HeyPolo
Privacy-oriented family location sharing app with arrival alerts, SOS, and teen driving safety features.
What is HeyPolo?
HeyPolo is a location-sharing app that helps families stay connected. Members can share their real-time location with the people they choose, receive automatic arrival alerts when someone reaches home, school, or other places that matter, and send a one-tap SOS alert so family members know someone needs help and where to find them. Location-based and severe weather alerts are also listed among its features.
HeyPolo is aimed at parents of teenagers, families, carers of ageing parents, couples, and friend groups. For parents of new drivers, its driving safety features show speed monitoring, phone use while driving, harsh braking and cornering, and a Driving Safety Score for each trip, along with crash detection for serious car crashes. A Phone Override setting can help important calls get through when a phone is on silent or Do Not Disturb.
What sets HeyPolo apart, according to the page, is its consent-based approach. Every family member controls what they share, when, and with whom, and the company states that location data is never sold to advertisers, insurers, or data brokers. HeyPolo is built by the team behind Surfshark, and one subscription covers the whole family with no per-person fees. It is available on both iPhone and Android, and the page offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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