One private place for Mum, with free, opt-in location sharing: she picks which relatives see her, and you see she got home. Her page on the tree, the grandchildren's photos and her stories sit beside it.
Life360 is a family safety service built around teen drivers and emergencies: crash detection, SOS alerts, driver reports and emergency dispatch on paid plans. Kunbaa is a private, invite-only family space where location sharing is one feature among the tree, the wall, chat and calls, opt-in, chosen per person, free for every member, and for adults only. Families who need crash alerts choose Life360; families who want to stay close, and to know who got home, choose Kunbaa.
At a glance, as of September 2026. Kunbaa facts describe the current release; Life360 facts are quoted from its own site.
Yes: YesPartly: Partly, or with a conditionNo: No
| Compared | Kunbaa | Life360 |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | A private space for the whole family: the tree, the wall, chat, calls, events, and a Live Map for the relatives who choose to share | Family safety first: live location, driving safety and emergency help, with paid plans built around teen drivers and protection services |
| Live location | Yes:A Live Map of the relatives who turn sharing on. Off for each person until they switch it on | Yes:A live map of everyone in your Circle |
| Who sees you | Yes:Your choice: the whole family, or only the relatives you pick. Pause or stop whenever you like | Partly:Everyone in the Circle. Turning sharing off shows "Location Sharing Paused" to that Circle |
| Sharing for a set time | Yes:A timed live share of 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours keeps updating with the app in the background and ends on its own, on iPhone and Android | No:Sharing is continuous while it is on |
| With the app closed | Partly:On iPhone, choose Always: about once an hour and when you move a meaningful distance, after an in-app explanation and your phone's own prompt. Always is not available on Android in this release; there, While using updates while Kunbaa is open, and a timed live share keeps updating in the background | Yes:Location updates in the background; crash detection needs the Always permission |
| Places and alerts | Yes:Saved places (home, school, care, work) with arrival and departure alerts, free for everyone | Partly:Place alerts: 2 places on Free, 5 on Silver, unlimited on Gold and Platinum |
| Location history | No:None to browse. Arrivals and departures at saved places are listed for 7 days, then deleted | Yes:2 days on Free, 7 days on Silver, 30 days on Gold and Platinum |
| Crash detection and SOS | No:None. Kunbaa is not an emergency or safety-monitoring service. In an emergency, call your local emergency number | Yes:Crash detection and an SOS alert to your Circle on Free; emergency dispatch on paid plans (US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand) |
| Driving, items, identity | No:None | Yes:Driver reports and roadside assistance on Gold and Platinum; Tile tracker support; ID theft protection and travel and medical assistance on the top plans |
| Talking to each other | Yes:Group and one-to-one chat, one-to-one voice and video calls, and group calls of up to 6 people including you on Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, which anyone in the family can join, in the Kunbaa app | Partly:Emoji Quick Notes; in-app messaging was replaced by buttons that open your phone's own call and text apps |
| Kids and teens | Adults only: every account is 18+. Children are on the tree, added by adults, and share nothing | Families with children and teen drivers are a core audience |
| What the safety features cost | Yes:Free for every family member, with no cap on how many relatives share or view | Partly:Free plan, then Silver $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr, Gold $16.99/mo or $169.99/yr, Platinum $24.99/mo or $249.99/yr (US); paid plans cover everyone in the Circle |
Source: Life360 plans, features and US prices as shown on life360.com/plans-pricing and support.life360.com, read on 17–18 September 2026. Kunbaa facts describe the current release. Details change; check Life360’s site for today’s plans and prices.
Life360 is good at its job. This is the plain list of what changes if your family moves this part of its life to Kunbaa.
Family Safety is off for everyone until they turn it on. Each person picks their audience (the whole family or just the relatives they name) and can pause or stop at any time. Saved places send an arrival or departure alert, so "Mum is home" arrives without anyone asking. Sharing for a set time (15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours) ends by itself.
How Family Safety works →
A Kunbaa call starts from a relative's page on the tree. Only the people in your family space can ring you, so nobody hands out a phone number. Voice and video are one-to-one, and a group call holds up to 6 people including you on Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, and anyone in the family can join one. Calls are in the Kunbaa app.
Chat and calls in Kunbaa →
Everyone you invite gets their own place on the tree and their birthday on it. Relatives add their side, fix a wrong date, and add the cousins you have never met, and a child added by an adult is on the tree without holding an account.
The Kunbaa family tree →
Photos, videos, stories and voice notes go on the wall with the names, the place and roughly when written in the caption. Each post reaches everyone in the family or, on Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, the audience you choose: the extended family or just your household. Moments lets the family look back through it all.
The wall and Moments →
An admin decides, for each member, whether they can post to the wall, add people to the tree, or message members, and a relative can request more access from inside the app. Every account is held by an adult, so the people who can see the map are the people you invited.
How private is Kunbaa? →More questions? Read the full FAQ or what private means in Kunbaa.
For adult families, often yes. If what you want is to see that your parents got home or that your brother landed, and then message or call them inside one private family space, Kunbaa's Family Safety does that, free for everyone. If you need crash detection, SOS alerts, emergency dispatch, driver reports or roadside assistance, Kunbaa has none of those; Life360 is the safety service, and some families use both.
No. Kunbaa has no crash detection, no SOS or emergency alerts and no emergency dispatch. It is not an emergency or safety-monitoring service, and a shared location can be delayed or out of date. In an emergency, call your local emergency number. Life360 offers automatic crash alerts, including on its free plan.
Only the relatives you choose. Sharing is off until you turn it on. Then you pick an audience (everyone in your family space, or just the people you select) and you can change it, pause or stop whenever you like. Your location is shared only with the people you pick, and Kunbaa never sells location data.
Yes. Share your live location for 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours, in Family Safety or into a chat. A timed live share keeps updating with the app in the background on iPhone and Android, needs no Always permission, and ends by itself when the time is up. You can stop it early at any time.
On iPhone, yes, if you choose Always: Kunbaa explains what it collects, your phone asks for permission, and then it shares about once an hour and when you move a meaningful distance. Always is not available on Android in this release; there, While using updates while Kunbaa is open, and a timed live share keeps updating in the background until it ends.
No. Every Kunbaa account is for adults aged 18 and over, so a teenager cannot hold an account or share a location. Children can be on the family tree, added by an adult. For teen drivers, Life360's paid plans are built for exactly that.
Yes. Family Safety, chat and calls are in the Kunbaa mobile app, and the family tree, the wall and events also work on kunbaa.com, free.
Family Safety (the Live Map, saved places and alerts) is free for every member of the family, along with the tree, the wall, chat and calls. Kunbaa Plus is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, paid by one person, and is what keeps the family's photos, videos and stories: longer videos, room for the whole archive, and chat photos kept while the family is on Plus. Life360's safety features start on its free plan and grow across Silver, Gold and Platinum.