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MobileTracking: parental controls, out in the open

Phone tracking for parents, without reading over their shoulder.

MobileTracking is a mobile tracking app that shows what a parent needs: where your child is, how long they spend on the phone, and whether anything looks wrong. It runs on a phone your child knows is set up.

Nothing hidden from the child Set up in about 2 minutes Works on Android
The MobileTracking Today dashboard showing two children, screen time and alerts
How it works

Set up mobile tracking in three steps, then it runs itself.

Set it up together in about two minutes. Nothing is collected until the two phones are linked, and your child can see what is shared.

Your panelCreate a codeSign up on the web and add a profile for each child.
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Their phoneType it inInstall the family app and enter the pairing code.
ConnectedYou are linkedChoose what to switch on, out in the open.
2 minTypical setup, start to finish.
0Messages read. Not now, not ever.
27Features, each explained in plain English.
AnyDevice with a browser runs your panel.

Read the full setup guide →

One screen for the whole family

Everything you set up, and everything that needs you, in one place.

Where they are

A live map, a day of places, and a quiet alert when they reach school or leave a friend.

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Screen time and limits

A daily budget, per app if you like, with extra time you can grant on the spot and a bedtime that holds.

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Web filtering

Adult, gambling and other categories blocked before the page opens, everywhere the phone goes.

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Calls and SMS

Who they talk to and how often, with unknown numbers flagged. Never the words, never the audio.

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Social and apps

How long each app is used, which are new this week, and the words you asked us to watch for.

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Alerts that matter

One tidy list, newest first, of the handful of things worth your attention. Quiet about the rest.

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Places and geofencing

Draw a circle around home or school, name it, and hear the moment they arrive or leave.

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Bedtime and routines

School nights, homework hour and a bedtime that winds the phone down on its own, every week.

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Tasks and rewards

Attach minutes to a chore. They mark it done, you approve, and the time lands in their allowance.

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The child app

An app on their home screen they can open, listing exactly what is shared and what never is.

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Device health

Which phones are reporting, what the battery is doing, and a flag when a permission is switched off.

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Every child, their own rules

A nine year old and a fifteen year old should not share one rule set. Each child gets their own.

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Screen time

A daily budget, not a stopwatch you have to police.

Give each day its own allowance: longer on Saturday, shorter on a school night. The phone keeps count. When time runs out, games and video wind down while calls and maps keep working.

  • Daily budgets, plus per-app limits for the apps that eat the evening.
  • Grant 15 or 30 more minutes from your phone, with a reason your child sees.
  • A bedtime block that silences the phone and holds notifications until morning.

See how screen time works →

Screen time dashboard with a daily budget and a per-app breakdown
Where they are

Phone tracking that answers one question: are they where they should be?

Open the map and every family phone is there. Tap a child to see today's timeline. Save the places that matter and you'll get an alert when they arrive or leave, so you don't spend the afternoon checking.

  • Live location for every phone, with the time of the last update.
  • Saved places (home, school, a grandparent's house) with arrival and leaving alerts.
  • A day of history you can scroll back through, so "where were you at four?" has an answer.

See location tracking →

A live map with two children located and a timeline of places
Safety, not snooping

Safety signals that flag trouble, without spying on your child.

MobileTracking tells you when an unknown number called four times, a blocked site was tried, or a word you chose showed up in a notification. You get the signal, not a transcript of your child's life.

  • Unknown callers and contacts flagged, so a stranger stands out.
  • Blocked-site attempts and category counts, without showing you the page.
  • Keyword alerts for words you choose, matched on the notification, never the message.

See smart alerts →

Call log with unknown numbers flagged
Our promise

A mobile tracker built to be seen by the child carrying it.

A monitoring app that hides itself teaches a child that being watched in secret is normal. MobileTracking does the opposite. The app is visible on your child's phone, with a screen listing what is shared and a note whenever you switch something new on.

Nothing is hiddenThe app is visible on the child's phone, with its own transparency screen.
Never the camera or microphoneNo photo capture, no ambient recording, no keystroke logging. That won't change.
Consent by designSetup asks your child to continue, and they can see every setting you turn on.
You own the dataExport or delete a child's data at any time. Remove the app and collection stops.
On their phone

What your child sees

The family app shows the time they have left, lets them earn more, and lists what leaves the phone.

The child app home screen, showing time left today and the button to ask for more
The child app transparency screen, listing what is shared and what never is
The child app tasks screen, with chores and the minutes each one earns

Ready to set up MobileTracking?

Create your free account and add your first child. It takes about two minutes, and everything is visible on their phone from the start.