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Findfamily vs ToLoShare: catalog facts
Findfamily	ToLoShare
Best for: Families who want location sharing without a big-tech account	Best for: Sharing your live location with family over Tox instead of a big-platform service
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Android	Android
End-to-end encrypted location sharing No email or phone number needed All 4 strengths for Findfamily End-to-end encrypted location sharing No email or phone number needed Pause sharing with specific people Notifications for saved places	Live location sharing over peer-to-peer Tox OpenStreetMap map display All 3 strengths for ToLoShare Live location sharing over peer-to-peer Tox OpenStreetMap map display Desktop version available
Android only Lives inside a large monorepo with many other apps, so its own documentation is hard to find	Contacts need Tox-compatible software to see your location Limited documentation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Findfamily github.com/vayun-mathur/Modern-Apps f-droid.org/packages/com.vayunmathur.findfamily Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ToLoShare github.com/zoff99/ToLoShare f-droid.org/packages/com.zoffcc.applications.toloshare Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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