Using Mobile Apps to Keep Tabs on the Kids

Mobile phones equipped with the latest range of mobile tracking apps have made it simpler for parents to track their kids and know their whereabouts and activities. This technology is handy and easy to use, which gives a peace of mind to the families whenever they are away from the house.
Although it seems spooky for your kids, the apps allow parents to obtain timely data and information about their children, which helps in deterring the young ones from wandering around. Mobile apps, such as Mobile Spy that comes with the latest GPS-enabled location tracker allow parents to know where their young ones are. It is possible to track the location at all times, and maintain a peace of mind.
The Top 5 Mobile Tracking Apps for Kids are:
Google Latitude
Google Latitude comes as a separate application, having opt-in feature, which is also a part of the Google Maps application. Latitude allows users to share their data and information related to location with family members and friends. Once the Maps app is downloaded, you will be able to choose “Join Latitude” option and invite your kids, who must have the feature enabled on their phone, for sharing the location. Once accepted, they will appear in the form of an icon in the Google Map app.
Sending an invitation means they would be able to see your location. Anyone who receives an invitation to join Google Map also called “sharing request” and accepts it, may choose to hide the location. If you are not careful, you will be tracked at every step.
Footprints
This is a paid mobile monitoring app for children that come with parental controls. It allows you to track location of kids at all times. It also has password protection features that prevent your child from fiddling with it. Parents will be able to download this app onto a phone, create a user account and change the settings so that they can get up-to-date information about their child’s location, minute-by-minute. It is also possible to configure this application for sharing data for a limited period of time for parents who would want to track their kids on special occasions.
This application has to be installed on the child’s as well as the parent’s phone.
Lookout
Anxious parents can now depend on Lookout- a cool app intended to secure date on a phone or find a stolen or lost phone, and for tracking their kids. Once the app is downloaded onto the phone, it is possible to log in, click on “missing device” option and locate the phone as well as the child on the map.
SecuraFone
SecuraFone is an app mainly designed for teens to allow their parents to create “geo fences” and obtain text alerts or messages any time the child crosses a certain defined virtual boundary. By just pressing a button, the SOS feature will automatically place a call to the predetermined emergency contact number and send an alert through email or text.
Trick or Tracker
It is one of the most commonly used mobile racking apps that sends text messages with a predefined location data to the user contact number. In order to use this, parents must download this app onto both the phones (child’s and their own), choose a password to create a link between two devices and choose an interval time for getting regular updates. This app creates a digital fencing to restrict the children to stay within a defined boundary.