the live map plus calendars, shopping lists, temporary pings, device-free children or family profiles, and full web access in the same family space.
| Feature | OurFamLife | Life360 |
|---|---|---|
| Family live map | Yes | Yes |
| Place alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Review recorded journeys | Animated trip replay with time and recorded speed | Daily history with timestamp navigation and drive details |
| Record walking trips with step counts | Yes | Different feature focus |
| Daily step counter | Yes, on supported phones | Different feature focus |
| List the daily travels | Yes | Yes, location history and drives |
| Location history | Yes, plan-limited | Yes, tiered |
| Teenagers can hide their location from each other | Yes, guardians-only sharing keeps family owners and guardians informed | Circle-level sharing controls; no equivalent guardians-only setting documented |
| Pin photos to your trips | Yes | No |
| Anyone can suspend their location visibility | Yes | Yes, sharing can be paused per Circle |
| Battery usage/saving modes | Yes | No |
| Crash detection and driver safety tools | Phone usage, (crash detection coming) | Available depending on plan and region |
| SOS alert | Yes | Yes |
| Temporary web share links to send to anyone without the app | Yes, Ping links | Yes, temporary location-sharing links |
| Shared family calendar | Yes | No |
| Shopping lists | Yes | No |
| Web app for family map and tools | Yes | No |
| Fully functional web interface | Yes, family map and organiser tools | No |
| Children or family profiles without their own device | Yes, useful for calendars, lists and family context | No |
| Family organiser + location together | Yes | No |
| Contains ads | No | Yes |
| Selling family location data | No | Yes, Previously. |
Life360 references checked 11 September 2026: Daily History, Location & Drive History, sharing controls and temporary location sharing.
OurFamLife vs Cozi
Cozi is strongest as a family organiser. OurFamLife keeps the organiser pieces, then adds live location, saved places and family map features.
| Feature | OurFamLife | Cozi |
|---|---|---|
| Shared family calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Shopping lists | Yes | Yes |
| Reminders and family planning | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar feed import/sync | Yes, plan-limited | Yes, depending on setup |
| Family live map | Yes | No |
| Place alerts | Yes | No |
| Temporary location Ping links | Yes | No |
| Location history | Yes, plan-limited | No |
| Record walking trips with step counts | Yes | Organiser focus |
| Daily step counter | Yes, on supported phones | Organiser focus |
| Family organiser + location together | Yes | Organiser focus |
| Fully functional web interface | Yes, family map and organiser tools | Yes, organiser-focused |
OurFamLife vs Glympse
Glympse is strongest for temporary location sharing links. OurFamLife includes temporary Ping links too, but also keeps the family map and organiser around those links.
| Feature | OurFamLife | Glympse |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary share links | Yes, Ping links | Yes |
| No app required for viewer | Yes, for Ping links | Yes |
| Viewer can request more time | Yes | No |
| Request a new share from the viewer page | Yes, invite the sender to create a new Ping | No |
| Maximum share duration | 24 Hours | 4 Hours |
| Permanent family live map | Yes | Temporary sharing focus |
| Fully functional web interface | Yes, family map and organiser tools | Viewer links for temporary shares |
| Children or family profiles without their own device | Yes, useful for calendars, lists and family context | Not the main temporary-sharing model |
| Place alerts | Yes | No |
| Location history | Yes, plan-limited | Temporary/session-based |
| Record walking trips with step counts | Yes | Temporary sharing focus |
| Daily step counter | Yes, on supported phones | Temporary sharing focus |
| Shared calendar and shopping lists | Yes | No |
| Privacy-first family organiser | Yes | Temporary sharing focus |
OurFamLife compared with Life360
Life360 is a mature family location and safety app. Depending on country and plan, it includes family location sharing, location history, place alerts, crash detection, driving safety features and other protection tools.
OurFamLife is different because it combines the family live map with shared calendars, shopping lists, temporary Ping links, web access and family organisation tools. It is built for families who want location context without making location the only job of the app.
OurFamLife compared with Glympse
Glympse focuses on quick, temporary location sharing. It is especially useful when you want to send a link for a short period and the viewer should not need to install an app.
OurFamLife includes temporary Ping links too, but places them inside a broader family space with permanent family members, map buddies, place alerts, shared calendars and shopping lists.
OurFamLife compared with Cozi
Cozi focuses on family organisation: shared calendars, reminders, shopping lists and family planning. It is a strong fit for families who mainly need schedules and lists.
OurFamLife includes family organiser tools as well, then adds the family live map, saved places, place alerts, location history and temporary location pings.
Daily steps and recorded walks
With physical-activity permission on a supported phone, OurFamLife can show a Steps today tally and include step totals with recorded walking trips. Families can see everyday walking activity alongside the live map and trip history without needing a separate family organiser.
Privacy-first family location sharing
OurFamLife is designed around private family spaces. The app is built without ads, and the product is positioned around not selling family location data. Location sharing is meant to be useful for everyday family coordination, not a public feed.
Families can use temporary Ping links when they want short-lived sharing, and family members can use sharing controls when location visibility should be more limited.
Which app is best for you?
- Choose OurFamLifeIf you want all apps combined - family location sharing, a daily step counter, recorded walking trips, place alerts, temporary pings, shared calendars, shopping lists, family tools, web access and a privacy-first approach in one place.
- Choose Life360If your main priority is a family location app with deeper driver, crash and protection features depending on your plan and region.
- Choose CoziIf your main priority is shared family scheduling, lists and reminders, and you do not need a family live map or location sharing with anyone.
Bring the family map and family organiser together
OurFamLife is for families who want a calm shared place for where people are, what is happening today, what needs buying, children or family members who do not have their own device, and when someone needs a temporary location link.
Life360, Glympse, Cozi and related marks belong to their respective owners. OurFamLife is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by those services.