2016 Top 6 Mobile Phone Monitoring Apps Comparison and Reviews

Mobile Phone Monitoring Appsare used to parental controls, and track the employee mobile phone usage. We selected 6 best mobile phone monitoring software in the market for a trial, and we compared and list the features, price, and customer support, we hope this would help you choose a proper product when you shopping. In addition, you can also browse Mobile Phone Monitoring to see User Guide and more outstanding products.

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				Recommended
	Mobile Tracker Free	Mobile Spy	~~mSpy for phones~~	PhoneSheriff	Flexispy	Spyera
				Best Value	Best Cell Phone Spy Software for iPhone and iPad	Best Cell Phone Monitoring App for Employees
	Free	$ 33 . 48 /3 mo	$ 56 . 99 /3 mo	$ 32 . 83 /6 mo	$ 99 . 00 /3 mo	$ 119 . 20 /3 mo
		~~$49.97~~ 33% Off	~~$59.99~~ 5% Off	~~$49~~ 33% Off		~~$149~~ 20% Off

User usage rates
Basic Info
Main Site
Control Panel (Live Demo)	Web Based Demo Not Available	Web Based	Web Based	Web Based	Web Based	Web Based Demo Not Available
Client Platform
Ideal for	Home	Home,Business	Home,Business	Home,Business	Home,Business	Home,Business
Screenshot
Quick View
Filtering Features	block harmful information, websites and APPs, and effectively protect the Children
ColorMango Score
Blacklists / Whitelists				Not available on iPad
3rd Party Browsers			Jailbreak required
Adult URLs
Custom Filtering
Application Filtering		Only for Android	Premium License
Website Filtering			Premium License Jailbreak required	Not available on Blackberry
SMS keyword filters
Email filters				Not available on Android
Contacts Filtering
Overall	Filter is mainly used for blocking junk harmful information, such as website filtering, contacts filtering are the most commonly used in filters. Some software also supports custom filtering, and allows you customize filter according to your needs. If your main purpose is to protect children, this type of functions is the most important, and by our testing, PhoneSheriff has the most completed features, you can give priority to try this product.
Activities Logged
ColorMango Score
Call logs
Messages
Emails		Not available on Android	Jailbreak required
Contacts
Music files
Video files
Photos				Taken by phone Not available on Windows Phone
GPS locations			Jailbreak required
Website history		Not available on Blackberry		Not available on Blackberry
Calendar Entries			Jailbreak required			Android only
Apps
Chat Apps	Facebook, WhatsApp, Hangouts, Skype, LINE, Kik, Viber, ChatON	Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk Messenger, AOL Messenger	(Premium License and need Jailbreak) Snapchat, Skype, Social Networks, Viber, WhatsApp, Line, Facebook	WhatsApp (Rooted Android Device), BlackBerry Messenger	WhatsApp, LINE, Skype, WeChat, Viber, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, BBM, Hangouts, Yahoo Messenger	Facebook, WhatsAPP, FaceTime, SKYPE, BBM, PIN, LINE, Viber, WeChat, Hangouts, Yahoo Messenger, Snapchat and iMessage
Keylogger			Premium License
Call Recording/Ambient Recording	Only call recording		Premium License		Extreme version
Spy Call/Call Intercept
Detailed compatibility info		Mobile Spy Compatibility List	~~Mspy for Phone Compatibility List~~	PhoneSheriff Compatibility List	Flexispy Compatibility List
Overall	Even the same product, the features will be different if at the different prices and different platforms, so If you need to have a detailed understanding, please see the direct link we provide - detailed compatibility info. Overall, we think Spyear and Flexispy are comprehensive and powerful features but at a little expensive price, and if you are not required to have call recording, the PhoneSheriff is very cost-effective.
Alerts
ColorMango Score
Panic Alert				Not available on Windows Phone
Profanity Alert
Custom Alert
Intrusion Alert
Geo Fencing Alert			Jailbreak required
Watched Contact Alert				Not available on iPad
SIM change alerts				Not available on iPad	Extreme version
Remove App Alert
Overall	In the aspects of Alerts, PhoneSheriff provide the most comprehensive alerts functions.
Control & Security
ColorMango Score
Anti-Abduction Mode
Phone Wipe			Premium License Jailbreak required
Multiple Device Management
Locking and Real-Time Tracking			Premium License
Time restriction on Browsing, Messaging and Calls
Call usage restricted
Device usage Restricted
LIVE Control Panel		Premium License
Remote Camera					Extreme version Not available on Blackberry	Not available on Blackberry
Remote Uninstall
Overall	Phone Wipe and Remote Locking features can help you erase all the information in your phone to prevent from theft of others in the case of your phone lost. And Time Restriction can help you prevent children addicting in the phone all the day. Live Control Panel can help you better manage your browsing monitoring information, and Phone Sheriff performs best in this aspect, but it does not support remote camera.
Stealth Capabilities	The software which has the feature - stealth mode, can always run in the system background and will not be found by the mobile phone users.
ColorMango Score
Stealth Mode
Hidden from App Menu
Hidden from Launcher
Hidden From Task Manager
Overall	Unfortunately, Mobile Spy and PhoneSheriff do not provide Stealth Mode, and if you want to hide the software, please pay attention to the potential legal issues.
Support/Help
ColorMango Score
Free Support
Support Phone			+1 855 896 0041 (24/7)		+1 213 810 3122 (24/7)	+1 646 760 1575
Live Chat 24/7
Open Ticket
Discuss Forum
FAQs
User Guide
Money Back for any reasons						10 Days
Overall	Only Spyera clearly claim to support the no reason refund, and other paid products are not sure, but so far our customers have not experienced a denial of a refund.

