HeyPolo, a family location app that says it won't sell your data

A family location app called HeyPolo says it will never sell or share your family's location data. It launched in March 2026 for iPhone and Android. The details come from a sponsored article on Android Police, so they are the company's own claims, not findings from the site's editors.

What it does

HeyPolo shows family members where each other are in real time. It also sends arrival alerts and has driving safety features. Members can send messages. There are two safety tools: low-battery alerts, which tell the group when someone may be hard to reach, and SOS alerts, which send your location to the whole family group.

The privacy claims

• Data is end-to-end encrypted, so only the sender and the receiver can read it.
• Location history is deleted after seven days instead of kept on a server.
• The company says it regularly audits the app for anything that could put data at risk.
• There is no always-on tracking. Each person chooses whether to share an exact or general location.

The article also describes an optional background feature that uses less than 4% of battery a day. Both people must agree to it, and either one can turn it off at any time.

How the pricing and groups work

One person pays and everyone else joins. The article says there is no limit on family members or devices, and no limit on groups. You could set up one for friends or work as well as one for family. The material does not say what the app costs.

What is unclear

The article says location history is deleted after seven days. It also says real-time location sharing data auto-deletes after 30 days. It does not explain how those two figures fit together. The piece also names Life360 as an app that sold family data, a claim made in the sponsored text and not checked here. The article text provided is also cut off before the end.

What to do

If your family shares locations, check what your current app collects and whether you can switch it off. Look for how long history is kept and whether the company sells data. Ask any app, HeyPolo included, to spell out its retention periods in plain terms.