Family Orbit
Skip
Confidence: Medium
Only worth it if you need cross-platform monitoring and accept the vendor's 2018 leak of 281GB of children's data.
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Comparison
Family Orbit vs Findmykids
Family Orbit lands on Skip, and Findmykids lands on Depends.
Findmykids
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you track young kids and accept the privacy trade-off.
| Compare | Family Orbit | Findmykids |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Skip | Depends |
| Best for | Parents of young kids needing location tracking | Parents of young kids |
| Who it's not for | Privacy-conscious families . kids' data leaked here once already | Parents of teens . they share disabling tricks online |
| Privacy | Poor: 2018 exposure of 281GB of children's data; flagged in academic parental-control risk studies.⁷ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Only email and help center listed | No support evidence found |
| Public sentiment | Mixed: a 3.5/5 Trustpilot average, with company-written reviews on the profile and forum threads debating reliability and alternatives.⁴ | Parents widely use it and store reviews skew positive, but Reddit threads show kids actively working to disable it. |
| Biggest gotcha | Trustpilot page shows reviews 'Written by the company' . treat glowing testimonials skeptically.⁴ | Academic research links parental-control apps to children's data privacy risk |
Pick Family Orbit when
- Parents of young kids needing location tracking
- Mixed iPhone/Android households
- Remote iPhone checks without jailbreaking
When Family Orbit is not a fit
- Privacy-conscious families . kids' data leaked here once already
- Anyone fine with free Apple Screen Time or Family Link
- Parents of teens who will resent and bypass monitoring
- Employers or teams . consumer tracking app, not MDM
Pick Findmykids when
- Parents of young kids
- School-run and after-school checks
- Families wanting listen-to-surroundings
- Mixed iPhone/Android households
When Findmykids is not a fit
- Parents of teens . they share disabling tricks online
- iPhone-only families . Apple's built-in Find My is free
- Buyers needing audited, product-specific security assurances
- Anyone tracking employees or adults . wrong tool
Sources
- Family Orbit homepagefamilyorbit.comofficial
- Family Orbit pricingfamilyorbit.comofficial
- Family Orbit: Parental Control . App Storeapps.apple.comofficial
- Family Orbit Reviews . Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
- AmericanSPCC Family Orbit reviewamericanspcc.orgreview
- MacTrast Family Orbit review (2015)mactrast.comreview
- Spyware Firm Family Orbit Exposed 281GBs Of Children's Datalatesthackingnews.comsecurity
security
- Family Orbit web app without jailbreak . PR Undergroundprunderground.comnews
- Family Orbit by AppObit LLC . Startup Rankingstartupranking.comofficial
- Spyware Apps: The Next Frontier for Data Breachescaseygerry.comsecurity
- Findmykids . official sitefindmykids.orgofficial
- Findmykids paywall / premium featuresweb.findmykids.orgofficial
- Sound Around Child feature pagefindmykids.orgofficial
- Google Play listingplay.google.comreview
- App Store listingapps.apple.comreview