iSharing vs MixerBox BFF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSharing
This app provides real-time location tracking for family members, helping to ensure their safety and connectivity. It offers features like phone finding, place alerts, and emergency notifications, with premium options for driving reports and extended location history.
- Real-Time GPS Tracking
- Find My Phone/Device
- Place Alerts & Geofencing
- Panic/Emergency Alerts
- 365-Day Location History
- Walkie-Talkie Voice Messaging
- Driving Reports & Monitoring
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iSharing is the comprehensive family locator and GPS tracker app that keeps your loved ones safe and connected in real-time across iPhone, iPad, web, and other popular platforms. No more texting "where are you?" Download iSharing, trusted by over 70 million users worldwide. iSharing includes complete safety features like: • Real-Time Tracker & Location Tracking: See exactly where your family and friends are with live GPS updates on interactive maps - perfect for teen monitoring and elderly care • Find My Phone/Device/Family: Locate lost or stolen devices with real-time tracking and last known location even with a dead battery • Place Alerts: Get instant notifications when family arrives or leaves important places like home, school, or work. Plus, nearby zone alerts when family members are close to each other • Panic Alert: Send emergency alerts with a single tap - works immediately when you need help most • 365-Day Location History: Access the industry's longest location history with detailed GPS timelines, routes, and exact timestamps for up to 1 year • Meetup: Share live locations without adding friends. Join via link or QR code, use group chat, and stop sharing automatically at the scheduled end. • Live Location Sharing: Share your location via SMS, email, or social media with friends and family who don't have the app, or invite them to download iSharing • Walkie-Talkie Feature: Enjoy instant voice messaging for quick family communication Premium Features for Enhanced Family Safety: • Driving Reports: Monitor driving behavior including phone usage detection while driving, speed monitoring, hard braking, rapid acceleration, and complete driving history - perfect for teen driver safety and senior driver monitoring • Unlimited Place Alerts: Set up unlimited custom locations with geofencing and receive automatic notifications • Emergency Sound Recording: Enhanced SOS alerts that include audio messages for clearer emergency communication • 3D Street View: Explore places with street view on Google Maps and Apple Maps - an easy way to understand exactly where your family is • Battery & Drive Alerts: Get notifications for low battery levels and driving activities • Linked Device & Web App: Link and track all your multiple devices through one central account - phones, tablets, and computers. Check your family's locations from any device or web browser • Inactivity Alerts: Receive notifications if a family member hasn't moved for an extended period, especially helpful for elderly care and dementia monitoring Perfect For Every Family: Whether you're monitoring teen drivers, providing elderly care, coordinating family activities, or ensuring emergency safety, iSharing, a family safety app, helps parents reduce anxiety with easy tracking and smart alerts. Start protecting your family today with iSharing's free features, then unlock premium safety features including driving reports, emergency sound recording, and 365-day location history with your 7-day free trial. Premium subscription includes a 7-day free trial and renews automatically. Payment charged to iTunes Account at purchase confirmation. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing subscription. **Important Note:** Sharing GPS locations requires mutual consent from all family members and friends Continuous GPS use may impact battery life - our optimized technology minimizes battery drain. Push notifications and GPS must be enabled for the app to function. Privacy and data security are our top priorities with end-to-end encryption and advanced app security - share your location only with people you trust. Terms of Use: http://isharingsoft.com/terms_of_use Privacy Policy: http://isharingsoft.com/privacy_policy Support: contact@isharingsoft.com
MixerBox BFF
Share your real-time location with loved ones and receive alerts for their arrivals and departures. This app offers personalized maps, location history, and the ability to find lost phones, enhancing safety and connection.
