Odomint vs Life360: an honest comparison
Life360 is a family location app first, with a free version and paid memberships. Odomint is a car app whose Circles let a family share cars, live location while driving and arrival alerts, free for everyone in the Circle. Which suits you depends on whether the car is the centre of it.
Updated 16 October 2026
At a glance
| Odomint | Life360 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Families who share cars and want to know they got home | Location for the whole family, including children without cars |
| Location sharing | Only while you switch it on, with the Circles you choose | Built for sharing all the time |
| Shared car MOT and tax | Yes, everyone who drives it gets the reminders | No, it is not a car app |
| Mileage claim | Yes, at HMRC’s rate or your own | No |
| Price | Circles free for everyone, with no member limit. Premium is £9.99 a month or £59.99 a year | A free version and paid memberships. Prices are on its UK site |
Where Life360 wins
Built for the whole family, including children who do not drive.
If you want to see where everyone is all the time, that is exactly what it is built for.
Where Odomint wins
Live location is on only while you switch it on, with the Circles you pick, and stops with one tap. Nobody can switch it on for somebody else.
Arrival alerts tell your Circle you got home without showing them where home is. The alert carries a name and a place label, not coordinates.
Share a car and everyone who drives it sees its MOT, tax and service dates and gets the reminders.
Circles are free for everyone in them, with no limit on members.
Drives recorded on their own, the HMRC mileage claim, live fuel prices and the Odomint Check before you buy a used car.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Life360 if you want location for the whole family all the time, including children without cars.
Pick Odomint if family life centres on the car: who has it, is its MOT due, did they get home safely, without anyone sharing where they are all day.
Use both? Some families do: a location app for the children, and Odomint for the cars and the drivers.
Setting up a family Circle
Create a Circle, share the invite, and each person joins from their own iPhone. Add the cars you share, and everyone who drives them sees the dates and gets the reminders.
Each person decides for themselves whether to share live location and drives, and with which Circles. Nobody can switch it on for somebody else, and leaving a Circle stops everything it could see. Premium adds 30 days of shared drives instead of two, unlimited arrival places instead of two, and side-by-side miles and top speeds.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Life360 alternative in the UK?
If you want something built around the car rather than tracking everyone all day, Odomint Circles share cars, live location while you choose and arrival alerts, free for everyone in them.
Is there a Life360 alternative that does not track you all the time?
Odomint Circles share live location only while you switch it on, and arrival alerts work without revealing where home is.
Are Odomint Circles free?
Yes, for everyone in them and with no limit on members. Premium adds 30 days of shared drives, unlimited arrival places and side-by-side stats.
Does Odomint work on Android?
Odomint is an iPhone app, available in the UK.
Try Odomint.
Free to download. Premium starts with a 7-day free trial, and you can cancel any time in your Apple ID settings.