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Best alternatives to find my friends app for android

It can sometimes be difficult to plan for lunch with friends or track their location when meeting with them in a specific place. Find my Friends is a good app for this, but there are other good alternatives out there. Here is a list of friend-tracking-apps for your consideration.

1.Glympse

Free download
Glympse allows you to share your location every time using GPS tracking technology. This is ideal to let all your family members, friends and co-workers know where you are every time. 
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  • Humberto Rendón

    by Humberto Rendón

    The built in GPS features really came in handy recently during a camping trip we took to Yosemite. It works great when you take trips with your family More

  • by Alfredo Castellanos

    I didn't really like the Find My Friends app because your friends have to be an Apple or android user to be found. Glympse lets you find anyone with j More

  • Ralph Munoz

    by Ralph Munoz

    Glympse is a fantastic application for Android users that replaces Find My Friends. You can keep track of friends and family in your groups and share  More

  • by Dhruv Mukopadhyay

    I was looking for an alternative to the "Find My Friends" app and came across Glympse. I have to say that I am very impressed! It was free to sign-up  More

2.Google+

Free download

Google+ lets you discover amazing things created by passionate people and explore your interests. You can also join communities of people around any topic, group things you love into collections or build a home stream, and more.

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  • Ryan Peters

    by Ryan Peters

    Google+ is awesome substitute for those who have an Android but love the Find My Friends App for iPhone! Not only can you find your own friends but yo More

  • Mildred Hawkins

    by Mildred Hawkins

    Not really sure how this app can help me find my friend? I mean yeah maybe it works but not really sure how?? Do I have to download the maps or what?  More

  • Timothy Palmer

    by Timothy Palmer

    Google+ is the only solution available for finding apps for Android phones. This is a good solution and easy to use, just type in the name of the app  More

  • Ronald Pena

    by Ronald Pena

    Super useful and informative app! This app is like a little community and you can join groups based on your interests or certain topics. You can commu More

3.Foursquare Swarm: Check In

Free download

With Foursquare Swarm, you can remember the places you go and celebrate your accomplishments with stickers and coins. Stay connected to your inner explorer and have more fun along the way.

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  • Joseph Medina

    by Joseph Medina

    I was looking for a good app that would allow my friends and I to share locations of dinners, meet-ups, and parties. I found a solution in the App Fou More

  • Dylan Hayes

    by Dylan Hayes

    This is a pretty worthless app. I do not need an app to tell my how many times I have hung out with a friend or visited a place.

  • by Henry Walsh

    This app does more than just the find my friends app. It allows you to keep track of previous interactions with people and where. They also have small More

4.GPS Phone Tracker

with in-app purchases

GPS Phone Tracker is an application makes it easy to keep track of life's essentials. This can be used to find your friends, your phone and stay updated with your friends' location. 

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  • Elvira Barragán

    by Elvira Barragán

    At first I thought GPS phone tracker is literally for tracking your phone when it got lost. But my best friend told me to install it so we can get to  More

  • Michael Clark

    by Michael Clark

    This app allows you to not only locate your friends and get directions to them, but it also allows you to track and find a lost or stolen phone. This  More

  • by Ishan Chavan

    I was looking for something to find where my friends were at. I know a lot of apps can do similar things, but this one seemed to be just what i was lo More

  • Walter Castillo

    by Walter Castillo

    So I was looking for an alternative to Find My Friends app on Android because i needed to stalk my girlfriend, and I found GPS Phone Tracker! It is a  More

5.Family Locator - GPS Tracker

with in-app purchases

Family Locator is an easy way to stay connected with the people who matter most. With Life360, you can create your own groups called "Circles", view the real-time location of Circle Members, locate both Android phones and iPhone, and more.

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  • Bruce He

    by Bruce He

    Family Locator is a free alternative to the "Find my Friends" app for Android that allows you to create groups of people with whom you can chat and tr More

  • Anna Lawson

    by Anna Lawson

    For me, this app is the best alternative to Find my Friends since it is also designed to find not just family members but also friends. I even tried i More

  • Kyle Carter

    by Kyle Carter

    You'll want to get Family Locator because it offers so many features and functions not found on the Find My Friends app for Android. It is simply the  More

  • Jennifer Anderson

    by Jennifer Anderson

    Family Locator is an excellent alternative to Find My Friends. Even though it's designed for families, which is how I use it, it allows for multiple g More

6.Find My Friends for Android

with in-app purchases

Find My Friends for Android is the premier friend locator app that helps you find your friends, locate your friends on a Map, let friends find you, chat with friends, and much more.

