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Family Tracker Lite app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 9632 ratings )
Social Networking Lifestyle
Developer: LogSat Software LLC
Free
Current version: 3.6.0, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 11 Jul 2012
App size: 4.34 Mb

NEWS:
Family Tracker was used to locate a missing child - see news report on: http://www.reuters.com/article/net-us-app-missing-idUSBRE8460GZ20120507

***SUPPORT NOTICE****
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Family Tracker allows you to track your wife, husband, children and fiancée. You can now find out where they are, at anytime, as long as they have their phones with them. Family Tracker is available for other platforms as well, so you can track (and be tracked by) other devices as well - check our website for more details.

Please note that starting with the new iOS4 and supported hardware, Family Tracker runs in the background at all times, and, unlike previous versions of Family Tracker, user intervention is **NOT** needed for you to track them. Family Tracker runs at all times, continuously updating the GPS location of the device. Even if the iPhone is rebooted, Family Tracker will automatically resume tracking and updating its position!

So how does this work?

Simple. Install Family Tracker on the iPhone/iPad you want to track. From then on, you can use either a web browser or via the Family Tracker app itself installed on your own iPhone/iPad to locate your family member.

If the device you wish to track does not support multitasking (for example, older iPhones 3G, iPads), you can still use Family Tracker to locate the family member. Using the web or your own iPhone, you will be able to "ping" the other iPhone. This is done by sending the other iPhone a (free) “Apple Push Notification” which will cause an alert to sound on your family member’s iPhone, even if the phone in is stand-by, just as would happen if the iPhone receives an SMS. As soon as this alert is acknowledged, their GPS position will be recorded, and their location will be updated on a map. If you are using an iPhone yourself to track them, you will be sent a Push Notification to inform you that the family member has accepted your "ping". These notifications will be automatically re-sent every 60 seconds until they are acknowledged. If the recipient is trying to ignore them or does not hear them, this repetition will help acknowledging them.

Family Tracker does not need to know your iPhone cell number to function, as it does not send SMS messages for notifications. Your email address is instead used to send free Apple Push Notifications to the iPhones being tracked. These notifications are free, specific to our Family Tracker application, and work anywhere in the world as long as the iPhone and/or iTouch being tracked has internet access via the cellular network or WiFi.

Notice: ***Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.*** For this reason, we strongly recommend users to configure Family Tracker to use the "Driving Only" accuracy in the GPS setting. This special mode updates the GPS location only when a significant location change occurs, which results in a tremendous gain in battery life.

Try it for free for 14 days. After that iTunes subscriptions are available for either $1.99/month, or $5.99/3 months, or $9.99/6 months or $19.99/year. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Privacy policy & terms of use: http://logsat.com/family-tracker-privacy.asp

Latest reviews of Family Tracker Lite app for iPhone and iPad

Just what we needed!
As the title says, this is *exactly* the app we were looking for! Tested this lite version, and it works great. Ill purchase the main app so I can use it without a subscription if I want to. Confusing at first on how to "pair" the phones, but after a quick email from their support (and I mean quick...! got a reply back in less than an hour) I got everything figured out and this is all way cool!!
Lousy app
In the several times I have tried to track my child, it only showed the correct position once. It has shown my position, but I already know where I am. The FTr app conveniently forgot to mention that it will NOT unless you create an account for $2 / month. - Dave
Very useful
This app works great and it is exactly what I was looking for. It is very accurate and shows location history as well.
Subscription??
Anyone who pays for a subscription to an app that doesnt cost them anything extra once it is built is a moron
Data sucker
You better have unlimited data if your going to use this app!
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