The cross-platform alternative to Find My.
Find My is excellent inside Apple's walls. Paralino brings encrypted location sharing to every phone in the family, including Android.
Apple’s Find My deserves a lot of credit: it’s free, built in, and location sharing between people is end-to-end encrypted. If your whole household is on iPhones and you only need the basics, it’s a fine default.
Paralino picks up where Find My stops: Android and iOS together, location history, privacy zones, approximate sharing and alerts that go beyond arrivals. And all that is end-to-end encrypted, open-source and hosted in the EU.
Differences that matter.
Choose exactly what you share, and with whom.
Find My shares your exact position or nothing. Paralino goes further: privacy zones that blur your position automatically in areas you choose, approximate sharing when a general area is enough, and full control over what exact data you want to share.
One shared timeline, going back.
Find My tracks live position across Apple devices but keeps no real history. Paralino retraces past trips and stops for every member of the group, so you can see where someone has been, not just where they are now.
One app, every phone in the family.
Find My only works within Apple's ecosystem, so a mixed household needs a second app for Android members. Paralino runs full-featured on both iPhone and Android, so everyone shares the same live map regardless of which phone they carry.
The same closeness, without the trade-off.
Comparison based on publicly available information. Find My is a trademark of Apple Inc.
When Apple Find My is the better choice.
If your household is all-Apple, Find My is hard to argue with. It's likely the better choice if these apply:
Isn't Find My already end-to-end encrypted?
Location sharing between people in Find My is encrypted, yes. The gap is elsewhere: no Android, no location history, no privacy zones, no sharing control and limited feature set.
Does Paralino work on both iPhone and Android?
Yes, Paralino has full-featured apps on both, so mixed households can share the same experience and same privacy benefits on all devices.
Does Paralino have something like AirTags?
No. Paralino tracks phones and tablets, not items. For AirTags and item finding, Find My remains the tool.
Why pay for Paralino when Find My is free?
You pay for independence and features: location history, privacy zones, approximate sharing, device metrics, Android support.
Can iPhone and Android family members share one group?
Yes they can. Everyone sees the same live map regardless of platform.
Can I use both Paralino and Find My at the same time?
Yes you can, and that is actually a great setup. Find My is great for tracking items with AirTags or your own personal devices, while Paralino is great for sharing location with family and friends. By using both, you get the best of both worlds.
How Paralino stacks up elsewhere.
See the same feature-by-feature breakdown against the other apps families usually weigh up.