How to Install Life360: Detailed Guide

Monitoring other people’s phones is sometimes regarded as a serious breach of privacy. However, parents are encouraged to track their children’s devices for safety reasons. One recent survey revealed that about 27% of guardians utilize parental supervision apps to monitor their little ones’ devices. In this article, we’ll discuss how to install Life360 on someone’s phone.

Life360: What to Look Out For

Life360 is a revered tracking app that helps parents to keep tabs on their children’s phone activity throughout the day. This app works in stealth mode to prevent your target user from discovering that you’re tracing their movements.

Learning how to set up Life360 is crucial if you’re interested in monitoring your loved one’s whereabouts around the clock. Impressively, this app comes with a GPS tracker that provides accurate location details of the target device. You even get alerts whenever your partner or kids are driving over the speed limit.

Life360 is also equipped with a geofencing feature that allows you to set designated zones on a map. Whenever your loved one enters or exits those zones, you immediately receive a notification. This tool can definitely come in handy if you’re trying to find a lost relative.

Life360 can be installed remotely without physical access to the target device, meaning that you can perform a quick install without them knowing.

How to Install Life360 on Android

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install Life360 on Android devices.

• Open Play Store on your device and download Life360.
• Launch the app and click on “Get Started” to create your account for free.
• Allow the app to access your device by granting any permissions that pop up. These include notifications and location sharing.
• Create a family circle by tapping the “gear” icon, selecting Circle Management > Change Admin Status and toggling the available switch ON for all your preferred circle admins.
• Add family members to this circle by clicking the + icon then tapping Invite > Send Code.
• Send the invite code using your default messaging app. Once your recipients receive it, they’ll be able to download and set up Life360 on their phones, create a free account and join your circle using that code.
• You can add or delete circle members by selecting the appropriate options available on this app.
• To view someone’s live location on a map, open Life360 on your Android phone. You’ll see a detailed map with the current location pins of all members.
• Click on your target user’s pin to view their route history or send them a message.

How to Install Life360 on iPhone

But how to install Life360 on iPhone? If you’re interested in configuring Life360 on someone’s phone without jailbreak, these steps will certainly help:

• Open “App Store” on your iOS device.
• Search for Life360 and download the app.
• Once downloaded, register your account by providing a valid phone number and email address.
• Click on the Life360 icon to launch it. Tap the plus + button located at the bottom to create a circle and invite new members.
• You’ll get an invitation code that can be sent to your family members, allowing them to join your circle.
• Click on Send Code and choose which messenger app you’d like to dispatch it from.
• Once your target users receive the code, they’ll use it to join the circle you created upon downloading and installing Life360.
• For this app to work effectively, users need to grant all permissions it requests during installation. These include location access and notifications.
• This app is designed with a unique feature called “Places” that allows you to select certain regions on a map. Whenever your loved one visits or leaves those zones, you’re notified via text or email.

How Much Does Life360 Cost?

If you’re curious to know how much the Life360 app for iPhone and Android costs, here’s an accurate price breakdown that you can use:

Monthly Plans

Membership Plan	Free	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Cost	$0.00/mo	$7.99/mo	$14.99/mo	$24.99/mo

The Free Plan simply offers a two-day location history with SOS help alert and family driving summary. The Silver Plan, on the other hand, provides circle members’ location history for seven days. It also offers a $100 stolen phone protection cover and crime reports.

The Gold and Platinum Plans are the most popular. Apart from providing 24/7 tracking, these plans offer $25k and $1M in stolen funds reimbursements, respectively. Customers also receive $250 and $500 stolen phone protection covers respectively.

Annual Plans

Membership Plan	Free	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Cost	$0.00/mo	$49.99/mo	$99.99/mo	$199.99/mo

In addition to the monthly pricing plans, Life360 also offers annual plans that can potentially save you up to 44% of the cost if you subscribe. The benefits of each plan remain the same.

