Family tracker apps are most commonly used to track teenagers as they begin to drive and go out on their own. However, more and more RVers are using them to give peace of mind to their family and friends back home. 

In one of our recent podcasts, Jennifer and I shared how we put the Life360 app on our phone, so our daughter could track our location. 

She's relieved to be able to see where we are as we trot across the country, boondocking in national forests, overnighting in Cracker Barrels, and camping along remote roads. 

The Life360 app (like other family tracker apps) allows users in the same "circle" to see where each person is wherever there is a satellite connection.

I will tell you more about Life360 and a couple of alternative family locator apps RVers can use.

(By the way, we are NOT affiliates of Life360… just happy customers.)

Why Should You Use a Family Locator App?

For the most part, family tracker apps give your family and friends peace of mind whenever you're galavanting across the country. But that peace of mind is well-founded because it's based on a very real safety precaution.

As boondockers, Jennifer and I bounce around from lot docking to national parks to Harvest Hosts and so on. We also like "serendipity travel" where we don't plan out a mapped itinerary.

We often don't know where we're going or where we're going to stay the next night, which means our family certainly doesn't know. 

If something happened to us while driving or camping, our family wouldn't be able to send the cavalry. They wouldn't know where to send the calvary!