5 Best Cell Phone Spy Software Reviews

Featured article by Emma Jones, content writer at TechsCrunch

There are many apps that can be used to track other people without their knowledge. Are you worried about what your children are up to on the internet? There is a simple solution to this; you could simply install a spy app on to their smart phones. These spy apps will help you to monitor their social media, track their whereabouts, read their text messages, record calls and many more things.

There are many spy apps available in the market but you do not need to waste your time reviewing them. Here is a review of the 5 best spy apps that will help you to do lot more than read texts from another phone.

MSpy

MSpy is one of the most powerful tools, in the line of spy products. It offers a wide range of features, a few of them are spying on calls, emails and text messages, URL’s and websites can be recorded, unlimited access to the address book and calendar events, all the media files can be viewed i.e. both incoming and outgoing, remote control feature is also available that allows to control the setting over the various programs and applications that are used on the phone etc.

Positive Features

– As this app has got traditional features it can boast having more range of options as compared to other similar products on the market.
– It supports Android, Blackberry and iPhone (But it has to be jail broken)

Negative Features

– MSPY license allows tracking only one phone at a time.
– There is no SIM card change alert.
– MSPY does not support regular phones, Windows phone devices, Bada OS and any other OSs.

Highster Mobile

This is a very convenient application for cell phone tracking. Some of its remarkable features include call and text message tracking provides access to all major messenger chats, media files and emails, there is also an address book access so that you can see the entire contact list and it also has a stealth camera etc. In addition to this, this app only takes about a few minutes to install and this is quite convenient as generally there is not much time for installation.

Positive Features

– It only has a one time fee.
– It has all the basic options for tracking.
– It supports both iPhone and Android cell phones.

Negative Features

– The do not offer many options as compared to other applications.
– No parental control is available.
– This application does not support all cell phones.

FlexiSpy

This is an advanced monitoring software application that enables easy smart phone tracking. One of its best features is its live call interception and recording option. Some of its other features are tracking of calls, text messages, emails as well as Blackberry and WhatsApp messages, listen to the phones surroundings, take pictures with the camera remotely, access the address book etc. It also works fine on non rooted Android phones.

Positive Features

– This software is quite easy to install and use.
– It has a live call interception option.
– It supports Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Windows and Symbian cell phones.

Negative Features

– It does not have a remote wipe feature.
– One cannot block numbers with this application.

The TruthSpy

This is exactly one of those applications that offer the best features at a very affordable price. It has features such as Keylogger, remote control options, SIM card change notification and many other common features like it works on stealth mode and is untraceable, access to all contacts, multimedia files, social networks, browser history, spy call also known as auto answer, recording and blocking the app option etc.

Positive Features

– It provides a clear and comprehensive outline of the control panel.
– Offers a wide range of mobile tracking features.
– This application is very much affordable as compared to other applications.
– Allows tracking of BMM conversations.
– It supports all Android cell phones.

Negative Features

– It supports iPhone but it should be jail broken.

Appmia

This is a very user friendly and versatile spy ware too that has an extensive range of tracking options. Some of the advanced features that these app posses are call recording, call interception, background noise recording, remote function that allows you to operate the app remotely, alert function, password logger that allows you to track whatever the target user enters into his phone including passwords, tracks the users activity on social media and supports messengers like Yahoo, Skype, SnapChat, Facebook, WhatsApp etc.

Positive Features

– It is very user friendly to use.
– Provides high level of secrecy.
– It has flexible licensing and multi device support facility.
– Has a variety of features.
– It supports Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, and Nokia Symbian.

Negative Features

– This app is priced very high.
– It supports Apple but it requires jail breaking first.

 About the Author

Emma Jones is a content writer at TechsCrunch. She also handles marketing and SEO in her team. In her free time she likes to learn about new technologies.