maclife.com SEP 2019 65CIRCLE OF 6
Free Made for iPhoneThis is a low–touch way for a group to
look out for each other. Add up to six
friends/family in the app, and you can
send your location and a message to
them all instantly. That can be vital in an
emergency if you need people to track
your location, but it’s also useful to find
each other any other time. You can also
send a message requesting a call, so you
can escape from a bad date, for example.GLYMPSE
Free Made for iPhone, iPad,
iPod touch, Apple Watch
This flexible location–sharing app doesn’t
require other people to sign up to it
— you can share your location with
contacts using almost any kind of contact
info, and they get an easy link to open.
Share your location and destination, how
long to share for (with travel time
predictions built in), and even set sharing
to end when you reach your destination.
NET NANNY PARENTAL
CONTROL APP
Free (IAPs) Made for iPhone, iPad,
iPod touchUnlike the other apps here, this is more
about helping to ensure your child is
behaving safely online, rather than in the
real world (though it does have location
tracking of their phone). Its Family Feed
tells you what your kid is doing online,
so you can be sure they’re not at risk of
predators, with filters if needed.Image rights from left: Glympse, Zift Software LLC, The Line Campaign.