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Life360 vs Where: catalog facts
Life360	Where
Best for: Families who want to share locations and get arrival and driving alerts	Best for: Friends who want to share live location without creating accounts
Free + paid options Free to start, with paid plans that add more safety features.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Android, iOS	Android, iOS
Shared family map with place-based arrival and departure alerts Crash detection and driving reports All 4 strengths for Life360 Shared family map with place-based arrival and departure alerts Crash detection and driving reports Discreet SOS alert Also locates Tile trackers in the same app	End-to-end encrypted location sharing No account or persistent identity required All 3 strengths for Where End-to-end encrypted location sharing No account or persistent identity required Apps for Android and iOS
Location history is stored on the company's service Several safety features sit behind paid plans All 3 limitations for Life360 Location history is stored on the company's service Several safety features sit behind paid plans Only useful when everyone in the group agrees to share	Location sharing depends on a server
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Life360 life360.com Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Where where.af0.net Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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