Founder and editor

MobileTracking Editor

Parent of two children aged 9 and 13, and has run MobileTracking on the family's Android phones since 2023.

I work on MobileTracking because the parental control apps I tried first would not say what they could and could not see, and the ones that would were built to hide from the child. We set out to build the opposite.

I write the pages on this site on the phones in my own house — a Samsung Galaxy A-series and a Pixel, both on Android 15. When a page says a setting sits three taps deep, I counted the taps. When a page says a feature cannot do something, it is because I tried it and it did not.

I am not a security researcher and do not claim to be one. What I have is two years of living with these tools in a house with a teenager and a nine-year-old, and a strong dislike of software that overstates itself.

  • 70 pages on this site
  • Every page is written, edited and checked by a person — see our editorial standards.

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Pages they wrote
About MobileTrackingApp ActivityApp BlockingBedtime and RoutinesCall TrackerCalls & SMSContact UsDevice HealthDownload MobileTrackingEditorial standardsFacebook TrackerFamily DashboardFeaturesFrequently Asked QuestionsGPS Location TrackingHow to Back Up So a Lost Phone Isn’t a DisasterHow to Check Your Call History on iPhoneHow to Delete Your Browsing HistoryHow to Erase a Lost Phone RemotelyHow to Filter Messages From Unknown SendersHow to Find Out What’s Using Your StorageHow to Find Your Phone’s IMEI and Why It MattersHow to Fix ‘No SIM’ ErrorsHow to Fix an Unresponsive TouchscreenHow to Fix Location Sharing Not WorkingHow to Know the Call-Recording Laws Where You LiveHow to Read and Send Texts From Your LaptopHow to Recover Deleted Files on AndroidHow to See How Long You’ve Been on a CallHow to Set Up Check-Ins Instead of Constant TrackingHow to Set Up Face Unlock SafelyHow to Set Up Location Sharing on AndroidHow to Set Up Location Sharing on iPhoneHow to Set Up Notification History on AndroidHow to Set Up Parental Controls on PlayStationHow to Set Up Parental Controls on Your Home Wi-FiHow to Set Up Snapchat Family CenterHow to Set Up Spotify KidsHow to Share Live Location in a MessageHow to Sideload the APKHow to Stop Background App Refresh Draining BatteryHow to Stop Sharing Your Location Without Anyone KnowingHow to Tell If Your Email Was HackedHow to Tell If Your Phone Is Being MonitoredHow to Track Your Whole Family in One AppHow to Turn Off Location Sharing TemporarilyHow to Turn On Find My Before You Lose Your PhoneHow to Turn On Optimised Photo StorageInstagram TrackerIs My Phone Listening to Me? What’s RealKeyword AlertsLocation HistoryMultiple ChildrenParent panelPlaces and GeofencingPrivacy PolicySafe SearchScreen Time & App LimitsSetup and Pairing

The pages are long on purpose.

Each one says what a feature shows, what it never shows, and what to do when it goes quiet.

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