How to Uninstall Life360

If you’d like to completely delete Life360 on target phone, here’s a step-by-step explanation of what to do:

• Launch the Life360 app on your phone.
• Click on Settings > Account.
• Tap on “Delete Account.”
• A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm the action.
• Click on “Yes, I confirm the above” and select Continue.
• Tapping Send email will allow Life360 to send a confirmation link to the associated email address.
• Check your mailbox and open the email received from Life360. If you can’t find it in your inbox, check the spam folder.
• Click on the link that’s available in the email.
• Finally, confirm deletion of your account by completing the Captcha.

Life360 vs. mSpy

Life360 is a family-oriented app that allows members to create “Circles” and track each other’s movements in real time. We compared this app with mSpy, and here’s our full review.

Features Variety

Life360 has some really cool features that include:

• Location tracking – This is Life360’s primary feature. It allows you to see your family member’s current location as well as their route history. You can even get directions to their whereabouts without much fuss.
• Drive detection & safety – You can monitor someone else’s driving habits and check their driving history using this app. Some of the information you can gather includes their top speed, miles driven and more.
• Stolen phone protection – Don’t you hate it when you just can’t locate your phone? This particular feature helps you cover some replacement costs. Platinum members are awarded $500 and Gold members get $250.
• SOS alerts – You can send distress SMS messages to all Circle members using Life360 if you’re in some sort of danger. This app also supports disaster response and medical assistance.

Here are some of mSpy’s intriguing features:

• App monitoring & filtering – mSpy allows you to track your loved one’s social media activity. It reveals their sent and received chat messages, shared media files, group conversations and more. Better yet, you can remotely block those apps you don’t approve of (such as Tinder).
• Browsing history viewing – This app reveals all websites that your target user visits daily. You can conveniently block inappropriate sites to prevent them from seeing violent or pornographic content online.
• GPS location tracking – With mSpy, you’re able to know their real-time location with great accuracy. This app also lets you set “safe” and “dangerous” zones on the map. Whenever your child enters or leaves those zones, you’re immediately alerted via email.
• Call log monitoring – You’re provided with all their incoming, outgoing and missed calls. The callers’ details and timestamps can also be accessed with ease.

Ease of Use

The Life360 app is remarkably easy to use and bug-free. The dashboard is clean and well-designed, making it fun to maneuver around. It’s perfect for all types of users – especially those who aren’t very tech-savvy. However, the home screen contains too many buttons that might be a tad overwhelming for beginners. Life360’s customer support is delightfully responsive.

mSpy is also easy to use, judging by its intuitive interface and modern graphics. All widgets are accessible and newbies shouldn’t have any trouble using it. However, the expandable menus are clunky and the interface could be redesigned to make it more compact. mSpy’s customer support is brilliant and very responsive to clients’ inquiries.

Solutions

Life360 is compatible with Android version 9 and up. It can also run seamlessly on Apple iOS version 14 and higher. Apart from having a GPS, the target device should possess an accelerometer, gyroscope and gravity sensor. Unfortunately, this app is no longer compatible with tablets, iPads, iPods, Windows phones and non-smartphones.

mSpy, on the other hand, is compatible with both Android and iOS operating systems. This app comes in two varieties: the jailbreak and non-jailbreak versions. The latter option allows you to install mSpy remotely using your loved one’s iCloud account or over a common Wi-Fi network.

Pricing

Life360 offers three unique subscription plans: Free, Gold and Platinum plans. Here’s a price breakdown of each of these plans.

• Life360 Free Plan – $0.00/mo.
• Life360 Gold Plan – $8.33/mo.
• Life360 Platinum Plan – $16.67/mo.

mSpy provides three distinct pricing plans as follows:

• 1-month Plan – $48.99/mo.
• 3-month Plan – $27.99/mo.
• 12-month Plan – $11.66/mo.

	Life360	mSpy
Features Variety	4.5/5	4.8
Ease of Use	Impressive	Intuitive
No-Jailbreak Solution	No	Yes
Pricing	$16.67/mo	$11.66/mo
Rating	4.5	4.8

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Conclusion

There are too many benefits of tracking your child’s phone using a reliable parental control app such as Life360 to ignore. So, how do you set up Life360 on their device without rooting it? The tips discussed above will certainly come to your aid.