- Real-time location sharing
- Arrival/Departure notifications
- 30-day location timeline
- Personalized custom locations
- Individual driver reports
- Lost phone finder
- Ghost Mode for temporary location hiding
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MixerBox BFF is a real-time GPS location sharing app that lets you share your current location with loved ones! Experience location safety features that surpass ordinary GPS tracking apps. More than just a GPS location tracker, MixerBox BFF makes connecting with friends and family easier than ever. ◆More comprehensive location information: Arrival/Departure notifications, 30-day timeline ◆More flexible: Personalized maps to create your own custom locations What you can do with MixerBox BFF: •View the real-time location of friends or family members on the map •See how long they stay at one place •Receive real-time alerts when friends or family are about to arrive, arrive, or leave home, work, and school •Get individual driver reports •Access past location history for your friends or family members •Send text messages on the map MixerBox BFF aims to help reduce anxiety about the whereabouts of your loved ones with easy tracking and alerting messages. You can instantly share your location with friends, family, and loved ones, making it easy to see each other's location right away and view information such as speed, battery level, and duration of stay. ◆ Find My Phones! Lost your phone? Let your friends help you locate and find it on the map. This app is invitation-only, so you can only share your location with friends and family you approve, ensuring security ◆ The World Is Your Oyster! Through "Your World" and "Footprints," MixerBox BFF automatically records the places and routes you've been to. It helps reminisce about travel memories and daily activities and check favorite travel destinations, frequently visited shops, and facilities. You can also use it as a regular map app. Rebuild your footprint history anytime — no old data needed! ◆ Temporarily Hide Your Location With "Ghost Mode," you can blur your location or temporarily stop sharing it with specific friends. You have complete control over your location info. ◆ Phone Widget Add the MixerBox BFF widget to your phone's home screen! Without entering the MixerBox BFF app, you can instantly see the current location of the friends you care about through the widget. ◆ Set Your Own Locations You can set your favorite locations, such as Home, School, and Workplace! When visiting exciting places, you can check in, tag friends, and add those locations to your personal world map. ◆ Arrival/Departure and Travel Notifications You will receive notifications when your friends arrive/depart from specific locations or go on long-distance travel, saving time from asking, "Where are you?" ◆ Customize to your preferences - Map styles: Standard maps, Satellite maps, etc. - Theme options: Choose from dark styles, cute styles, and more to freely change the style you like! - Personal status: Change your status anytime, such as "at home," "at work," "having a meal," "traveling," and other fun options. ◆ When can you use MixerBox BFF? - Emergency safety confirmation. - When you lose or misplace your phone or when you want to locate the iPhone of your family or friends. - Keeping an eye on family members living far away. - Meet up with friends. - Prevent getting lost from your travel companions during domestic and international travels. MixerBox BFF is perfect for various situations:) MixerBox BFF is a map SNS & GPS tracking app that anyone can use! Try it now! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to get in touch with us: bff.support@mixerbox.com Stay close to the people who matter most. MixerBox BFF is always by your side! ◆ Follow MixerBox BFF on social media for the latest updates: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BFF.socialapp • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bffsocialapp • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@bffsocialapp • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bff.app — *This app has been registered and authorized by the company, MixerBox Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MixerBox BFF at none against iSharing's shown. MixerBox BFF also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%). iSharing's advantage is chart position (#101 vs unranked) and ratings volume (37K vs 7.2K). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. iSharing sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MixerBox BFF sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iSharing against 4.9 for MixerBox BFF. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iSharing has 37K ratings behind it against 7.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of iSharing's written reviews are positive against 85% of MixerBox BFF's.
iSharing ships an update every 6 days, MixerBox BFF every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | iSharing | MixerBox BFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (37K ratings) | 4.9 (7.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | 7.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #101 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 406 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ISHARINGSOFT, INC. | MixerBox Inc. |
Customer experience
iSharing
MixerBox BFF
User reviews
iSharing
From 37K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate location tracking
- 👍 Helpful for monitoring family members
- 💡 Walkie-talkie and messaging features
- 🔒 Secure and private
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent location accuracy
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🕰️ Slow location updates
MixerBox BFF
From 7.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate and easy to use
- 👍 Nice tracking app
- 👍 Helps keep track of family
- 👍 Best app
- 👍 Very accurate positioning, very easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Can't even add a friend
- 💰 Way too expensive !!
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 📢 The push to trying to get people to pay
- 🔍 Poor location accuracy
Bugs and requests
iSharing
Reported bugs
3 issues- Locations shown incorrectly
- App crashes or freezes
- Subscription issues
Requested features
3 requests- Notification when location sharing is turned off
- Improved location history tracking
- More customization options
MixerBox BFF
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing and crashing issues
- Laggy performance
- Delayed location updates
- Inability to see friends' locations
Requested features
6 requests- Add emojis
- Add status updates
- Add group chat
- Add ability to see how many times location has been viewed
- Add ghost mode
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- Add ability to change app icon
In-app purchases
iSharing
- Premium Service7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Service - 1 Month7 Days trial2 variants$7.991 Month
- Premium Service - 1 Month$7.991 Month
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- iSharing Gold Monthly7 Days trial$10.991 Month
- Premium Service - 1 Month7 Days trial$10.991 Month
- Premium Service7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Premium Service - 1 Year7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
- iSharing Gold Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
MixerBox BFF
- BFF Plus (1 week)$4.997 Days
- BFF Plus$5.991 Month
- BFF Plus (1 year)3 Days trial$14.991 Year
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- BFF Plus (3 month)3 Days trial$14.993 Months
- BFF Plus (6 month)3 Days trial$14.996 Months
- BFF Premium$16.001 Month
- BFF Plus3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- BFF Premium3 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- BFF Plus (1 year)3 Days trial$79.991 Year








