Comparison

amicable vs Protego

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

amicable

Organize shared parenting schedules, track appointments, and communicate securely with your co-parent. This app offers tools and expert advice to simplify life after separation and support your child's well-being.

Highlights
  • Shared co-parenting calendar
  • Parenting goals tracking
  • Secure messenger
  • Expert advice blog
  • Customizable care arrangements
Features
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Simplify your co-parenting journey with the amicable® co-parenting app, created by the trusted legal service for separating couples. Co-parenting can be tough, but with the right tools and support, you and your children can thrive. That’s why we created the amicable® co-parenting app – to make separated parenting simpler, more organised, and better for your family. We noticed that some parents struggle to keep track of their co-parenting arrangements, so we developed an app to help them adjust to their new life situation and routine. Thoughtfully designed with the help of experts and co-parents, our app manages every aspect of co-parenting in one secure place, making life after separation simpler. Key features: - Shared co-parenting calendar: Track drop-offs, pick-ups, medical appointments, school events, and more. Use built-in templates for shared care arrangements or create your own. - Parenting goals: Set shared and personal goals focused on your child’s wellbeing, with ready-made templates to help. - Secure messenger: Chat to your co-parent securely with messages that can’t be deleted. - Expert advice: Explore our blog and resources for more co-parenting tips and advice.

About

Protego

This app provides real-time location tracking for family members, allowing users to set up safe zones and receive alerts. It offers a family bond spell to connect unlimited members and includes 30 days of location history. The service prioritizes privacy with enterprise-grade encryption.

Highlights
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Geofencing with instant notifications
  • 30 days of location history
  • Battery-efficient operation
  • Connect unlimited family members
  • Privacy-focused with encryption
Features
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Protego is a family locator and GPS tracker that turns location sharing into something your family will actually enjoy. See your kids, partner, parents and friends moving in real time across a hand-illustrated magic map: parchment paths, winding footprint trails, tiny castles on the horizon. Every person is a small animal in a wizard hat, every home and school a little enchanted landmark glowing on the family map. Where is everyone? Open the map and know. That small moment of relief, a dozen times a day — that's Protego. FAMILY LOCATOR ON A MAGIC MAP • Real-time location sharing for your whole family circle • Live GPS tracking with precise position and last-seen time • A hand-drawn magic map instead of boring blue dots • 7 magical avatars: Owl, Fox, Wolf, Raccoon, Panda, Cat and Frog FIND MY FAMILY, FIND MY KIDS, FIND MY FRIENDS One family tracker for parents, co-parents, teens, couples and friends. Find your kids after school, check that your teen made it to practice, see when your partner is heading home, or make sure grandma got home safe and put her feet up. Everyone you invite shares their location with you, and you with them — by choice, never in secret. PLACE ALERTS (GEOFENCING) Add home, school, work or grandma's house as magical places and get an instant alert when someone arrives or leaves. No more "are you there yet?" texts — the map taps you on the shoulder instead. LOCATION HISTORY Look back at 30 days of routes and journey chronicles: yesterday's adventures, drawn in little footprints across the map. Peace of mind for parents of teens, new drivers and anyone who worries. FAMILY CIRCLES Create a private family circle and invite the people you trust: family, co-parents, caregivers, close friends. A circle is a promise: only the people you choose, no one else. Free plan for 2 people with no time limit. Premium unlocks unlimited members, place alerts and location history. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location data stays inside your circle. We never sell your family's data and never share it with advertisers. Location sharing in Protego is always visible to the person being located. Protego is a family safety app, not a spy app. Good magic doesn't spy. BATTERY-FRIENDLY GPS TRACKING Background location tracking tuned to go easy on your battery. The map works its quiet magic all day and still leaves you enough charge for the evening. WHO USES PROTEGO • Parents who want a kids location tracker without helicopter parenting • Families with teens who are always on the go • Co-parents coordinating shared custody • Couples and friends who like to share their location • Adult children checking in on aging parents • Anyone who grew up loving magical worlds WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE PROTEGO The same core family locator features you expect from a GPS tracker: live location, place alerts, location history. Wrapped in a map your kids will want to open. Family safety should feel good, not invasive. Checking on someone you love should feel like opening a storybook, not reading a report. FEATURES AT A GLANCE • Family locator app, family tracker and GPS location tracker • Real-time location sharing • Works as a kids tracker, teen tracker or couples tracker — always mutual, always visible • Find my kids, find my friends, find my family • Geofence place alerts on arrival and departure • 30-day location history • Private family circles, free for 2 • Magical avatars and an enchanted map Download Protego, invite your people into your circle, and start seeing your family on a map that finally feels like magic. Questions? Write to us from the app or at protegoapp.org. Answers come by hand, not by owl. Protego Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a8bN5NIE9tX1Os6xoeKa3EkW9sJJLh2UPjSFrIFIRZo/edit

Screenshots

amicable4 screens
Protego4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Protego at none against amicable's shown. Protego also leads on ratings volume (122 vs 4). amicable's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 33%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. amicable sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Protego sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for amicable against 4.6 for Protego. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Protego has 122 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of amicable's written reviews are positive against 33% of Protego's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

amicable ships an update every 2 weeks, Protego every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
amicable versus Protego: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteramicableProtego
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.6 (122 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmicableHanna Tsylindz

Customer experience

amicable

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative39.1%

Protego

All ratings122 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

amicable

Subscriptions11
  • Amicable co-parenting weekly2 variants$0.997 Days
  • Amicable co-parenting weekly$1.997 Days
  • Amicable co-parenting monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • Amicable co-parenting annual$9.991 Year
  • amicable monthly subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$10.001 Month
  • Amicable co-parenting subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Amicable co-parenting annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Amicable co-parenting annual$99.991 Year
  • amicable annual subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Annual subscription7 Days trial$119.991 Year
6 purchases

Protego

Subscriptions6
  • Protego Premium — Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • GPS Location Tracker Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Protego GPS Tracker Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Protego Premium — Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Family GPS Tracker Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Protego Premium — Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is amicable free?
amicable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Protego free?
Protego is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, amicable or Protego?
Protego is rated higher. amicable averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Protego averages 4.6 from 122 ratings.
Do amicable or Protego have ads?
amicable shows ads; Protego does not.
Which is updated more often, amicable or Protego?
amicable ships an update every 2 weeks, and Protego every 9 days. Most recently, amicable was updated on October 14, 2026 and Protego on October 14, 2026.

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