My 15yo has been acting sketchy lately and I want to keep an eye on things without making it obvious. Anyone actually used it long-term?
mSpy’s pretty solid for the basics — GPS, texts, some social media peeks — but “without making it obvious” is where it gets tricky on Android because you usually need physical access to install it and tweak some settings, so it’s not exactly invisible setup.
Honestly for a 15-year-old, Google Family Link is free and does a surprising amount already (location, app limits, screen time), and if they’re on your phone plan you can just check the carrier dashboard for call/text logs without installing anything.
The “acting sketchy” thing though — in my experience that’s usually worth a direct conversation first, even an awkward one, because most monitoring apps won’t tell you why something’s off, just what.