# WayBackHome — Location for family & friends

> Location for family & friends (iPhone/iPad app by ONGroove Labs.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waybackhome/id6821400036 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ONGroove Labs](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895783677)
- Category: Navigation, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 6 more
- Released: 2026-11-05
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is WayBackHome?

See where your family and friends are, know they got home, and ask for help in one press, without anyone else ever seeing your location.

WayBackHome keeps everything in your own iCloud. There are no accounts to create, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. We can't see your location, and we never sell anything about you.

SEE WHERE THEY ARE
• Everyone who shares with you is on the map, with how fast they're moving and when they last updated.
• Open someone's card and their iPhone sends a fresh location, even when the app is closed.
• Ping to ask where they are, with your own short message like "Dinner's ready".

KNOW WHEN THEY ARRIVE
• Save places like Home, Work or School.
• Get a notification when someone arrives or leaves.
• Optional speeding alerts while someone is driving.

LOOK BACK AT TRIPS
• Every drive is saved with its route, speed and hard braking.
• Play a trip back on the map.
• See when and where the phone was unlocked during a drive.

HELP IN ONE PRESS
• Hold SOS for 2 seconds. After a 5 second countdown, your family is alerted and sees where you are, right on their Lock Screen.
• SOS alerts your family. It does not call emergency services; for that, use your iPhone's built-in Emergency SOS.

YOU DECIDE WHO SEES YOU
• Share your location with someone, or ask to see theirs. Each person chooses what to share.
• Pause sharing for everyone at any time, or stop sharing with one person.
• With Advanced Data Protection on, your location is end-to-end encrypted, so even Apple can't read it.

WAYBACKHOME PLUS (OPTIONAL)
• SOS, Ping and seeing your family are always free, along with sharing your location with 1 person, 3 places, 2 arrival alerts and the last 7 days of trips.
• Plus adds sharing with everyone, every trip, up to 19 places, unlimited alerts, longer history and exporting trips as PDF, CSV and GPX.
• One-time purchase, no subscription. Plus Family covers everyone in your Family Sharing group.

Available in 18 languages.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| WayBackHome Plus | $4.99 | one-time |
| WayBackHome Plus Family | $9.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |


## Is WayBackHome safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess WayBackHome.

## Is WayBackHome legit?

WayBackHome has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WayBackHome is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-11-08

This update focuses on fixes and improvements:
• After a move to a new iPhone, WayBackHome restores places, trips and family members' names from iCloud, and requests the permissions the new iPhone needs.
• Departures from a place are detected more reliably, so trips start on time.
• Family members' status is simpler: their speed while they are moving; otherwise, the time of the last update.
• The map buttons move more smoothly while the panel is dragged.
• WayBackHome Plus and the Tip Jar are now in Settings.

New: an optional passcode lock with Face ID, under Settings › Privacy › Passcode & Face ID.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-06

No release notes.

## More apps by ONGroove Labs

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