How to Track Someone’s Location without Them Knowing

If you’re thinking of tracking someone’s location – maybe your kid or your partner, you’ll need to use a phone tracker app that tracks the real-time location of the phone it’s installed on. In this post, we’ll explore the most effective ways to track someone’s location secretly.

Before we go any further, note that tracking someone’s phone without their consent is illegal in the US unless it’s a parenting app installed to ensure the safety of your under-age kid.

1. mSpy

The most reliable option to track your kid’s real-time GPS location without them knowing is with mSpy, a parental control app that has been around since 2010.

Apart from letting you monitor your child’s location, MSpy excels at keeping track of messages, texts, and app activities without your kid’s knowledge.

Installing mSpy on your subject’s device would require a one-time access to their phone, then it will just run in the background on their phone without showing up on the phone so the phone owner wouldn’t be aware of the app’s existence.

2. uMobix

uMobix is a popular monitoring app for parents and for good reason. It allows you to monitor your kid’s GPS location, app activities including Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more apps, text messages, and multimedia files on the phone.

uMobix will just run in the background and send you information from the target phone while remaining undetectable. The person won’t be able to find out that they are being monitored.

3. FamiSafe

FamiSafe is another reliable and affordable parental control that monitors the real-time GPS location of the target phone and keeps a history of the places your kid has visited. This lets you know the exact location of your child and helps you understand their behavior and interests.

You can download FamiSafe from their website and install it on your kid’s phone and your phone. Once the installation is complete, you’ll be able to access the real-time location, location history, app activities, multi media files, and browsing history on the target phone.

4. Bark

Bark is also a powerful parental control solution. It’s ideal for parents concerned about their children’s safety and online behavior.

Bark provides various features such as location tracking, notifications for entering or leaving specific addresses. Apart from this, Bark also offers extensive content monitoring including text messages, voice memos, photos, videos, and social media activity. It will send alerts to you when it detects signs of bullying, predators, or inappropriate content on the target phone.

Conclusion

Tracking someone’s whereabouts is possible when you choose the right tool. Hopefully, this guide helped. If you wish to track someone’s real-time GPS location, a spy app like mSpy is the best option. Please note that it is illegal to monitor an adult’s (18 years or older) phone through a spy app without their permission.

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By Ellie Zhuang

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