Reviews

Mobile Tracker Free: As a mobile phone monitoring freeware, Mobile Tracker Free provides very kind features, but the FREE version has a limitation of remote control, and also annoying pop-up ads, so if you don’t mind that you can use it to monitor control your kids.
Mobile Spy: This mobile phone monitoring software has various highlights in features, and not any major cons. Although it has no Stealth mode, it’s price is very affordable. It’s very suitable for parental control. (Compared to Phonsheriff, The Pro of Mobile Spy is able to support keylogger)
~~mSpy for phones~~: This is a common mobile phone monitoring software, and its price is not expensive. The highlight is its mobile activities recording features are very comprehensive, it’s enough for home users.
PhoneSheriff: PhoneShieriff explicitly provided two licenses - for parents and for business, this is convenient for user’s choice. And PhoneSheriff also offers lots of features that make you think it’s worth to buy it. The cons of this program are not providing call intercept, stealth mode and ambient recording such advanced features, neither in its business version. (Note: There is no functional difference between parents license and business license except the number of license.)
Flexispy: Flexispy’s pro is that it can monitor and record almost any phone activities. But its advanced features like Call Intercept/Recording and Ambient Recording, requires you pay for its more expensive Extreme version.
Spyera: The major cons of Spyera mobile monitoring software is its pricing. Compared to the similar mobile monitoring software in the market, Spyera is much more expensive than others. .Probably because Spyera provides the advanced features and does not divided into several different versions of basic or premium like other similar products, so that will cause some users who do not need the advanced features but spend more money on it. Although Spyera provides the advanced features like Spy Call/Call Intercept and Call Recording/Ambient Recording, it is still lack of the filter features like App/call Block, Website Filtering and remote locking. What’s more, Spyera is the only one product not to provide any demo or trial version for users. (Based on its price and functions, we recommend this product to business users.)

Suggestion

Home User
- For the 5-12 years old children, parents just only need to create a good and healthy environment, and the basic monitoring control features of this kind of program are enough for parental control children. Generally the freeware or low price software Mobile Spy and mSpy for phones are the good choice.
- For the 12-21 years old youth, you know at this range of ages youth would definitely go into puberty, if parents not properly take care or manage, the youth will be vulnerable by unhealthy and wrong in society. So it is recommended to use the more advanced features of mobile phone monitoring software, such as PhoneSheriff, Flexispy and Spyera, and each of these three software has its own advantages: PhoneSheriff with a strong information Filter / Block features, Flexispy and Spyera have a strong Keylogger, Spy Call / Call Intercept, Call Recording / Ambient Recording, Live Call Listening, so that let you can get more detailed kids’ activities.

Business User
If a business company want to use this kind of software product, we recommend the company choose the product that provides the advanced features of mobile phone monitoring software - Call Recording / Ambient Recording, Live Call Listening. Because if employees disclose any information from the company, this kind of program will help to get the evidence.

Note:
Using monitoring software please pay attention to the risk of the potential legal issue