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by pwinnski 2476 days ago
What does Life360 provide that Apple's own 'Find My Friends' app does not? That's what my partner and I use to track locations.
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Find My Friends rarely works reliably for me. It regularly says the person can't be located, while if I use services like WhatsApp this never happens. It's also way slow, I've tried meeting people while we were both on the move and missed them because the update rate was too slow. I don't use Life360, but Find My Friends hasn't worked for me for a long time.
Actively notifying you about changes in location, rather than it being a passive thing that the other party has to check.
Find Friends also allows you to request notifications when someone leaves or arrives at a location. It's great for timing when to start dinner.
Android cross compatibility is the only real feature I can think of.