Location History & Sharing
SkyLocation vs HeyPolo
HeyPolo, from the team behind Surfshark, is built to share your live location with family and friends and show recent routes within a group. SkyLocation is built for the opposite job: knowing your own position offline and keeping a private location history that never leaves your device.
Fast Verdict
Choose HeyPolo to share your live location with family. Choose SkyLocation for offline GPS and a private, on-device location history with no subscription.
These apps solve different problems. HeyPolo is consent-based real-time sharing between people, which needs the internet and a subscription. SkyLocation is a solo offline GPS utility that names where you are and logs your own places privately, one-time purchase, no account.
Why People Choose SkyLocation
Knowing your own position offline, even in airplane mode or a dead zone
Keeping a private location history on-device that you control and keep
Naming your nearest city and country with no downloaded maps
Paying once instead of subscribing
When HeyPolo Fits Better
Letting family or friends see your live location for safety
Arrival and departure alerts within a group
Low-battery alerts and a shared SOS to your group
Consent-based sharing with visibility controls
Benchmark Matrix
Where SkyLocation pulls ahead.
| Decision Point | SkyLocation | HeyPolo |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Purpose | Your own offline GPS and private location history. | Sharing your live location with family and friends. |
| Works Fully Offline | Yes. Position and place names work with no internet. | No. Sharing your location with others needs a connection. |
| Account Required | No account, no sign-up. | Yes — you create or join a group to share. |
| Location History | Private, on-device, kept as long as you like. | Shared within a group; recent routes auto-delete (~7 days). |
| Real-Time Sharing With Others | Manual coordinate share and Emergency SOS (Pro). | Core feature — live group location sharing. |
| Pricing | Free, with a one-time €2.99 Pro upgrade. | Subscription. |
| Platforms | iPhone and Android. | iPhone and Android. |
SkyLocation Edge
Fully Offline
SkyLocation determines and names your location with no internet at all. Live location sharing apps like HeyPolo need a connection to send your position to other people.
SkyLocation Edge
On-Device, You Keep It
Your location history stays on your device for as long as you want it, with no account. HeyPolo's trip history is a shared, cloud-based feature that auto-deletes after about 7 days.
SkyLocation Edge
One-Time Price
SkyLocation Pro is a single €2.99 purchase. HeyPolo uses a subscription model. Different value for different jobs.
Download SkyLocation
If you need exact GPS, altitude, and private place history, open the tool built for that job.
SkyLocation focuses on one thing competitors often blur: your precise position, saved places, and offline certainty when signal disappears.