We've broken down both apps' features, benefits, and user experiences to help you make the right choice. Make an informed decision. Explore and choose with confidence!
Serendipity is a family safety application that helps you keep track of your family and friends in real-time anywhere in the world. You can view your friends and family and see their speed and direction of travel.
Serendipity offers great privacy features unlike other tracking applications where you can turn off tracking anytime, adjusting who can see your profile photo, going invisible to anyone, blocking users, offsetting your actual location from people you are not connected to, hiding your last name and choosing who can chat with you.
Also, you can see when we received their last location update. You can create groups and events with Serendipity to keep track of the comings and goings of your connections. Chat with your connections and view their location in real time. Serendipity also offers users to view an unprecedented 45-day route history for all the connections they are tracking. Finally, get alerted when your connections are up to 200 miles away from you!
The iSharing: GPS Location Tracker app helps you track family and friends on either Apple or Android devices. There is a free version with basic location sharing features. Paid plans offer real-time tracking, unlimited place alerts, driving reports, SOS alerts, and location history.
| Why Choose Serendipity over iSharing | Serendipity | iSharing |
|---|---|---|
| App Devices | iOS & Android | iOS & Android |
| Real-Time Location Tracking... | ||
| ...also showing Speed & Direction of Travel | direction only | |
| View last location update of those you are tracking to determine the accuracy of their Location. | ||
| Access Privacy Features such as who can see your profile photo, going invisible to others, blocking users, offsetting your actual location, hiding your last name & adjusting who can chat with you. | ||
| Create Groups when traveling or going out to see where everyone is located and message all users with the group. | ||
| Degrees of Separation – See how many degrees separate you and others | ||
| Create events such as lunch at a restaurant and track everyone's location within 2 hours before and after the event and get notifications when they leave or arrive. | ||
| Chat with your connections | ||
| View common connections | ||
| Unlimited Arrival/Departure (place notifications) | ||
| View 45 Day Route history of connections you're tracking | 30 days only | |
| Alert Settings – Never miss a connection with notifications when your connections are nearby | ||
| Google Street View – See the area around where your connections are located. | ||
| Intelligent Alerts | ||
| Offers a Free Plan. | ||
| Monthly Premium Plan Pricing | $13.99 | $7.99 |
| Insurance for Stolen Funds/Stolen Phone/ID Theft | ||
| SOS & Family Driving Reports | ||
| Crash Detection/Roadside Assistance | ||
| Towing & Crime Reports | ||
| Annual Premium Plan Pricing | $139.99 | $69.99 |
Serendipity offers a unique feature that puts you in control of your location privacy. Easily toggle tracking on and off, or go completely invisible when you need a break. Your data, your rules.
Use this feature to see how you are connected to anyone else using the app and see all of your common connections!
This is one amazing features that allows you to get notified when your connections are up to 200 miles away from you. Great for when traveling and realizing that other people you know are close to you.
Use our Events feature to invite people to the event and see where everyone is within 2 hours before and after the event. And get notifications of their arrival and departure!
Great for making sure your parents went to their doctors appointments, kids went to school or just seeing the route taken by people you are tracking. You can even view the mode of travel and speed as well as the total trip time.
When traveling create groups with everyone you are traveling with and always know where everyone is. Never lose anyone. Great for amusement parks and group trips.
Raj P.
The Most Amazing App!
Tracking my daughter's cross-country trip with Serendipity has been a godsend and has given me peace of mind. I entered the addresses of the hotels she was going to stay at so I could receive notifications every time she arrived and left the hotel to get back on the road. The map accuracy is spot on and it was amazing to see the whole route she traveled. This app is amazing!
Brad P.
Simply Wow!
I took a trip with the guys and we all got on this app so we would always knew where each other was at any given time. The group functionality of the app allowed us to always keep track of each other. Another cool feature of this app is that it notifies you if people who are 2nd and 3rd-degree connections away from you are close by. This feature allowed me to meet someone that my wife knew who was right next to us in a restaurant. Very cool.
Jayne M.
Love It!
This is a truly amazing app. My husband travels all the time....domestically and internationally. This app allows me to see when his plane arrives and departs at his layovers and I also see when he gets to his final destination. I can see the whole route he traveled and it just makes me feel safe knowing exactly where my husband is. I don't know how I lived without this technology and not knowing where my loved ones are. I use this to track my elderly parents as well and I even caught my mother on the wrong side of town which made me realize that it was the beginning of her dementia. A truly wonderful safety app for loved ones.
Sudhakar W.
A Must-Have App!
This app has really helped me in day-to-day living. Due to my age, my children always want to know where I am and this allows them to see exactly where I am at any time. No more calls asking me where I am or what I am doing since they can see it on the app. I don't mind because they are just checking up on me to make sure I am okay. This also helped me many times when I was traveling and I got picked up at this very large airport and my son could not find me. All he did was pull out the app and he knew exactly where I was. My son even found my phone using this app. Everyone should have this.
Andrew B.
My Mom's Favorite App!
This app has been incredible for my family. Due to my mom's medical issues, I want to track her because she lives alone and I want to make sure she is okay. If I don't see any movement from her on the app, I just send a quick message to her on the app just to make sure she is okay. We use this app all the time to watch out for each other and we just love it. I highly recommend it!
Leela K.
Lifesaver!
I am always worried about my seventeen-year-old who drives now. As a busy working mom, it's hard to keep track of everything with her after-school and weekend activities. With this app, I get notified every time she leaves or arrives home or at school. If for any reason, I don't get the text message of her arrival or departure then I look further into what's happening. This even allowed me to ensure she was safe when she traveled abroad for school. I don't know what I would do without this app.
