Peace of mind for the people you love

Know they're safe — the moment you wonder.

Send a ping to a trusted contact and get their exact location back — address, distance, even battery level — with one-tap Google Maps. It answers even on silent, even with no internet, even if they can't pick up. Buy it once, and it's there for life.

Free with trusted contacts Works without internet No subscription, ever
Works on silent
No internet needed
The little moments of worry

Peace of mind for the people you love

You don't need a reason to worry — you just do. Here's how one ping, or one alert, turns that worry back into calm.

Mum isn't answering

You've called twice. Was the phone on silent? Did something happen? Instead of imagining the worst, you send one ping.

She's at the market. Safe.

First day across town

Your kid started a new job — or has a match the other side of the city. One quiet ping tells you they got there, without calling five times.

Arrived. No fuss.

Coming home late

You'd rather not stay up refreshing your phone. Set a Departure Alert on their phone, from yours — a full-screen, loud alert fires the moment they leave.

You'll know they're on the way.

Late and not picking up

Your partner should've been home by now. Before the worry spirals, one ping shows them moving — driving, en route, almost back.

En route. Worry gone.

The 4am train stop

Travelling overnight and terrified of sleeping past your station? Set an Arrival Alert 40km out and actually sleep — it wakes you, loud, when your stop is near.

It wakes you in time.

Drop-off at sports class

Badminton, coaching, practice. Arrival and departure alerts mean you always know they got there — and that they've safely left for home.

Arrived, and left. Both.
The one we don't talk about

The call you hope never comes

If your parents live alone, you already know the quiet fear. One fall in the kitchen, one bad moment — and no one knows for hours.

There are real, heartbreaking reports of seniors found a day later, simply because no one realised in time. It's the kind of thing you push out of your mind because it's too painful to sit with.

You can't be there every minute. But something can quietly keep watch — and shout for you the second something seems wrong.

A quiet watch over the people who raised you

Turn on Auto-Ping to keep getting their location at the interval you choose, and set an Activity Alert: if there's no movement on their phone for the hours you set, it fires an unmissable alert — so you can call, or go, in time.

Gentle and in the background for them. An alert you can't miss for you — so a bad moment never goes unnoticed for a day.
See it in action

One ping. Their exact location.

No dashboards, no constant tracking, no setup marathon. When you wonder, you ask — and you get a real answer.

Send a ping

Ask a trusted contact

Tap a person you've added. It works even if their phone's on silent, and even if they can't pick up — it answers automatically for contacts they've authorized.

Get exact location

Address, distance, battery

Back comes coordinates, the address, how far away they are, battery level and last activity — using GPS, cell and Wi-Fi for accuracy. Even with no internet, over SMS.

Tap to navigate

Open in Google Maps

One tap opens turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps. And if it's an emergency, one-tap SOS sounds loudly and bypasses silent mode.

One payment, not a monthly bill

A safety net shouldn't have a monthly bill

The whole point of a safety net is that it's always there. So why do most family-locator apps make you pay for it again every single month?

Subscription apps
$ every month —
forever.
  • The bill never stops, year after year.
  • Miss a payment and it switches off.
  • Maybe the very month you needed it most.
Kaizen Locator
Once, then
never again.
  • Pay one time — it's yours for life.
  • Nothing to renew, nothing to lapse.
  • Still there, ready, two years from now.

We never know when we'll need it. With Kaizen Locator, the answer is always yes — even two years from now.

Everything it does

Built for the moments that matter

Quietly powerful when you need it, invisible when you don't — and always under your control.

Works without them acting

It answers automatically for contacts they've authorized — even on silent, even if they don't pick up or do anything.

Works without internet

Runs over SMS — chosen for privacy and because SMS is reliable in remote areas where data isn't.

Arrival & departure alerts

A full-screen, loud alert you can't miss when someone enters or leaves a place. Set them on a trusted person's phone from your own.

Auto-Ping

Set an interval and keep getting their location automatically — no need to ask each time.

Activity Alert

If there's no activity for the hours you set, it fires an alert — built for keeping an eye on elderly parents.

One-tap SOS + Auto-SOS

A loud SOS that bypasses silent mode, on demand or automatically — for the moments that can't wait.

Trust levels & privacy

You control who sees what, per contact. Device-to-device over SMS — no servers, no accounts.

GPS + cell + Wi-Fi accuracy

Combines all three so the location you get back is as precise as possible, with a one-tap Google Maps link.

