Phone Tracker: Phone Locator

Location sharing for families and small groups

Phone Tracker: Phone Locator is a Maps & Navigation app for people who want to see where connected family members or friends are. It suits households coordinating school runs, commutes, and arrivals, as well as anyone who wants a shared view of a group’s locations rather than a one-time map pin.

What it keeps track of

The app provides location updates through GPS and can show the recent movement history of connected members. Place-based alerts can notify you when someone enters or leaves a selected area, such as home or school. You can also check the battery level of linked devices, which gives useful context when a person stops responding.

Sharing with controls

Location sharing is based on an invite-style group setup, so people join a private circle instead of being added to a public map. Members can control whether their location is visible, allowing sharing to be paused when appropriate. This makes the app more suitable for agreed family or friend groups than for monitoring someone without their knowledge.

At a glance

• Developer: QR Code Scanner
• Category: Maps & Navigation
• Rating: 4.2 from 80,967 reviews
• Installs: 10,000,000+

Its main appeal is the combination of live location sharing, arrival and departure alerts, battery visibility, and location history in one straightforward family locator. GPS activity may affect battery life, especially when frequent background updates are enabled, so it is best used with location settings that match how often the group needs updates.