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  • Amanda Carter

    by Amanda Carter

    THE BEST alternative!!! I was checking out who my friends near me, and I got to see some pictures popping up from different locations close to mine. ( More

  • Craig Burns

    by Craig Burns

    This is about all you have. But you will see this has been updated and is very user friendly now!

  • Richard Robertson

    by Richard Robertson

    I love apps like this--it is so good to feel connected to family and friends. Plenty of cool options for you with this app. Very helpful, recommended  More

7.GeoZilla GPS Locator

with in-app purchases

GeoZilla GPS Locator allows you to easily locate a friend or a family in real time using the GPS tracker. It lets you know when a family leaves or arrives at a place, see where they have been during the day on the map, and much more.

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  • by Brenda Flores

    I wanted an alternative to another app I have that helps you find friends. GeoZilla fit the bill perfect, with its Family GPS locator. I can see where More

  • by Jerry Daniels

    This is a great alternative to the Find My Friends app, it has all of the same features. There is really no difference in functionality.

  • by Eugene Barnes

    I like this app to find out where my kids are. My child was always claiming to go to the library but I was suspicious. I downloaded this app and was a More

8.Family Locator & GPS Tracker

with in-app purchases

The ZoeMob Family Locator is a very accurate cell phone tracker service to monitor your family with GPS tracking technology. A safe way to track the location of your kids using an exclusive and private family map feature.

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  • Bruce Bowman

    by Bruce Bowman

    This Family Locator app gives me so much peace of mind! When I do not know where my children are and begin to worry I can pull out this app and instan More

  • Roy Alvarez

    by Roy Alvarez

    Family Locator & GPS Tracker is a good way to keep tabs on family. We've mostly used it when on road trips, especially when caravanning with o More

  • carlos casillas

    by carlos casillas

    I hate it

  • Nicholas Lewis

    by Nicholas Lewis

    Well this is a game changer for my family. I can now monitor my kids, Brad and Kim, when they are out in the neighborhood. They will not like it but t More

9.Familonet - Family Location Sharing

with in-app purchases

Familonet - Family Location Sharing is a free locator that lets you stay connected with your family and friends. It offers real-time location tracking on a map, automatic push notifications when a family member arrives at or leaves a place, and more.

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  • Alan Obrien

    by Alan Obrien

    I've never really been fond of Find My Friends and find that it slows down my phone and cause weird errors. But I like the idea, and I found Familonet More

  • Austin Ford

    by Austin Ford

    This is a great app for making sure that I can locate my family. It is a wonderful, free app that is a great substitute to Find My Friends.

  • Carl Hansen

    by Carl Hansen

    I needed an alternative to Find my friends. I found the app a bit laggy and thought it was too much on the operating system. With Familonet I was able More

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that Android got rejected many times? Before it became the world's most used mobile operating system, the software got rejected even by Samsung. According to its developer Engr. Andy Rubin, in 2005 their eight-man team flew to South Korea to pitch their operating system to the 20 high-ranking executives of Samsung. But instead of positive reception, they were met with dead silence and got laughed out of the boardroom after their presentation. Luckily for Rubin, things turned around pretty quickly. Who would have thought that the rejection was actually a blessing in disguise? Two weeks later, the team hit the jackpot when Google decided to buy the software for a whopping $50 million. In 2008, Google and Android released the HTC Dream, the first commercially released phone with an operating system. It was called the T-Mobile G1 in the United States and Era G1 in Poland. Few years after, smartphones became the norm. Samsung was then forced to join the bandwagon and bought the rights to use the Android operating system.

Although, Android has a large market share, we also can't deny the importance of the iOS platform. Apple is the frontrunner in the iOS development. In 2007, the iPhone was actually awarded the 'invention of the year.' It's also the company's primary money maker. Find My Friends is an application for iOS devices. It's used to locate friends and family that also have an Apple device using GPS. For those who wanted to use Find My Friends app for their Android friends, Google now lets you share your location no matter what device you're using. Trusted Contacts is an app available now for both Android and iOS users. But just like the Find My Friends app, you have to agree to share your location data with Google. 

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