Trips & live Trip Map

Create a trip, set an end date, everyone joins via QR in one click, and see a live map — great for treks with no internet. Pause auto-reply anytime.

Privacy-first by design

You're always in control

This isn't tracking. It's trust you grant, and can take back, anytime. Nothing leaves the two phones involved.

  • Trust levels per contactDecide exactly what each person can see. Family level shares location, battery, activity and SOS — change it anytime.
  • No servers, no accountsIt works device-to-device over SMS. There's no cloud holding your whereabouts — we never see your location.
  • Pause auto-replyWant some time off the map? Pause auto-reply whenever you don't want to be locatable.
One-time pricing

Free to start. Yours for life when you upgrade.

Pay once, own it forever — no subscription, ever.

Free

$0
forever
  • A few trusted contacts
  • Ping for location: address, distance, battery
  • Works on silent & without internet
  • One-tap Google Maps
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Personal — Lifetime

$21
one-time · yours forever
  • Everything in Free
  • Arrival & departure alerts, Auto-Ping
  • Activity Alert, SOS & Auto-SOS, Trips
  • No subscription · 3-day refund
Get Personal — $21

Family — Lifetime

$75
one-time · up to 5 phones
  • 5 keys — cover up to 5 phones
  • Everything in Personal, for the whole family
  • Keep parents, kids & partner covered
  • No subscription · 3-day refund
Get Family — $75

One-time payment, no subscription — secure checkout via Paddle. Not for you? There's a 3-day refund.

Built by someone in the family — and used every day.

I built Kaizen Locator for my own family, and it's on our phones every day. Paying every month for something this important was out of the question — so it's buy-once, own-forever. You shouldn't have to rent peace of mind.

— The Kaizen Apps team, Pune, India

Peace of mind, for life — for one payment.

Add the people you love, and the next time you wonder, you'll just know. Free to start, on Google Play.

Free with trusted contacts · Works without internet · No subscription, ever · We never see your location

FAQ

Common questions

Does the other person need internet?
No. Kaizen Locator works entirely over SMS, so the other phone needs no internet, Wi-Fi or mobile data — just a signal bar. Both phones do need the app installed so the location reply is handled automatically. If the other phone doesn't have Locator, your text simply arrives as a normal SMS.
How does the one-tap SOS work?
A contact you've marked Family can fire an SOS. The receiver's phone sounds a loud alarm and shows a full-screen red takeover — it plays on the alarm stream so it breaks through silent and Do Not Disturb — and the sender's location is shared automatically. Sent by accident? It can be recalled within the alarm window.
What is Auto-SOS?
Auto-SOS is a self-monitored safety net for anyone living alone. If you go inactive for too long, miss a scheduled daily check-in, or your battery is about to die, the app first warns you with a countdown — and if you don't tap "I'm OK", it automatically alerts the people you chose. Caregivers can also set a per-contact inactivity or low-battery alarm on their own phone.
Is it really private? Do you store my data?
Yes — privacy is the whole point. No location, activity or SOS data ever touches a server; it all moves device-to-device over SMS. There are no accounts, no analytics, no tracking and no ads. Your contacts, policies and ping history stay on your phone, and every request needs your permission unless you grant a contact Always Allow — and you control exactly what each contact can see (location, battery, activity).
Will it drain my battery?
No. Locator is event-driven — it does nothing in the background until a trusted SMS ping arrives. GPS fires only for a few seconds to fulfil a request. Because this is a safety app, do disable Android's aggressive battery optimisation for it so it can always respond in an emergency.
What do the SMS pings cost?
Each ping is a single SMS, charged at whatever your carrier charges per text — often free on most packs. There are zero data charges, ever.
How much does it cost?
It's free to use with up to 3 trusted contacts. A Personal lifetime license is a one-time $21 (unlimited contacts, group & recurring pings), and a Family lifetime license is a one-time $75 and includes 5 license keys for up to 5 phones. Both are one-time payments — no subscription, ever.
Does it work on iPhone?
Not yet — Kaizen Locator is an Android app. iOS doesn't allow apps to read incoming SMS or reply automatically, which is the core of the protocol. Both sender and receiver must be on Android.
What's the refund policy?
Try the free version first to be sure it works for you. If you upgrade and it's not right, there's a 3-day no-questions-asked refund. Email [email protected].

Guides & comparisons

How families use Kaizen Locator — and how it compares.

How to find a phone without internet or dataHow to find a lost Android phone (even offline)Best safety app for elderly living aloneKaizen Locator vs Life360
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