Most family-safety apps are trackers: a live dot on a map, a location history, one person watching another. Family Ping is the opposite. One person taps once to share that they are home and okay. One trusted helper sees it. That is the whole product. No live map. No breadcrumb trail. Nobody can put it on your phone behind your back — pairing needs a code typed on both devices, and either side can end the link at any time. Free, no ads, and we do not sell location data.

Hi everyone. I built Family Ping after the same evening too many of us know: you call your mother, it rings out, and you check your phone every ten minutes until she calls back from the garden. Most "family safety" apps answer that with a live dot on a map. She feels watched, you feel like a warden, and after a month nobody opens it. Family Ping does one thing. She taps "I'm okay" when she likes. You see "Mum is at Home, updated 8 min ago". If she leaves or returns to her safe place, you get one alert. If she ever needs you, one red button reaches you, not an ambulance. Two things to know: - It takes two phones. She shows a code, you type it. Both of you see the link, and either can end it. - It never tracks continuously and keeps no history. The latest position is sent when she taps, on an SOS, or when you ask. Free, no ads, no data sold. Live today on the App Store and Google Play. The question I would love answered: who would you set it up with, and what would make them say yes?

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Family Ping is a check-in app for families: one person taps once to say they are home and okay, and one trusted helper sees it. No live map, no location history, and nobody can put it on your phone without you typing a pairing code.

It is in review on both stores. Before it goes public I want it used by real families, because a safety app tested only by the person who built it is not a safety app.

Ready to answer any questions.

Family Ping

Know your family is okay — without tracking them.

Know your family is okay — without tracking them.

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Our beta only works if testers come in pairs. How would you recruit for that?

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Our beta only works if testers come in pairs. How would you recruit for that?