A Find My alternative for families with Android and iPhone
Apple's Find My is free, built into every iPhone and good at finding lost devices. Sharing your location with people through Apple needs an iPhone at both ends, so a family or a friend group with one Android phone is left out. Orbily works on both, and adds what a group needs around the map: SOS, check-ins, arrival alerts, a chat and a shared plan.
Join the beta| Feature | Orbily | Find My |
|---|---|---|
| Android and iPhone in one group | Yes: Yes. Everyone in an orbit sees the same map, whatever phone they use. | No: Apple says both people need an iPhone to share live location with each other.1 |
| Plans, chat and safety beside the map | Yes: Each orbit has its own chat, shared plan, SOS and check-ins. | No: Find My shows people and devices on a map; plans and chat live in other apps.2 |
| Finding lost devices | No: Not something Orbily does. | Yes: Find My locates your Apple devices and items.2 |
Where Find My is ahead
- It is built into every iPhone, free, and needs nothing installed.
- It finds lost devices and items, which Orbily does not.
Can I share my location between Android and iPhone?
Yes, with Orbily. An orbit is a private group of the people you choose, and everyone in it sees the same map whether they use an iPhone or an Android phone.
What does Orbily add to sharing a location?
The things a group needs around the map: an SOS that alerts everyone at once, check-ins, alerts when someone gets home, safety boundaries both people agree to, a private chat and a shared calendar. The safety features are free on every plan.
Do I have to share my location all the time?
No. You choose for each orbit: share live, share on a timer, or post updates only, with no location at all. You can stop at any moment, and your live position is removed straight away.
More questions about Orbily and Find My
Not for finding lost devices. Many families keep Find My for that and use Orbily for the group: one map for every phone, with the chat, the plan and the safety features beside it.
Orbily has a free plan, and its safety features — SOS, check-ins, asking someone to check in and location sharing — are free on every plan.
Sources
What this page says about Find My comes from Find My's own pages, checked on 4 October 2026. Plans and features change: if something here is out of date, tell us at info@joinorbily.app and we will correct it.