Lode Family
Family location, kept private.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Lode Family keeps your circle together: where everyone is, when they get home, and a fast way to ask for help. Locations are locked on your phones with your circle's own key before they leave, so only your circle can see them. Lode's server passes them along without being able to read them.
EVERYDAY
• Everyone on one map, with how fresh each spot is
• A person's stops today: where they stayed, and for how long
• Arrival and leaving alerts for the places that matter: home, school, work
• Circle chat with photos, voice notes and reactions
• Pick me up and "on my way", with a live ETA
• Check in with one tap, or ask everyone at once
• Find: an arrow that points you to someone nearby, like at a crowded park
• Chat waits while someone drives, then tells them once they stop
• Widgets for your circle, SOS, Check In and Pick Me Up
• Notes on circle places, like a gate code, shown when you arrive
• Birthday reminders for your circle (month and day only)
SAFETY (always free)
• SOS sends your location to your circle, with a one-tap call to the emergency number where you are
• Crash detection checks on you after a possible car crash and tells your circle if you don't answer
• Walk with me: your circle follows along until you're there
• Help near them: the nearest hospital, pharmacy, gas station or police to where someone is
• Lost phone mode: mark a circle member's phone lost so it keeps sharing where it is
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account, no sign-in: join with an invite from someone in your circle
• No ads and no ad or tracking code
• Nothing is sold, to anyone
• Face ID lock, if you want one
• Move your circles to a new iPhone with a code from your old one, nothing stored on a server
• Pause sharing whenever you need to
Lode Family alerts the people in your circle. It doesn't contact emergency services for you and can't promise help will come; in an emergency, call your local emergency number. Location sharing works best with Location set to Always and notifications on.
LODE PRO
Circles of up to 6 people are free. One subscription covers your whole circle: 30 days of history, arrive-by alerts, more places, photos in chat, teen driving reports, circles of up to 12, and your own color and map. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage it in Settings.
Privacy: https://lodemaps.app/privacy
Terms: https://lodemaps.app/terms
Performance improvements and bug fixes.
The developer, Juvens Helas, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Juvens Helas
- Size
- 188.6 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lode Pro $4.99
- Lode Pro $39.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Juvens Helas