HeyPolo is a location-sharing app for families and friends, made by the team behind Surfshark. Rather than the always-on tracking most location apps default to, it's built around consent: you choose when your location is visible, how precise it is, and who sees it, and it stops as soon as the timer runs out. One subscription covers the whole group, so everyone else joins for free.
Features
- Real-time location sharing: see where your people are on a live map, updated every few seconds
- Exact or general location: share your precise location, or just an approximate area
- Private mode: stay in a group without sharing your location - Sharing controls: choose who sees your location, when and for how long, with settings for each group or person
- Recurring sharing: set a weekly schedule to share at the same times
- Unlimited groups: create groups for family, friends or colleagues, with no limit on groups or people
- Free for invited members: people you invite join without paying
- Place alerts: get notified when someone arrives at or leaves home, school, work or any place you choose
- SOS alerts: tap and slide to send your live location to your whole group in an emergency
- Car crash detection: if a crash is detected and the driver doesn't respond to a check-in, HeyPolo sends their live location to their groups and emergency contacts
- Speed alerts: drivers who opt in can let their group know when they go over the speed limit
- Driving score: each trip is rated from 1 to 10, with a weekly driver report
- Severe weather alerts: get notified when an official weather warning covers someone in your group (US only)
- Trip history: review where your group has been
- Works on iPhone and Android
- Privacy first: HeyPolo never sells your location data
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Use Cases
- Families who want everyone connected without a stream of check-in texts
- Parents of teenagers who want to know a teen got to school, practice or home
- Kids on their first phone, including the walk to school
- New and teen drivers, where speed alerts and driving scores give parents something concrete to discuss
- Older relatives, including those who may wander, with adult children keeping an eye from a distance
- Caregivers who need to confirm someone has arrived or is where they should be
- Couples, including those who travel for work, who want to know when the other is nearly home
- Friends at festivals, on city trips and on hikes, where groups spread out
- Personal safety, such as sharing your location with a friend on a late walk home
- Shift workers whose families want to know a late shift has ended
- Outdoor enthusiasts sharing a location on trails and trips
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Comments
The timed sharing in HeyPolo is what makes it feel different from always-on trackers, since location stops as soon as the timer runs out. Offering both exact and general location, plus a private mode for staying in a group without sharing, gives people real control. The SOS alert that sends live location to the whole group is also a useful safety touch, especially for trips.
Building location sharing around consent instead of always-on tracking is exactly the right default. Being able to share just a general area instead of a precise pin, set a timer so sharing stops on its own, and use recurring schedules for things like the school run makes this feel very different from apps that quietly track 24/7. One subscription covering the whole group while invited members join free is also a smart model for families. A question on the safety features: does car crash detection still work for someone who is in private mode or only sharing a general area? That balance between privacy controls and emergency alerts is the tricky part, so I'd be interested in how HeyPolo handles it.
Building location sharing around consent instead of always-on tracking is exactly the right default. Being able to share just a general area instead of a precise pin, set a timer so sharing stops on its own, and use recurring schedules for things like the school run makes this feel very different from apps that quietly track 24/7. One subscription covering the whole group while invited members join free is also a smart model for families. A question on the safety features: does car crash detection still work for someone who is in private mode or only sharing a general area? That balance between privacy controls and emergency alerts is the tricky part, so I'd be interested in how HeyPolo handles it.
Love that HeyPolo leads with consent. As someone building a transparent parental app myself, I know how rare that is in the family-safety space. How do you handle the hand-off as kids grow up? For example, can a teen request to reduce sharing to "check-in only", and does the parent get notified of that change rather than it happening silently? Congrats on the launch!
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The timed sharing in HeyPolo is what makes it feel different from always-on trackers, since location stops as soon as the timer runs out. Offering both exact and general location, plus a private mode for staying in a group without sharing, gives people real control. The SOS alert that sends live location to the whole group is also a useful safety touch, especially for trips.
Building location sharing around consent instead of always-on tracking is exactly the right default. Being able to share just a general area instead of a precise pin, set a timer so sharing stops on its own, and use recurring schedules for things like the school run makes this feel very different from apps that quietly track 24/7. One subscription covering the whole group while invited members join free is also a smart model for families. A question on the safety features: does car crash detection still work for someone who is in private mode or only sharing a general area? That balance between privacy controls and emergency alerts is the tricky part, so I'd be interested in how HeyPolo handles it.
Building location sharing around consent instead of always-on tracking is exactly the right default. Being able to share just a general area instead of a precise pin, set a timer so sharing stops on its own, and use recurring schedules for things like the school run makes this feel very different from apps that quietly track 24/7. One subscription covering the whole group while invited members join free is also a smart model for families. A question on the safety features: does car crash detection still work for someone who is in private mode or only sharing a general area? That balance between privacy controls and emergency alerts is the tricky part, so I'd be interested in how HeyPolo handles it.
Love that HeyPolo leads with consent. As someone building a transparent parental app myself, I know how rare that is in the family-safety space. How do you handle the hand-off as kids grow up? For example, can a teen request to reduce sharing to "check-in only", and does the parent get notified of that change rather than it happening silently? Congrats on the launch!
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