OrbilyLive – the family safety and private location sharing app
Know they’re safe.
Wherever they are.
The family safety app with private location sharing, SOS alerts and check-ins. Off until you choose, and only for as long as you say.
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Family location sharing
See where your family is.
When it matters.
Check the kids got to school. See that everyone is nearly home. Find your friends when you’re away together. Live location on a private map, shared only with the people you choose.
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Family safety.
Peace of mind.
SOS alerts, check-ins and location sharing. Safety essentials, free on every plan.
- Share your live location
Let your family see where you are, on your terms.
- Know they got home
Check in, ask someone to, or get an alert when they arrive home.
- Send an SOS
Reach everyone in your orbit, with where you are.
Share your location with the people you choose.
Safety boundaries
Asked for. Agreed to. Never imposed.
Draw an area around home or school and ask someone in your orbit to turn it on. Nothing runs until they say yes, and they can switch it off whenever they want.
- They see it first
The exact area, the times, and what you will be told.
- Both of you are told
If they leave it, the alert they get says you were told too.
- Off whenever they want
You learn it is off, never why. No trail is kept.
Your people. Your privacy. Your call.
Choose what you share, who sees it and when it stops.
Location sharing
Family orbit
Until 6 pm
Stop sharingIllustrative app controlsOff until you choose
Location sharing starts only when you turn it on.
Your audience, your choice
Choose which orbits see your location and drives.
An end time. A clear stop.
Set a timer or stop sharing whenever you want.
Your location is never sold
No ads. Your drive history is yours to delete.
The everyday, organised
A busy family.
One shared plan.
Doctors’ appointments, parents’ evenings, school pickups and everything in between. See what’s coming up and keep the details together.
- See the week ahead
- Keep event details and to-dos together
- Choose how much to share
Every drive tells a story.
Capture your journeys. Understand your driving. Choose what you share.
More about driving insights
Get to know your driving.
See more than the route. Explore speed, braking, acceleration and cornering to understand the patterns in your journeys.
Moments, shared
Plan the day.
Keep the memories.
From birthday candles to the last slice of cake, bring everyone’s photos together in the event and share them with your orbit.
- Add your photos to the event
- Keep the meeting place with the plan
Find a time that works for everyone.
Jessica’s birthday
Saturday · 2pm
Rose Park · A meeting point for everyone
Photos shared with your family orbit
And when the weekend comes…
Keep the itinerary, meeting points and memories together. Less chasing the details. More enjoying the day.
New · Trip planning
A few days away.
Everyone on the
same page.
The train, the stay, the little places along the way. Bring your trip together in a shared day-by-day plan, and keep connected with your people while you’re away.
- Every day, beautifully laid out
- Your stops and your people on the map
- Check in and look out for each other
A temporary orbit for family holidays and adventures with friends.
Your day-by-day plan and your trip map, together.
Made for the way you live.
- TeenagersSharing your teenager chooses, check-ins instead of constant tracking, and boundaries they agree to.
- The school runOne shared plan, a morning digest, reminders, a family chat and alerts when people get home.
- Ageing parentsDaily check-ins, a gentle way to ask, and an SOS that reaches the whole family, with your parent in charge.
- Group tripsA temporary orbit with a day-by-day plan, one map and a chat, which ends with the trip.
- FestivalsOne map for the group, meeting points on the plan, battery levels, and an orbit that ends on Monday.
- Stag and hen dosThe weekend's plan, polls to decide, a chat beside the map, and an orbit that ends on Sunday.
- Nights outShare on a timer for the evening, know when everyone gets home, and ask someone to check in.
- New driversEach drive's route, braking and phone pickups, and an indicative score to talk about. No leaderboard.
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Check-ins, arrival alerts, a private chat for every orbit and temporary orbits that end by themselves.
Every feature Get started: share with familyQuestions people ask first
OrbilyLive is a private family safety and location sharing app, on iOS and Android and currently in private beta. It shows you where your family is on a live map, sends SOS alerts and check-ins, and tells you when someone gets home, with a shared calendar and driving insights alongside. Location sharing starts only when you choose it, and your location is never sold.
An orbit is a private group in OrbilyLive: your family, your housemates, or friends heading away together. It can be permanent, or temporary for a trip or a night out, ending by itself after an hour, a week, three weeks or a year. For each orbit you choose separately whether to share your live location, share it on a timer, or send updates only.
Everyone in your family orbit can share their live location on a private map, check in when they arrive, and send an SOS that reaches everyone with where they are. You can ask someone to check in, and get an alert when they arrive home. SOS, check-ins and location sharing are free on every plan. OrbilyLive is not an emergency service: in danger, call 999 in the UK or your local emergency number first.
No. You only appear to orbits you have joined, and only in the mode you chose for that orbit. Every member can see who can see them, and there are no hidden modes.
No. Status updates like “landed” or “home safe” are a full way to take part. You still see the calendar, get reminders, check in and can send an SOS.
Sharing stops by itself and everyone is told the orbit has ended. Your live location is deleted the moment sharing stops, so nobody stays tracked after the trip.
Location sharing, SOS alerts, check-ins and everything a trip group needs are free. A paid OrbilyLive Plus adds more permanent orbits, more place alerts and more photo storage. Safety is never paid.
Location runs on motion, not a timer, so a phone sitting still costs almost nothing. Drives are worked out from the location you already share, so recording them adds no extra tracking.
No. Each person's score is indicative and uses the same absolute scale for everyone. The orbit sees an overall average, but members are always listed in the order they joined, never sorted by score, and there is no leaderboard.
Bring your everyday together.
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