Findnumber is a GPS-based family location and safety app for parents to monitor household whereabouts and app usage on Android.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#18
▼3Parenting · free
Sentiment
4.1
297k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Findnumber to ensure child safety via real-time tracking and emergency alerts, serving the need for parental oversight in a digital environment.
For Parents and family members seeking real-time location monitoring and safety oversight for their household.
What does it look like?
Key features
GPS-based tracking with multiple map views; drives daily active usage and expands ad-inventory.
Instant distress notification; increases app stickiness by reinforcing the daily safety habit.
Visibility into children's app usage; acts as a primary acquisition hook for the parenting demographic.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model utilizes in-app purchases to gate advanced features while maintaining a large free user base for ad-supported engagement.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
The app has reached a zombie state, with no updates or feature releases recorded in over two years. The last known release occurred on June 23, 2024, and there has been no development activity since. Given the lack of recent maintenance or content updates, the app appears to be abandoned by its developer.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads excited. Users appreciate the caller identification tool provides immediate clarity on unknown numbers to help users avoid spam calls and users appreciate the time saved by blocking fraudulent and telemarketing numbers through the automated filter system, but report some users report the application fails to function or perform basic tasks after the latest update.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The caller identification tool provides immediate clarity on unknown numbers to help users avoid spam calls
- Users appreciate the time saved by blocking fraudulent and telemarketing numbers through the automated filter system
- Some users report the application fails to function or perform basic tasks after the latest update
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for Phone Number Location Tracker
How's the Parenting market?
Findnumber holds a 4.1-star rating across 296,748 reviews, but the lack of updates since June 2024 signals a decline in competitive standing.
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Key takeaways for Phone Number Location Tracker
Where is it heading?
The parenting safety market is consolidating around apps with frequent stability updates and transparent billing, leaving Findnumber exposed. The lack of development since June 2024 means the app is losing the ability to compete on feature parity, so the PM must address core functional stability to retain the remaining user base.
- Persistent functional failure post-update (June 2024) → erodes user trust → accelerates churn in the parenting segment.
- Lack of feature updates for over 25 months → signals maintenance-mode status → leaves the app vulnerable to active competitors.
The SWOT
- Emergency button reinforces daily safety habit
- Untapped education partnerships for B2B distribution
Next best moves
Audit billing logic because users report paying for broken features → reduce refund surge
The counter-intuitive read
The app's large review count is a liability, as it provides a massive…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The competitive assessment has downgraded to 'declining' due to the continued lack of updates and the formalization of billing-related churn risks in the SWOT analysis.
Bottom line
Findnumber maintains a large user base through core safety features, but the lack of updates since June 2024 and reports of billing issues threaten its viability, so the PM must prioritize stability fixes to prevent further churn.
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- [1] Play Store listing, source
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