Life360: Family Safety & GPS

Life360 Review: A Family Map That Grades Driving

Driving Reports Score Every Trip

The driving tab summarises a week for the whole household — 254 miles, a top speed of 76 mph, 40 drives — then breaks it into events: speeding, phone usage, hard braking, rapid acceleration, each with a count. Individual trips open as a map with the route, timestamps and the same event markers, so a five-mile drive shows where the phone was picked up and where the braking was sharp. For parents of new drivers that is the app's real product; for the driver it is surveillance with a score attached.

Place Alerts Fire on Arrival and Departure

Notifications arrive as plain statements: left school at 4:31, arrived at home, completed a five-mile drive with a top speed of 34 mph. Places are defined once and then watched, which removes the checking-in habit families otherwise fall into. The map itself shows each member with a live speed badge when they are moving, plus a check-in button and an SOS that alerts the circle. Free accounts get a limited number of places; unlimited alerts and 30 days of location history sit behind the paid tiers.

Location and Health Data Go to Third Parties

This is the part to read before installing it on a teenager's phone. Google Play lists seven collected categories, including messages, and names location and health and fitness data as shared with third parties. The listing also carries a Contains ads badge on the free tier. Memberships are $7.99 for Silver, $14.99 for Gold and $24.99 for Platinum a month, adding roadside assistance, crash detection and longer history, each with a seven-day trial. Cancelling is handled in the app's membership tab, and the free tier keeps working afterwards rather than locking the map.