mSpy Spy-Ready Smartphone Review
Summary: The first spy phone to hit the market does not disappoint. Packed with amazing features to monitor teens. Cost savings with pre-paid popular cell phones.
4.5
mSpy’s new cell spy phones have made mobile monitoring super easy for parents. Instead of downloading software or jail breaking phones, parents only have to purchase prepaid iphones and androids with pre-packaged software to monitor teens. mSpy is the hottest tech start up on the mobile monitoring scene with over 1 million subscribers of mSpy. The software company has experienced over 400% growth over the past year according to mSpy founder Andrei Shimanovich. He informed spyparent that over 40% of users of mSpy are parents. The mSpy team reached out to provide Spyparent with one of their cutting edge spy cell phones to test.
Unboxing the Nexus Galaxy,
mSpy ships the smartphone phone along with a one page instruction page with login credentials. The instructions shows users the steps to log in to the mSpy dashboard to monitor the phone. mSpy installs all of the monitoring software at their corporate offices prior to shipping to customers.
Mspy Features (Premium Subscription)
Cell Phone Activity
mSpy has an impressive UI dashboard that allows parents to run analytics on cell phone usage. The images above show usage between cellphone activity and messaging apps. Parents can also determine who is receiving the most calls. A great way to set up peer approved contact lists with teen.
Text Messages
mSpy logs all text messages that are made through the native SMS phone app. Texts to several phones were made and all of the text messages appeared under the text message dashboard. You see the name and number of the text along with a time stamp for when the text was sent or received. One glitch with mSpy is that MMS texts are not captured by the phone. Multiple texts that were sent with a picture attached were not logged by the server.
Location
mSpy location feature is one of the best features of the phone. mSpy utilizes google maps to provide the location of the phone. The users can either use the map or satellite view. It also lists all of the addresses that the phone has traveled. This is a great feature to monitor teen’s whereabouts when they are outside of the house without permission.
Photos
mSpy uploads every photo taken by the phone to the cloud. You can view all photos that are taken and stored on the phone. This feature does not support photos that are taken by third party apps.
Browser History
mSpy tracks every website that user visits through their mobile browser. The number of times the site is visited along with the name of the site. Users can click on the link to visit the sites that were visited by the user. The application also notes websites that are booked marked by the user.
Email
mSpytracks all emails that are set up on the phone. We used several google accounts for the test and all of the emails for that account were displayed on the mSpy Dashboard.
Uninstall App
mSpy feature allows you to monitor all mobile apps that have been downloaded to the phone. There is the option from the dashboard to block the apps from being operated. This feature is only powerful if the users know that they are being monitored.
Keylogger
mSpy key logger feature is the best feature for parents. It is the best way to monitor third party apps. Key logger allows you to capture username and passwords that are used by third party apps. Messages from the text are also logged by the keylogger. All passwords and messages can be viewed in the control panel.
Cost Savings
One huge benefit to mSpy is the cost savings on monthly cell phone plans. Since the phone comes unlocked, parents don’t have to be worried about being locked in to 2 year billing plan. No worries of teens increasing cell phone bills due to texting. Parents on average can save at least 50 dollars a month on cell phone bills.
The major advantage of mSpy is that it is a bundled package. The company is providing a turnkey solutions to parents and employees. The mSpy phones are ready to operate right out of the box. Parents don’t have to worry about confronting teens over tracking software. mSpy cell phones are the most comprehensive software and hardware to hit the market.
About the Author
Sedgrid Lewis Sedgrid Lewis is the founder of Spy Parent LLC. He is an internationally recognized safety expert specializing in surveillance equipment, internet monitoring software, and mobile applications for parents and child care professionals. Sedgrid has been highlighted in over 20 major publications. Sedgrid has been covered by Fox News, CBS News, NBC News, Readwrite, Gizmodo, and many more. He is a contributor to Your Teen Magazine.
mSpy is a great monitoring software for parents. One thing that I really like about it is that it has a 1 month subscription which gives you the opportunity to try it out without spending too much money.
Great article thanks,