Family Tracker for iPad

NEWS:

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Lifestyle	$2.99	LogSat Software LLC	iPhone, iPad, iPod

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****
We do help everyone who contacts us via our [email protected] email address, but unfortunately most users give bad ratings without ever contacting us for support. Please do contact us if you have any issues, we're always there to help!
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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.

Additional pro features, such as the ability to see the past locations for the previous 2 weeks, and the ability to set geofences so you are alerted when users that you track enter or leave certain areas are available via an optional iTunes subscription.
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. Subscriptions are available for either $2.99/month, or $8.99/3 months, or $15.99/6 months or $29.99/year. Privacy policy & terms of use: http://logsat.com/family-tracker-privacy.asp

Reviews

No Map - No Tracking
UVSAngie

This does not work. Purchased for my iPad, then purchased it for four iPhones so we can all track and NOTHING. We tried over and over. The map does not show on the page. WASTE...I've yet to see a seamless GPS for iPhones and now iPads...SAVE YOUR MONEY

MAKE SURE YOU SAY
Beans Queen

Because if you don't, they don't allow you to do ANYTHING. I just wasted $7.99 because there is NO OPTION to go back and change it.

Does not work
biggless

Took me $10 to find out it does not work. Never received the email on my .me account.

Great Idea, but just Doesn't work at all
johnharbo

I loved what this promised, but the app does not deliver. I set this up and got an initial location from my wife, but after that, it never update or delivered the push notifications required to update location. Same problem when I installed it on my wife's iphone. Biggest waste of $8 I've ever invested in an iPhone app. Do not buy this.

Bad add
John0786

Payed 10$ for nothing

BE AWARE! BAD PRACTICE!
aivanoff

This app offers a good service for sure! HOWEVER, it is not clear that you have to buy it multiple times. Well, in order to use it, you have to purchase the app for every device you want to track. I'm trying to get a refund and I didn't hear anything back from costumer service. I consider this a bad practice considering that it is useless if you don't have it installed in the other device.

Does not work
Jh00001

I'm 5 hours into trying to make this thing work and . . . nothing. I believe I have ruled out all other possible sources of the problem other than that this app simply does not work. This conclusion is further supported by the other people with problems with it. Save your money.

Broken and misleading
Timeoff

This app is severely buggy. I'm blown away Apple decided to feature it. does Apple even test their products? Email verification usually doesn't work, halting the app. If you get past this stage, you discover you have to either buy it multiple times or have everyone you know using the same iTunes account and redownload. It's not in the app description (big surprise) that you basically have to pay multiple times. Misleading, buggy and bad. An awful app.

Works, but could use some improvements
bryans67

I like the app and it has some good features. I like that I can see all the iPhones/iPads I'm tracking on the map at the same time. It works just like the developer says it does, and the tracking is accurate. Two problems I have with it. First, set up was a bit confusing. It worked best when you ask to track a device, and then from that device accept it. If you try to give permission to track from the device you want to track, it doesn't work. Once I got everything set up after three tries, it all worked fine. Secondly, tracking only works if you ping a device AND the person using that device accepts it. I would like to be able to track the device even if the notifications are ignored. I only hope that the app will be updated with the new iOS 4 to somehow take advantage of background processes to accomplish this. Overall it's a great concept and a good implementation. Needs a few improvements for it to really shine.