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Oomoyo vs Google Maps and Find Hub

A family map built for families, with locations only your family can read.

Google Maps and Find Hub already let you share where you are. They work where your family already has Google Accounts: Google Maps shares from Android and from iPhone [4][5]. Find Hub is Android's tool for finding phones, earbuds, watches and tags, and it also shares your phone's location with up to 10 people [1][11]. Oomoyo is built for one job: a family map with places, arrive and leave alerts, check-in deadlines, SOS and history you control.

Differences that matter

What is encrypted so that only you can read it

Google says Find Hub's location reports for your devices and tags are end-to-end encrypted, and that "no one other than you can see your device location, not even Google" [1][2]. For location you share with people, Google's pages describe sharing as "temporary, secure, and only with the people you choose" [1] and does not call it end-to-end encrypted: Google uses that term only for Find Hub's device and tag reports [2][3]. In Oomoyo every update from a phone is encrypted on the phone with Messaging Layer Security (RFC 9420) before it leaves it, so only your family's own devices can read it. The server still sees when a phone last checked in, deadline times and days (not the place), the SOS flag and push tokens.

Whose account it runs on, and what that account is used for

Google Maps sharing needs a Google Account on your side and a Gmail address on the other, or a link that works for up to 24 hours [4]. Google's privacy policy says Google may show personalised ads and may use location information for ads based on your location [6]. Oomoyo needs no email address to start, shows no ads, has no data partners and earns only from its subscription. Oomoyo is proudly EU-hosted: our servers run in the EU, under EU privacy law. Google says it maintains servers around the world, with Google Ireland Limited as the controller for users in the EEA [6].

What it is built for

Google Maps is a map and Find Hub is a way to find things. Both can tell you when someone arrives at or leaves a place [3][4]. Oomoyo adds the parts of a family routine: a check-in deadline such as "tell me if Mila is not at School by 08:15", an SOS that alerts the whole family with a live position, history windows that a guardian sets and every member can shorten for their own data, and roles for guardians and managed members. Apart from Family Link's parent and child accounts, Google Maps and Find Hub have no check-in deadline alert, no family roles and no history window for shared locations [3][5][7].

How they compare

Oomoyo compared with Google Maps and Find Hub
FeatureOomoyoGoogle Maps and Find Hub
End-to-end encryptionPhones: end-to-end encrypted. A linked browser carries the label "Linked browser".Device and tag locations in Find Hub: end-to-end encrypted [1][2]. Location shared with people: Google does not call it end-to-end encrypted [1][2][3]
Who can read locationsOnly your family's devices. The server sees check-in times, deadline times, the SOS flag and push tokens.People you share with see name, photo, real-time location and battery, and may see where you were recently [5]
Business model and data salesSubscription only. No data partners.Google's privacy policy describes personalised ads [6]
Ads and trackersNo ads. No third-party analytics or crash SDKs in the apps.Google may use location information for ads based on your location [6]
Where data is storedProudly EU-hosted. Our servers run in the EU, under EU privacy law."We maintain servers around the world"; Google Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA [6]
HistoryThe guardian picks how long history is kept, from none to forever; every member can choose less for their own data and delete it.No history of other people's locations. People you share with see real-time location and may see where you were recently [3][5]
Places and alertsPlaces with arrive and leave alerts, and check-in deadlines.Notifications when someone arrives at or leaves a place [3][4]; Family Link: arrive and leave alerts for family places [7]
SOSAlerts your family with your live position. It does not call the emergency services; if you are in danger, call 112.Emergency SOS on Android 12 and later calls the emergency services; emergency sharing and Safety Check share your location with your emergency contacts; on some devices through the Personal Safety app [8]
Devices and watchesPhones, and trackers that encrypt their own reports ("Encrypted on the device"). Kids' 4G watches ("Encrypted on arrival") only on a paid self-hosted server whose operator turned the watch receiver on.Find Hub finds phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, headphones and tracker tags [11]
Share linksA temporary link labelled "Shared by link".A link share lets "anyone with the link" see your location [3]; in Maps it works for up to 24 hours [4]; a link adds a key open to anyone signed in to a Google Account [2]
Web accessA linked browser shows the map and does the lighter jobs; it cannot send an SOS or let people in.A Find Hub website for your own devices [1][11]
PlatformsiPhone and Android, plus the web console as a Linked browser.Google Maps on iPhone and Android [4][10]; Find Hub on Android, Android 14 and up for some steps [11]
Open sourceThe server is open source under AGPL-3.0, and you can run it yourself.No

