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Raising kids is quite challenging nowadays especially because they are exposed to the Internet and its dangers. They can be the next victim of cyber bullying. Or they may interact with strangers who turn out to be sexual predators. These concerns have prompted parents to try mobile spy software programs like PhoneSheriff. If you’re a concerned about your child’s safety, this is a software you will be interested in getting.
The software has been around for quite a while now, having been in the market since the start of the decade. Because of the length of time it has been made available to the public, the mobile phone tracking software has also undergone numerous updates. In this review, we take a look at the latest version of this software.
As most PhoneSheriff reviews would tell you, this is a software that is designed to monitor and filter activity of your child’s smartphone or tablet.
As a parental monitoring software, it can do the following:
It can also be harnessed by employers who want to make sure that their employees are properly using company phones. The difference is that for business use, the software can keep track of up to five devices.
There are several subscription plans that you can choose from. If you’re a parent who’s worried about the online activity of your child, you can download the software and use it for six months for just $49. Or you can sign up for a longer, one-year subscription and pay only $89.
For businesses, the rate is $299 for one year. This package includes five licenses, meaning you can monitor or filter up to five tablets or smartphones.
You don’t have to be a techie in order to get this app running on the phone you want to monitor. Go to the website of the software and click on the purchase link, and then pay for the service using a credit card or debit card.
You’ll then be able to download the app and install it on the phone or tablet that you want to be monitored. You’ll get the download link via email, so be sure to check your inbox. If you can’t find the email in your inbox, you can check the Spam folder. Aside from installation instructions and URL for downloading the app, you will also receive your purchase receipt through email.
Install the software on the mobile phone. The program will start working to monitor all the activities of the phone or tablet being tracked, and send the logs to the PhoneSheriff server. You will then be able to view all those info by logging on the website of the program.
This is an excellent program if you want to keep track of your children’s online activity. For one, it can enable you to monitor everything that your child does with his or her phone. There’s no picture that he can hide from you, as the software can restore a deleted image. You can also keep track of all text messages he sends or received with this texting spy app.
You can also prevent your child from texting or calling with this software. You can create time restrictions with this software, so you can bar your child from surfing the internet late at night, or sending text messages during certain times of the day.
You can also be alerted in real time if your child is typing words you don’t want him to be talking about with his friends. Words like ‘party’ and ‘drugs’ can certainly be a cause of concern for parents, and this software will send you an alert once these words have been typed by your child on his smartphone.
The GPS monitoring, on the other hand, lets you know where your child is. It can also be very useful when your child loses the device, as you will know where the phone is. Plus there are privacy settings that would enable you to completely wipe all the information stored on the phone in case it falls into the wrong hands.
One of the weaknesses of this software is that it does not have a stealth mode. Hence your kid would know right away that you are monitoring him. In a way, this can limit the effectiveness of the software because your child already knows that you are tracking his mobile phone use, and he might end up thinking of other ways to go to his favorite porn site like using another computer or tablet, for instance.
You will also have to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad in order to have this software installed on an iOS device. That may scare you, because you do realize that jailbreaking can expose your Apple device to security risks.
It also lacks social media monitoring, so you would not be able to keep track of your child’s activity on Twitter and Facebook. You can only monitor his messages sent through Facebook Messenger or through Twitter’s own messaging tool, but you won’t have any idea on his activity on social media websites.
The lack of a stealth mode is what makes this software not the best option for parents who are concerned about the activities of their children. If you’re looking for other tablet/mobile monitoring programs with a stealth mode, then you might want to check out FlexiSpy.
But if you think your child or employee would have no complaints about being monitored, then the PhoneSheriff may be good enough for you to use. It also doesn’t hurt that the price of the software is very reasonable.