SMS Tracker – secretly track Text & Picture Messages, Calls, Locations & visited Websites

by Paul Wilks Oct 11, 2012 9:52 AM – 10 Comments

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SMS Tracker is a communication and security app that tracks and logs SMS messages (text messages), MMS messages (picture messages), calls, locations and visited websites. If you are a parent who wishes to monitor the movements and communications of your child or teenager, SMS Trackers allows you to do so via a secure web browser interface. From Google Play Store comments, it seems to be used a great deal by suspicious partners too!

Price: Free 7-day Trial, Tiered Monthly Service Fees

Tested on: HTC One X
Content Rating: Medium Maturity

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Very effective, thorough and accurate!
Simple to use!
Intuitive web interface!
Little impact on battery!

Cons

Highly intrusive. In my opinion it has to be seen as an absolute last resort in protecting a deviant teenager.
Cannot track messages and content sent via email or third party messaging apps like Kik or WhatsApp.

Features:

SMS Tracker is an app you install on your child or teenagers mobile device. The app is hidden so no icon is displayed, but the app closely monitors a number of factors, including; SMS messages, MMS messages, web access, location and calls. All this data is aggregated and displayed in an easy-to-use and secure web interface. This means you can track (nearly) all incoming and outgoing communications on a specific device.

The information is displayed in a useful web interface which you log into remotely. Principally there are headings for SMS Log and Breadcrumbs. SMS Log shows all texts, MMS messages, call logs and visited websites. Breadcrumbs displays locations information collected from GPS monitoring. The site also shows a large map where you can plot the location of the device.

The app is essentially a subscription service which you can pay for on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. Prices vary but you can opt in and out of different services. So, if you just want to keep track of your child’s location you can pay only for that service. Likewise if you just wanted to track text messages, etc. For the full package, the monthly cost is just under $11, quarterly this is around £22 and the annual subscription is just over $65.

As a service, SMS Tracker is very thorough and detailed, simple to use and comprehensive. While it’s a great service, I have reservations personally about this level of surveillance upon a teenager. Sure, perhaps if a kid has fallen in with a bad crowd and you want to protect them, an app like this could be vitally important. However, the first solution surely should be to have open lines of communication and ultimately, trust. Apps like this, while great on terms of functionality, seem to be clear marker that you don’t trust your teenager, period. The problem is, there will be aggressive and utterly paranoid helicopter-parents that alienate and isolate their child even more by using an app like this.

Watch on Mobile

: SMS Tracker – Tracker screen

: SMS Tracker – Message info and location

: SMS Tracker – Monitor GPS locations

: SMS Tracker – Zoom in and out

: SMS Tracker – Account

: SMS Tracker – Settings

: SMS Tracker – Hints

: SMS Tracker Account Activated

Usefulness:

If you need to track your Android-sporting child, there are few apps that are quite a good at doing so as SMS Tracker. You can monitor all incoming and outgoing messages, as well as calls and GPS location. While it doesn’t (yet) snoop on the content of calls it is, by all means, very thorough.

Ease of Use:

For parents who feel the need to use this on their kids’ phones or, if you would read the Play Store comments, partners suspicious of their spouses activities, it is very easy to use. Simply download the app onto the phone, register and access the dashboard on the website and it will secretly monitor everything on the device.

Frequently Used:

This will depend on the level of service you require, how much you trust your child and how often you choose to check out the website, and not via an app for parents. Information is updated constantly so you can use it as often as you see fit.

Interface:

The app itself has no real interface, besides a registered screen you can only access by opening the app on the Google Play Store (remember, there is no icon displayed in the app draw). The web interface, however, is really good and very simple to use and navigate.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.6 out of 5)

Should you Download SMS Tracker? I can only give the app a very strong mark as it is pretty much the most comprehensive, user-friendly and detailed monitoring/security app I’ve seen. It tracks and monitors SMS, MMS, calls, websites and geo-locations. If you are extremely worried about your kid, the annual fee is also quite reasonable. That said, I’m kinda sad to know that apps like this might signify the moment you stop trusting someone in your family and the subsequent implication of that. You can use a trial version for seven days, but think carefully about it huh?

Developer: Gizmoquip

Tags: Android App, Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Child Safety, Family Security, Logging, MMS, Monitoring, Secure Cellphone, security, SMS, SMS Tracker, SMS Tracker Agent, Text Message Tracker

Categorised in: Communication

10 Comments

By lisa lawrence on November 1, 2012 at 5:23 am:

is sms tracker website down and when will it be back up, i have a membership and cannot acess the site

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By bree on November 15, 2012 at 3:47 am:

I’m having the same problem.

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- By James on November 23, 2012 at 11:09 pm:
  
  there having problems at the moment been emailing them they say it’s a server problem that will be fixed asap..
  
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By edobbs26 on February 9, 2013 at 10:20 am:

how can i install it on a iphone 4

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By maurice on April 20, 2013 at 5:52 pm:

How can it be hidden under my apps screen

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By Mona on April 29, 2013 at 4:23 pm:

I would like to install sms tracker on my son’s android phone. Please can you send me the steps from 1 through to successful in order for me to get it done since I am technologically challenged.
I would appreciate you mailing me since he often reads my messages on my phone.
Regards Mona

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By tish on May 9, 2013 at 6:51 am:

it needs to be hidden on the app window. my kid found it.right away. what good is that

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By Lucia on June 4, 2013 at 9:27 pm:

Can you track old messages and calls from 2 months back if the app was just downloaded?

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By Asif Asi on June 13, 2013 at 1:46 am:

I also want this acount , Please help me.

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By jamarisa on June 17, 2013 at 9:12 am:

I have the Gizmoquip app on both my teenager’s phones. Until you’ve had a teenager that has completely fooled you and you discover they’re into sex, underage drinking and drugs you probably cannot appreciate the intrusion into their lives that this app offers. My husband and I were able to pinpoint within feet where they were in real time. Countless times we showed up where our son wasn’t supposed to be and stopped him from driving home after it was obvious he was drunk. We found messages from someone in his youth group who did drugs and sold them. Our son was asking for pills and we were able to intervene before he got into an addictive, destructive habit. We’ve been able to monitor my daughter’s activities and intervene when she and her boyfriend were making plans to rendezvous for their “first time”. In an age where one unprotected encounter could have a lifetime of single parenting, one drunk driving incident could be their last and one bad drug could make them brain dead, I don’t feel the least bit guilty using technology to help me fight off the numerous assaults on my children’s naivety and vulnerability.
That being said, the program works well with a bit of tweaking. Yes, the kids are smart and will find the app immediately on the phone. The key is that if you are paying the monthly subscription fee, the texts are being recorded continuously even if they remove the app from their phone. When you have an opportunity to reinstall the app the messages will become available on your remote screen. Every time they remove it, we reinstall it. Don’t use the Google Play app. On the browser, go directly to Gizmoquip.com and install the disguised version on the phone using their download link. It’s much more discreet and will take a little longer for your kids to find it. Also, in order to accurately trace their location the GPS on their phone must be enabled. Hope this helps the parents that need a little boost keeping up with their kids.

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