Family location that asks first. No background tracking. Your data never sold.
🏡 Homeward — family location, without the creepy part
Know everyone made it home safe — without anyone feeling watched. Homeward is a consent-first family locator built on one idea: everyone can see, everyone agrees, and nobody is secretly tracked. 💛
✨ Why families choose Homeward
🔒 Consent-first, always
No silent tracking. Your location is shared only when you start a trip, approve a request, or trigger an SOS. The rest of the time, you're off the map — because that's how trust works.
🗺️ Trips, not surveillance
Heading out? Start a trip and your family sees you arrive safely — then sharing stops automatically. No endless dot on a map. No "why were you there?" 🚗➡️🏡
🙋 Ask to share
Need to know where someone is? Send a request. They tap Share — or they don't. Location is given, never taken.
🆘 One-tap SOS
In trouble? One tap instantly alerts every admin in your family with your live location. Fast, loud, and impossible to miss. 🚨
🛡️ Private journey history — yours alone
Your trip history belongs to you — not even a family admin can see it. A personal, private log of where you've been. Export it to PDF anytime. 📄
🔋 Kind to your battery
No constant background GPS draining your phone all day. Homeward streams location only while a trip, share, or SOS is active — and nothing more.
👨👩👧👦 Built for real families
Create a family circle, invite loved ones with a simple code, add a friendly profile photo, and you're set in minutes. 📸
🚫 What we DON'T do
❌ No ads
❌ No data brokers
❌ No selling your location
❌ No secret background tracking
Your data stays inside your family circle — full stop. You can delete your account and everything in it, anytime. ✅
💬 Peace of mind, the respectful way
Homeward is for families who want to look out for each other and respect each other. Safety and trust, together. 🤝
📲 Create your family circle today — and come Homeward. 🏡
Key features
- Here are the key features, two lines each. ## 🧭 Location Sharing **No background tracking** Location switches on only for a trip, an approved share, or an SOS. The moment it's done, it switches off — no always-on service exists. **Ask-to-share** Family requests your location; you decide whether to say yes. Approve 15 minutes, an hour, or until you arrive — then it ends on its own. **Three sharing modes** Choose *ask me first*, *only during trips*, or *always on* for young children. You control how you're shared, and can change it any time. **Honest live notification** Whenever location is on, a notification says so in plain words. It names the reason — "sharing your location for your trip to Office." ## 🧳 Trips **Declare a destination** Search a real place and share your live progress on the way there. No Google Maps key needed — it uses Android's built-in geocoder. **Automatic arrival** The phone's OS detects when you reach your destination. No constant GPS polling, so your battery barely notices. **"Arrived safely" alerts** The whole family is told the moment you get there. And your sharing stops automatically — nobody has to remember. ## 🔒 Private Journey History **Your log, only yours** Every finished trip is saved to your own private journal. Not even the family admin can read it — enforced in the database itself. **Filter, export, delete** Browse by date range and export the whole log as a PDF. Delete single entries or clear everything, whenever you like. ## 🆘 SOS **One-tap emergency alert** A single tap sends your live location to every family admin. They know instantly that you need help, and exactly where you are. **Works even offline** No data connection? Homeward texts your family straight from your phone. Because emergencies don't wait for good reception. ## 👨👩👧 Family & Members **Family circle** Create a circle and invite people with a simple shareable code. Admins can add or remove members and ask anyone to share. **Live dashboard** See who's sharing — and who isn't — on a calm, dusk-toned map. A soft glowing trail connects your family, not a red radar sweep. **Profile photos** Add a picture so your family recognises you at a glance. Picked with Android's Photo Picker, so the app never sees your gallery. ## 🔐 Privacy & Trust **Never sold, never shared** Your data is never sold, and location stays inside your family. The one disclosed exception is the SMS gateway for an offline SOS. **Delete everything, any time** Wipe your account, history, and sign-in from inside the app. Your data is yours to erase whenever you choose.
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