Paralino

Key capabilities

• Live sharing with per-field control Group members appear on a real-time map with per-field control: exact position, speed, battery, elevation, and signal status can each be included or hidden, and sharing can run ten minutes or indefinitely.[1]

• Geofence place alerts Push notifications fire when someone arrives at or leaves a named place such as home, school, or work, with separate enter and exit alerts configurable per member.[1]

• Encrypted travel history Trips are retraceable with paths, stops, timing, and daily stats for distance, top speed, elevation, and battery, computed on-device, stored end-to-end encrypted, and replayable update by update.[1][2]

• Privacy zones and approximate sharing Drawn privacy zones blur the exact position automatically, or sharing can drop to an approximate area with a self-chosen radius, switching back to exact sharing anytime.[1]

• Multiple groups and devices Separate groups for family, friends, and trips keep independent settings, and several phones or tablets track under one account within per-member device limits by plan.[1][2]

• Battery awareness Low-battery alerts go out per member before a phone goes dark, and any device can be located on demand instead of waiting for the next scheduled update.[1]

• Open-source AGPL-3.0 apps Both mobile apps are published at github.com/paralino/paralino as a modular Kotlin Multiplatform repository with Compose Multiplatform shared UI and a native Swift and SwiftUI iOS layer.[1][2]

• De-googled Android option A direct APK build replaces Google Maps and Firebase Cloud Messaging with MapLibre maps, OpenFreeMap and MapTiler content, AOSP location, and UnifiedPush or direct-socket notifications, with a published signing hash for verification.[1][2]

Who it fits

• Families leaving ad-driven trackers Households that want Life360-style live maps, alerts, and history but reject the advertising and data-selling model get the same closeness workflow funded by a flat subscription instead.[1][2]

• Privacy-minded Android and iPhone households Email-and-password login works across devices with single-device guest login as fallback, and the published source lets a technical family member verify how keys and locations are handled.[1][2]

• De-googled Android users Phones without Google services get a first-class build with MapLibre maps and UnifiedPush notifications, a combination mainstream family trackers do not offer.[1][2]

Limitations

• Free plan is deliberately small Free covers one group and two members with limited updates and two days of history; longer history and bigger families require Mini, Pro, or Max.[1]

• Not a fleet tracker Paralino tracks consenting people's phones; hardware tracker protocols, dispatch, and vehicle reporting belong to fleet platforms such as Traccar.[1][2]

• Verification takes technical effort The encryption advantage is documented and inspectable, but households with nobody willing to read architecture notes or source may find a simpler mainstream app less friction.[1][2]

Trying and extending it