Staying connected with family members is an incredible opportunity that modern mobile devices provide to everyone, but still, many families simply neglect to use this option. Instead, many use popular text-based applications and other communication apps, not realizing there are far better alternatives. Now, with an app called Family Orbit, any family can receive the ultimate way to stay connected and do much more.

Family Orbit was created for the Apple devices and can be downloaded from the iTunes service. It requires the iOS 7.0 operating system or a later version, and it can be installed on the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch. As its basic concept, the app provides a localized social network on which a family can post content, find locations of members or geofences, insert standards of parental control, and provide a huge benefit in case of any emergency.

The entire package of this app is exceedingly well designed at a purely conceptual level, where their creators merged the best elements of geotracking apps, social networks, and parental control mechanism. The same is shown in the ease with which it combines things like posting things on a mutual Activity Wall, where the news from the other users are also located, to geofencing locations like school or home, sharing photos and other content. At the same time, adult members of the family can attain full privacy safeguards and control while their kids can receive specialized Child accounts. With them, parents can overview all the photos and contacts in their local memory, find information about their Wi-Fi networks and get additional relevant info. Also, the account can be a huge benefit to the children as well, because they can use it to request pickups from the adults by simply checking their location.

The app provides a range of utilitarian features. With the feature of Family locator and Family places, the users can get the location of the family members and spots which the same member regularly uses. Because of the geolocation feature, the same can be utilized to produce check-ins and browse its history just like any other piece of data. The Safe Driving feature will notify the parent whenever their child drives over the speed limit while the Panic feature notifies the entire family to come and pick up the same person. Finally, the cross-platform device support of Family Orbit will make sure that the app works well, even if the family members are using a device that is not iOS based.

But, the thing which really separates this app from any of its competitors is its Premium mode. While the basic app is free, the Premium costs just $4.99 on a monthl base but expands the possibilities significantly. First of all, the users can add up to 10 members of the monitor all contacts and photos of their children, browse the history of the visited locations for the previous 7 days and get a full 5 GB of storage on a Cloud that can be used for family photos. With this offer, anyone can try the free version of the app and then simply upgrade it using a charge on their iTunes account. This flexibility makes the Family Orbit the ultimate app for those who want to try out the apps they purchase it.

With a huge array of features and a strong blend of a social media principles, parental control and geolocation possibilities it is clear that the Family Orbit should be the app of choice for all those looking to be connected with their family members.