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Find My Kids: what it is, features, Spain price, who it's for
An app built for young children that does something you should know before installing it: it can listen through the child's phone microphone. What it does, what it costs, and where the line is.
Find My Kids (by LETEM LTD, based in Cyprus; the child's app is called Pingo) is one of the most downloaded location apps for kids. It's designed for younger children with their first phone or a GPS watch, and it has useful features. It also has one function that, on a website called "presence, not surveillance," we can't leave unmentioned.
What it does
- Location with route history and zone alerts.
- An SOS button for the child to reach their parents, plus chat between them.
- Statistics on the apps the child uses.
- "Sonido Entorno": listen live to the child's phone microphone. The app's website says the child gets a notice; INCIBE points out that it requires microphone permission on the minor's phone.
How much it costs
As of October 14, 2026, on its Spanish website: Cuidar plan €39.99 a year and Plus €54.99 a year, with a 7-day trial. Prices change, so check them yourself.
Who it's for
For a child aged six to ten, with a watch or their first phone, a locator with SOS and zones makes sense, and parents decide how far it goes. What we recommend is deciding with your eyes open: listening to someone's microphone is surveillance in its purest form, and a child who finds out never fully trusts the phone they were given. Family Link does the basics for free (we explain it here), and Qustodio is a more complete, European parental control app (here).
With a teenager, no: from age 14 (Spain's age of digital consent), what works is a symmetrical app, where they see their parents just as their parents see them, with no microphones and no endless history. That's what Mi Estela does, and the full comparison, with the table and sources, is in Mi Estela vs Find My Kids.
