I am contemplating between Find My Kids and Life360, which app works better and provides real-time updates? Is there any other app that works better than both of them?
Honestly, I have used both of these apps, and here is a clear breakdown.
Find My Kids: works best on iOS devices and is good for setting alerts, and has child-specific features like an SOS button. All in all, it was good, but then my phone battery started draining, and the location updates weren’t accurate. The app did not provide any real-time updates and kept glitching.
Life360: The app has slightly better GPS accuracy in cities as compared to outside of the city. Had a hard time getting updates because the app stopped updating as soon as the wifi was cut off from the other phone.
So if you find a better solution, I am all ears too 
I get your worry. Tracking your kids’ location is not an easy task, and an unreliable app makes it even harder. Been in the same situation and had to opt for Xnspy. The app displays real-time location, as well as all the previous locations.
Not only that, but it also allows you to set virtual boundaries so you can get instant alerts if your child enters or leaves the geo-fenced location.
Y’all are too paranoid for me. Why are you all letting these tracing tools into your lives? Does trust mean nothing to you? What is appended to talking to your child, setting clear rules and boundaries, so you don’t have to be a helicopter parent and resort to these third-party services 
I was way too worried about my family, as I don’t live near them. After much contemplation, I installed the Xnspy monitoring app.
The app pretty much does everything: constant location updates, keyword alerts, geo-fencing, screen recording, IM chat monitoring, and much more. Now I can live peacefully knowing all my family members are safe, and I can see their location at all times.
So, from my experience, Xnspy works better than Find My Kids and Life360. Otherwise, it’s up to you.
Feature breakdown imo:
Life360: real-time location, driving safety, SOS alerts, place alerts
Life360: heavy on battery, subscription costs
Find My Kids: easy setup, zones, SOS
Find My Kids: fewer extra features, some premium only
Both these apps are good in their own way. Find My Kids is focused on kids’ location monitoring. With its SOS button, I think it’s pretty helpful in alarming situations. Whereas Life360 is great for family coordination, you can add different accounts and track their location at a glance.
For more comprehensive monitoring, Xnspy offers quite useful features. It combines location tracking with real-time monitoring and provides accurate coordinates with the exact house address, street number, and state name.
Pro Tip: You can set geo-fencing on Xnspy for locations like school, park, etc, and get instant alerts whenever your kid enters or leaves that place.
Life360 works smoothly on Android + iOS. Find My Kids does too, but some features are better supported on Android. If your family has mixed devices, Life360 feels more consistent.