Some warnings 1 confirmed warning. Checked: 38 reviews and the Android app’s code.
From our automated analysis, 31 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 1.13.6 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-31 .
The store currently lists version 1.13.6, updated 2024-09-09.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Keep your family safe and connected with Smart Family Locator, the reliable and respectful GPS tracker designed for modern peace of mind. Our app provides a private, consent-based way to know your loved ones are safe, without the invasive feel of a "spy app."
From real-time GPS tracking on a private map to instant SOS alerts, we give you the tools you need to worry less and connect more.
KNOW THEY'RE SAFE WITH "PLACES" Stop wondering if they made it. Create custom "Safe Zones" or geofences for "Home," "School," or "Work". You'll get automatic alerts when your family members arrive or leave, so you'll always be in the know.
ESSENTIAL SAFETY FEATURES
SOS Alerts: In an emergency, a single tap on the SOS button sends an immediate alert to your family circle with a live location.
Battery Monitoring: See your family's battery level in a clear, simple list.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Paywall is server-configured and A/B tested via RevenueCat Paywalls — the offer shown can differ per user
The app ships a remote paywall-experimentation SDK, so the offer shown is configured server-side and may differ per user — including from anything we or a reviewer saw.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:9ae2c8cc9cb1abedeeb679faecb71854d28b1b9db5481200dc82a21a34246b68Facts that add context without being a charge.
Requests 9 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION, ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, CAMERA, READ_CONTACTS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_PHONE_STATE, SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW); the median for 182 scanned…
The package requests substantially more of the device's sensitive permissions than the typical app in its category. This is a measurement, not an accusation: a permission is granted because a feature needs it, and a wide request list is a reason to look rather than a finding on its own.
Package artefact
sha256:9ae2c8cc9cb1abedeeb679faecb71854d28b1b9db5481200dc82a21a34246b68Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Offer expires in"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
Package artefact
sha256:9ae2c8cc9cb1abedeeb679faecb71854d28b1b9db5481200dc82a21a34246b68No review-based observation is published in this assessment. That does not establish that reviewers had no problems.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 1.13.6, scanned 25 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 1.13.6 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-31 .
The store currently lists version 1.13.6, updated 2024-09-09.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Thanks for the amazing response to our major update! We are back with a quick fix to keep things running perfectly. UPDATED: We squashed a small bug from the last release to improve app stability. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Manage Your Places: You can now easily edit and delete your saved Places (Home, School, Work) from a simple list. • Improved Interface: A cleaner, faster way to set your Geofence radius. Love the update? Please leave us a review! It helps us keep the updates coming.
No release notes were provided for this version.
smart-family-locatorAssessed 2026-10-31 from 38 user reviews and the app's package.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
This assessment is produced automatically. Four independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every recurring plan the store lists is named as weekly, the term read from the purchase names, with a list cut off at the store’s 10-item maximum not assessed; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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