When Google Maps and Find Hub may suit you better

  • Everyone already has a Google Account and you only need to share where you are for an evening. Google lets you pick one hour, until the end of the day, until you stop, or a custom time [3], and there is nothing new to install.
  • You want to find a lost phone, earbuds or a tag. Find Hub does that with an end-to-end encrypted network of nearby Android devices [1]. Oomoyo does not find lost items.
  • Your child has an Android phone and you want parental controls, not only a location. Family Link manages the child's Google Account and shows the child's device location [5][7]. Oomoyo is a location app, not a parental-control app.
  • You use Wear OS watches and want them found with the rest. Find Hub covers them [11].

Questions

Is Google Maps location sharing end-to-end encrypted?

Google does not call it that. Google says Find Hub's location reports for your devices and tags are end-to-end encrypted, and describes sharing with people as "temporary, secure, and only with the people you choose" [1][2]. If the difference matters to you, read Google's page for the feature you use.

Is Find Hub the same as Find My Device?

Find Hub is Google's current name for it, since 2025 [9].

Does Google use my family's shared locations for ads?

Google's privacy policy says it may use location information for ads based on your location [6]. Oomoyo shows no ads and cannot read your family's locations.

Can an iPhone user be in my Google Maps sharing?

Yes. Google Maps shares from iPhone, and the person you share with needs a Gmail account, or you send a link that works for up to 24 hours [4]. Oomoyo runs on iPhone and Android, so a mixed family works; each person joins on their own phone and accepts for themselves.

Where does Oomoyo keep my data, and what does it see?

Proudly EU-hosted. Our servers run in the EU, under EU privacy law. What Oomoyo stores is sealed so only your family's devices can read it. The content of your updates and your IP address are never seen. Online times and which groups an account updates and reads are seen live and never kept. Who sent which update, who is in which group and presence records are never kept.

Should I switch off Google's SOS if I use Oomoyo's?

No. Google's Emergency SOS calls the emergency services [8]. Oomoyo's SOS alerts your family and does not call anyone; if you are in danger, call 112. They do different jobs.

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Sources

Facts about other products on this page come from these sources, read on the date shown.

  1. What is Find Hub and how to use itGoogle (android.com). Page date: 16 December 2025. Read on 2 November 2026.
  2. How Find Hub protects your dataGoogle Help. Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.
  3. Find your friends and family with Find HubGoogle Help (Android Help). Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.
  4. Share your real-time location with others in Google Maps, iPhone and iPadGoogle Help (Google Maps Help). Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.
  5. Manage your Location Sharing settingsGoogle Help (Google Account Help). Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.
  6. Google Privacy PolicyGoogle. Page date: Effective 16 October 2026. Read on 2 November 2026.
  7. Find & manage your child's location, Family LinkGoogle Help (Google For Families Help). Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.
  8. Get help during an emergency with your Android phoneGoogle Help (Android Help). Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.
  9. Google's Find My Device network is now Find Hub9to5Google (Damien Wilde). Page date: 13 May 2025. Read on 2 November 2026.
  10. Google Maps, App Store listingGoogle LLC on the Apple App Store. Page date: Version 26.43.1, 23 October 2026. Read on 2 November 2026.
  11. Set up and use Find HubGoogle Help (Android Help). Page date: Not shown. Read on 2 November 2026.

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