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Best Apps To Monitor Phone Usage
Let's face it: Teens are addicted to their smartphones. While you'll probably never completely cure your child of her obsession, you can help her find a healthier balance. Checky is a free app that keeps a tally of how many times a day a user has checked her phone. (Hint: This might be a good app for Mom and Dad, too!) You can compare just how "Checky" you were today vs. yesterday, or share and compare your stats with your friends and family members. Moment (available for iPhone) and Break Free (available for Android and soon iOS, too) are similar apps aimed at supporting healthier smartphone habits.
As the name suggests, PhoneSheriff will help you keep an eye and even control your kid’s activity on their iPhone. It is compatible with various iOS versions and will let you block contacts or text messages on your kid’s device in no time. You will also get a real-time location tracking of their phone with it.
You don't need any app to monitor iPhone, but you may get download the mSpy Control Panel app to view the monitored data. It is compatible with different versions of iOS and its dashboard can also be accessed from almost every browser.
Monitor Cell Phone Activity Without Installing Software
“Until I explained it a little bit, people were like, ‘Wait, so I install this app and it helps me use my phone less? That sounds really stupid,’” he said. “But I designed Moment to be as invisible as possible.” Once you set your daily limit on Moment, it works in the background so you don’t need to open it -- you’ll just get a notification if you hit your limit.
The DataMan Pro app for iOS devices bills itself as "your superweapon against overage." This app reports usage not only for a device's cellular communication but also for Wi-Fi connections. Key features include:
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Furthermore, you can restrict the usage of any app or select time intervals for the device to be used with this iPhone parental monitoring app. The 1-device plan starts from $59.95 a year. You can also give its 14-day trial feature a try as well.
According to data from Nielsen, adults in the U.S. spent an average of more than 30 hours a month on their phones at the end of 2013. That figure was up from 18 hours a month at the end of 2011. Some people, like Holesh, spend longer stretches of time on their phones, and others unlock their phones hundreds of times a day to quickly check texts, Facebook or email.
This free app is designed to stop distracted driving by sending you notifications in real-time when your child is engaging in risky behavior. For example, the app lets you know if your child is using her phone while driving, exceeding a speed limit that you set, traveling into areas that are off-limits, staying out past curfews, or traveling near possible bad weather. You'll need your child's cooperation to install the app and use all of its features. Consider using it in combination with a safe driving contract to help build trust in your new driver. Safely Go is another top-rated app aimed at preventing distracted driving, but it's available for Android devices only.