HeyPolo: GPS Location Sharing

Amazing app but it’s needs the feature to get it off the Dynamic Island

Our family used LIFE360 out of necessity but then sadly discovered their horrible record regarding privacy. We trialed HeyPolo and found the following: Locations are unlimited and you can set multiple location alerts for per person. This is HUGE! To get that on Life360, you have to pay $150 annually, while lower tier options get you alerts for two locations total, which doesn’t cut it for a family. So that’s a win for HeyPolo! In HeyPolo, the blue location indicator on iPhones stays lit for a good amount of time. Young family members found this concerning and too invasive. They know their location is being used all the time but they don’t want to be reminded of it so much. The location indicator stayed on so much that it became meaningless to them as they could not tell if something else nefarious was tracking them. The deal breaker issue with HeyPolo is that each member has to open it every day (?) or so (?) to remain active. Even with the two recommended location settings turned on, those family members that did not open the app would just stall and never show an updated location. Not useful for us at all! The whole idea is to know family member locations without them having to check in or remember to open an app. So that’s a huge issue for us. The good news is that HeyPolo, does NOT waste space and effort providing silly unnecessary comments you can send each other. They don’t have ads. They do not report on driving info (nor sell it presumably). They don’t deem a drive as safe or unsafe. (That also means they don’t erroneously detect a passenger’s phone use as a dangerous drive like Life360 regularly does.) HeyPolo claims that they don’t sell your data. The developers are responsive and rolling out fixes. I am hopeful about HeyPolo but just need improvements to make it more useful for families.

It’s fun very convenient accurate I love it. I would recommend it to anyone.