# Mi Estela

> Mi Estela is a Spanish presence and family location app for iPhone and Android. People in a circle (family or friends) share their location by their own choice, get alerts when someone gets home or to school, can ask for help with an SOS, and talk by chat, calls and video calls right inside the app. It has no ads and does not sell or license its users' data. The download is free; the essentials are free forever, and there is an optional Premium plan per circle.

## The essentials in one sentence
- What it is: a Spanish family locator based on consent ("presence, not surveillance"). It works both ways: what you see of the other person, they see of you; there is no supervisor.
- Who it's for: parents of teenagers (from age 14 in Spain), adult children of aging parents, older adults (Senior Mode), young people, couples, friends, families with iPhone and Android, travelers and pilgrims.
- Platforms: iPhone (App Store) and Android (Google Play). A family can mix both.
- Price: free download. Free forever: sharing the map with your people, SOS, "I've arrived" and "I'm okay", arrival alerts for 3 spots, shared battery, chat, calls, video calls, 2D and 3D map. Free with monthly use: Estela AI (15), midpoint (3), routes and plans. Free with monthly use: Estela AI (15), midpoint (3), routes and plans. Optional Premium for the whole circle (one person pays, the whole family benefits): €9.99 a month or €99.99 a year in Spain, taxes included, with a 14-day trial. It gives 30-day history instead of 3, more spots with alerts, and more AI features. If you stop paying, your memories are not deleted or locked.
- Privacy: no ads, and location data is never sold or licensed, ever. Servers in the European Union. Each person agrees to join the circle and chooses how they appear: precise location, zone only (approximate), or invisible (Ghost mode, adults only; minors' accounts share at least their zone). Route history is turned on by each person for whoever they choose and is deleted after 30 days. No driving reports, no background microphone, no parental control.
- Minimum age: the digital consent age in each country (14 in Spain, 13 in Portugal, 16 in Germany). Between that age and 18, an adult in the circle authorizes the social features.
- Safety: the SOS alerts the circle with your location (it works without signal: it is sent when the signal returns), has a cancelable countdown, and puts 112 and AlertCops one tap away. It does not replace 112.
- Made in Madrid (Spain). Contact: hola@miestela.app. Social: instagram.com/miestela.app, tiktok.com/@miestela.app, youtube.com/@miestela (channel with the announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJttTeBB2oo).

## Main pages
- [Free family locator for iPhone and Android](https://miestela.app/en): what Mi Estela is, features, privacy, who it's for and frequently asked questions
- [Features](https://miestela.app/en/features): family map, arrival alerts, SOS, midpoint, privacy and Ghost mode, chat and video calls, metro and bus, Estela AI
- [Who it's for](https://miestela.app/en/for): parents of teenagers, young people, adult children of aging parents, older adults, couples, friends and groups, families with iPhone and Android
- [Travel and Worlds](https://miestela.app/en/trips): Camino de Santiago (17 Caminos with stages), Interrail, Erasmus, on the road (minibus, car and motorcycle), motorcyclists, camper vans, truck drivers, boats, athletes, living far away, aid workers, year abroad, quarry work
- [Camino de Santiago](https://miestela.app/en/trips/camino-de-santiago): the 17 Caminos, a quiz to choose one, combinations and what the app does on the Camino
- [Getting started](https://miestela.app/en/get-started): install, create an account and a circle, invite with a link or code, permissions explained
- [Phone guides](https://miestela.app/en/guides): iPhone, Android and Pixel, Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO/OnePlus/realme, Motorola and vivo: how to stop your phone from putting the app to sleep
- [Comparisons](https://miestela.app/en/compare): Mi Estela vs. Life360, Find My, Google Family Link and Maps, WhatsApp, Glympse, GeoZilla, Find My Kids, iSharing, FamiSafe, Qustodio, AlertCops and Family Locator, with sources and date
- [Quiz: which family location app suits you](https://miestela.app/en/family-locator-app-quiz): seven questions and one honest recommendation among 13 apps (Mi Estela, Life360, Find My, Google Maps, Family Link, WhatsApp, Qustodio, Find My Kids, FamiSafe, GeoZilla, Glympse, iSharing, AlertCops)
- [Frequently asked questions](https://miestela.app/en/faq): more than 50 questions with short answers about family location apps (how they work, law and consent, minors, battery, signal, permissions, which app to choose) and about Mi Estela (price, age, Ghost mode, SOS, AI, Camino)
- [Glossary](https://miestela.app/en/glossary): the words of family location in two sentences each (geofence, GPS and GNSS, "Always" permission, background location, last known position, history, stalkerware, Find My network, GDPR, digital consent age) and Mi Estela's own (Ghost mode, zone only, leaving mode, soft check-in, the Turn, the Pact, Senior Mode)
- [All features](https://miestela.app/en/all-features): the app's full catalog (the 72 doors of Explore and what lives on the map, the chat, the games and Settings), with the name and phrase of each one
- [What's new](https://miestela.app/en/whats-new): what has changed in the app and on the website, with dates (metro and bus with real-time EMT data, faces with colored rings, Acompáñame, version 1.9.2 in the stores, the website in 31 languages...)
- [What we do and what we don't](https://miestela.app/en/transparency): what we store and for how long, servers in the EU, what Estela (the AI) sees, minors, how to delete your account, what we don't do and the app's limits
- [Blog](https://miestela.app/en/blog): articles from the Mi Estela team about location apps, permissions, battery, privacy, teenagers, older adults and travel. RSS: https://miestela.app/en/blog/feed.xml
- [Manifesto](https://miestela.app/manifiesto), [What Mi Estela will never be](https://miestela.app/nunca), [The Ten Articles](https://miestela.app/constitucion), [Help](https://miestela.app/ayuda), [Download](https://miestela.app/descargar)
- Full version of this summary with the text of all pages: https://miestela.app/en/llms-full.txt

