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In addition to Latitude, the built-in "Find your Friends" seems to already do this, without the user needing to explicitly provide consent every time after the first.

You should clearly state why your app is better.

Also, I know this is hard to do on iOS, but it would really be nice if it could use Google Voice, or email/gmail, or some method other than texting. A lot of people still don't have unlimited SMS plans.

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I tried those and other location-sharing apps but I couldn't find any that didn't suffer from two problems:

1. They force my contacts to go through many steps, like downloading an app, registering an account, etc. It's hard to get someone to download and setup an app. It's easier to get them to click a link.

2. They force my contacts to share their location 24/7, which I don't need and they don't want. Having users "explicitly provide consent every time" is a feature.

You're right that I should put this in the app description.

At least with Latitude, it doesn't force you to share your location 24/7. You can turn it off at will, so you can effectively only share it when you want your contacts to see where you are.

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