# Smartphone tracking app

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 19, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862 "2014-10-19T22:55:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862/1 "2014-10-19T22:55:07Z")

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I am looking for a smartphone app (both iOS and Android) that would allow me to send my location continuously to others. Basically letting them know real time where I am. Cost to them, which maybe dozens to perhaps hundreds, has to be zero, however I am willing to pay something for this.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862/2 "2014-10-19T23:46:14Z")

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Glympse

You choose how long it should track you, from 5 mins to 4 hrs to the list of phone numbers (text) or emails that you input. I don’t know how many people you can send it to as we’ve only used it for a handful. If you’re moving, it overlays your track onto a map so someone can know where to intercept you.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862/3 "2014-10-19T23:50:24Z")

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There are kid-tracking apps that will do this. Not sure if any are truly standalone or if they are only function when purchased as a provider service.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862/4 "2014-10-20T00:06:27Z")

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Google used to have a great service that did this called Latitude but they got rid of it and rolled its functionality into Google Plus, which is their Facebook clone nobody uses. So one easy option would be to just friend everyone on Plus. The only thing is that I don’t think you can unilaterally share your location without seeing the other person’s location too, if that’s what you’re trying to do.

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-tracking-app/701862/5 "2014-10-20T01:11:18Z")

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> [@GreasyJack](#):
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> Google used to have a great service that did this called Latitude but they got rid of it and rolled its functionality into Google Plus, which is their Facebook clone nobody uses. So one easy option would be to just friend everyone on Plus. The only thing is that I don’t think you can unilaterally share your location without seeing the other person’s location too, if that’s what you’re trying to do.

There’s still Google \*My Tracks. \*