## Features
- Private family map with the faces of your circle, their battery and "home since 8:43", in 2D and 3D
- Arrival alerts for your usual spots (home, school, work); "I've arrived" and "I'm okay" with one tap
- SOS: immediate alert to your circle with your location; 112 and AlertCops one tap away
- Chat, voice notes, photos, calls and video calls inside the app, between iPhone and Android
- Gestures: a trace, a heartbeat ("thinking of you"), shared silence
- Estela, AI assistant: where to meet, what's nearby, how to walk there, write or translate a message
- Midpoint: named places halfway between everyone
- How I get there: metro and bus step by step, with real-time EMT data in Madrid and an alert before your stop
- Person-to-person privacy: precise, approximate or Ghost; the Pact (Connected, Calm, Silent)
- Let them know you're okay: leaving mode, "I'm home now", "I need you to come get me", "they're not answering", soft check-in (opt-in), looking after someone among several people (the Turn)
- Senior Mode: large text, large buttons, speaking by voice
- Life: the thread of memories and moments of the circle; the Thread Across Generations; letters; footprints and The Echo
- Live sharing: a temporary link for someone without the app
- Worlds: Camino de Santiago, Interrail, Erasmus, On the Road (minibus, car or motorcycle), motorcyclists, camper vans, truck drivers, boats, athletes, living far away, aid workers, year abroad, quarry work
- Straight through: Mi Estela's game for waiting time

## Frequently asked questions
- Is it free? Yes. The essentials (map, arrival alerts, SOS, chat, calls and video calls) are free forever. Premium is optional and per circle.
- Does it work between iPhone and Android? Yes, in the same circle.
- Can someone be spied on? No. Each person agrees to join the circle, sees that they are sharing, and can hide (adults) or share only their zone. It works both ways.
- Does it have ads or sell data? No. Mi Estela has no ads and does not sell or license location data to third parties.
- Is it an alternative to Life360? Yes: a Spanish alternative that works both ways, with no ads or data sales, no driving reports, with video calls, designed for families in Spain. Comparison with sources: https://miestela.app/en/compare/mi-estela-vs-life360
- What age? From the digital consent age in each country (14 in Spain). It is not for young children and it is not parental control.
- Is it useful for the Camino de Santiago? Yes: 17 Caminos with stages, "I've made it to the hostel" with one tap (works without signal), and a link so your family can follow along without installing anything.
- Full version of this summary with the text from every page: https://miestela.app/en/llms-full.txt