“Notifications don’t work — Was really excited about this app but despite deleting and reinstalling, restarting my phone, having everyone in my group do these things, and making sure notifications are on for everyone, this app won’t send a…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 451 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.4 ★17,945 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
148 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Put safety first with Famio.
Designed for your peace of mind, Famio keeps track of your loved ones so that you don't have to. Thanks to Famio, you will always know where they are and whether they need any help.
What can you do with Famio?
- Locate your family members, kids, friends, and loved ones in real-time, at any time. - See your loved ones' location history to make sure everyone is staying safe. - Receive notifications when they arrive or leave home, work, or school. - Create separate groups for family and friends. - Get a heads up when someone's phone is low on battery, which can affect your communication.
Take your safety to the next level and focus on your day, knowing that everyone is doing well. Famio will keep you updated 24/7.
Famio offers a variety of features that go beyond location tracking:…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.44 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.44, updated 2026-07-04.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 5
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (12 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 28 distinct reviewers (6.2% of 451 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.1% of 451 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 15 distinct reviewers (3.3% of 451 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 40 distinct reviewers (8.9% of 451 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“False advertising — Ya”
“They do not unsubscribe you. False advertising. — Purchased based on finding phone number locations as advertised. Was not what was needed nor advertised. I’ve taken the necessary consumer rights actions to unsubscribe to automatic…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.44.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$7.99
Highest$29.99
Famio Weekly Premium$9.99
Weekly Plan$9.99
Famio Lifetime Premium$24.99
Famio Premium$7.99
Famio Premium$11.99
Show 3 more purchases
Famio Premium$29.99
Unlock Premium Access$14.99
Famio Premium$19.99