Linq Alternatives with Location sharing

13 providers support location sharing: location sharing (live location or Find My).

Providers with location sharing

Photon

Open-source agent framework with managed iMessage

Starting price: $25/month (Pro)
Free plan: Free: shared iMessage lines, up to 10 users (2.0 beta: 25 shared iMessage assignments and $100 credit)

Find My requests and live location; Business plan

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Linq

iMessage, RCS and SMS API with flat monthly pricing

Starting price: $260/month (Pro)
Free plan: Hobby: $0, up to 20 contacts, used through the CLI

Request, read and stop Find My shares. Live location is a $79/mo add-on on Pro.

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Blooio

One API for iMessage, WhatsApp and Apple Messages

Starting price: $39/month (Starter, shared number)
Free plan: Free trial: 20 messages total on a shared number, no credit card

PartialReads Find My locations of contacts already sharing. Location access is provisioned on request.

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Sendblue

iMessage API and CRM texting for sales and agents

Starting price: $100/month per line
Free plan: Free sandbox: shared number, up to 10 verified contacts, no webhooks

Find My request, read and live watch. Dedicated iMessage lines only.

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Zernio

One API for iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, social DMs and calls

Starting price: $200/month per iMessage sender
Free plan: First 2 connected accounts free; free iMessage sandbox on a shared line

PartialStatic location pins only. Inbound shared locations arrive without coordinates.

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LoopMessage

iMessage, SMS, RCS and WhatsApp on one number

Starting price: $59.99/month per sender (Light)
Free plan: Sandbox: $0, 5 contacts, testing only; free shared plan for schools and non-profits

PartialInbound messages can have type location; sending a location is not documented.

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Chert

iMessage and FaceTime numbers for AI agents

Starting price: $25/month (Shared)
Free plan: 24-hour trial: 10 messages and 10 FaceTime minutes on a shared line

PartialOne-time location pin on enabled lines; not Live Location or Find My.

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Miss Blue

Dedicated iMessage line with API, team inbox and calling

Starting price: $99/month per number (launch price)
Free plan: Free sandbox; 30-minute live demo line

Send Find My requests, read the sharing state and watch live fixes over Server-Sent Events.

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BlueBubbles

Free, open-source iMessage bridge you host on a Mac

Starting price: Free
Free plan: Free and open source (Apache-2.0)

PartialReads Find My device and friend locations; no in-chat location sharing documented

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Comms by Osis

iMessage, RCS, SMS and WhatsApp API with hosted agents

Starting price: $50/month (shared line); $200/month per dedicated number
Free plan: Free: shared platform line, 100 messages a day, no card

PartialRead locations that contacts choose to share, with update webhooks; the API cannot request a share.

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rustpush

Rust library for the iMessage, FaceTime and APNs protocols

Starting price: Free
Free plan: Free source (SSPL v1)

PartialFind My clients read friends' and items' locations; OpenBubbles says sharing live location is unsupported

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imbridge

Python library, CLI and MCP server for iMessage on a Mac

Starting price: Free
Free plan: Free and open source (Apache-2.0)

PartialSends and reads static location pins; no live location or Find My

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imessage-rs

Rust iMessage server with a BlueBubbles-compatible API

Starting price: Free
Free plan: Free and open source (MIT)