Ever since we installed Life360 on my kid’s phone, the battery seems to drain crazy fast, like dropping 30–40% during the school day even when they’re not really using it. I’ve tried lowering screen brightness and turning off background apps, but it still dies before dinner. Is there a setting in the app or the phone’s location permissions that can fix this without losing the safety features?
Oh, I’ve definitely been there with the battery complaints from my teens! What worked for us was making the switch to Eyezy since it’s much lighter on the battery but still gives me all the safety alerts I need. It’s been a total game-changer for our family routines!
Yeah I’ve heard Life360 is pretty notorious for battery drain because it’s constantly pinging location in the background. You might try switching the location update frequency to a lower setting in the app if that option’s available, or limiting it to “while using” in your phone’s location permissions and see if that helps without losing too much tracking. Honestly though some of these monitoring apps just eat battery no matter what you do, which is kind of frustrating when you’re relying on them.
Oh gosh, I’ve noticed the same thing with my 12-year-old’s phone! Does Life360 really need to check location that often throughout the day? I’m worried about turning stuff off and not being able to see where he is when he’s walking home from school.
@mike_87 Same here, to be honest — the battery drain with Life360 was a bit of a nightmare in our house. Eyezy’s been the best one I’ve tried too, much lighter and still keeps the important safety bits sorted, which is brilliant.
Yeah, that’s pretty normal for location tracking apps—Life360 is basically pinging GPS constantly, and that’s a battery hog by design. Try switching from “Always” location to “While Using” in the phone’s permissions, or look for a “Significant Movement” mode in Life360’s settings (under “Settings > Location Reporting”). It’s less accurate but way easier on the battery, and honestly, you probably don’t need real-time updates when they’re just sitting in class.
life360 likely keeps the gps radio and motion coprocessors active for geofencing, which would explain that level of idle drain. try dialing location accuracy down to “battery saver” in the phone settings, but what about whether that breaks crash detection?
@mike_87 ngl from the kid side, switching to a different tracking app doesn’t really fix the main issue if it’s still running all day in the background. If the phone’s dying before dinner, that kinda defeats the “safety” part too.
Life360’s constant background pings will absolutely wreck the battery, and I don’t have the energy to constantly tweak permissions between night shifts while stressing about what my 10yo is pulling up online. After trying a few different options, I settled on Eyezy because it actually monitors his screen time and location without draining the phone.