The growth and development of smartphones have enabled almost everyone to have access to the latest technology for a reasonable price. This is particularly true for children of all ages, who are seldom seen without their cell phones nowadays.
This actually provides parents with a major benefit, since they can use their kid’s phones to keep track of their location at all times, either by tracking the phone number or by using a parental control app. Read on to learn more about how parents can find out where their kids are and what they are doing, through their cell phones.
Can you track a phone by its number?
There are various phone tracking systems that allow you to easily find the current location of a cell phone by tracking the phone number, and these fall into three min categories:
1. Online free trackers
Online free trackers are very popular. They claim to be able to locate a phone just by its mobile number. However, the free service only provides the region where the phone number was first registered, and any more detailed information requires a paid subscription.
2. Number trackers
Number trackers can be very useful in finding out about the person calling from a cellphone. They use a wide range of data sources including social media platforms, publicly available records, and other information in the public domain. Number trackers are probably not the best for finding the current location of a phone.
3. GPS mobile number trackers
GPS trackers use various methods like GPS, W3C Geolocation, API technology, and others, to give the precise location of a phone through the phone number. They work by sending an SMS with a link to the target phone; when the phone user taps the link the sender can then see the phone’s current location.
4. Parental Control App like FamiGuard Pro
Another type of phone location tracker is a parental control app like FamiGuard Pro. This all-in-one software solution is designed specifically for parents to keep an eye on their children, and it monitors all activity on the target phone, including its current location and recent location history. It can also set up geofencing to give the phone user a boundary area which they should stay within, and alerts are sent to the parent’s phone if the boundary is exceeded.
In addition to phone location, FamiGuard Pro also monitors websites accessed, especially social media, game apps, and messages both sent and received, thus allowing parents to not only always know where their kids are, but also what they are viewing on their phones, and who they are talking to.
3 Free Online Tools to Track a Phone Number
There are a number of well-regarded and popular online phone trackers that are free to use, and here are the top three:
Spokeo
Spokeo is an online tracker and is also available for download as an app for Android. It is mainly a people search tool, and by typing the target phone number into the search box on the website you can find out a wide range of information about the owner and user of the cellphone, including their current location, and information from public records such as full name, street address, age, location history, and family info.
The phone user’s name and location is also displayed as Caller ID when using the Android app.
Mobile Locator
This is a free phone number tracker that can search online for the registered location of a phone number, although this may not always be the current location. Using geolocation, the target phone will be shown on a map, using a PL tracker that accesses the position-finding facility of GSM and UMTS mobile base stations.
It can locate phone numbers internationally, in more than 100 countries worldwide, it is ad-free and offers 24/7 customer support.
Scannero
Scannero is an online tool for tracking phone numbers, with a free and also a premium paid service.
When you type in the phone number on the Scannero website you will get the region where the phone is located, by connecting to the cell tower. The precise location of the phone can be found by using the Scannero location-sharing feature, which shows the location on a map, however, this feature is only available as part of the premium paid service.
Top 3 Apps for Tracking Mobile Numbers
In addition to free online trackers, there are also some apps that can be downloaded and used for the location of a cell phone by using the phone number. Here are the top three apps:
Mobile Number Locator
This mobile tracking app can give the location details of any phone by just the number, and can be used by any cell phone user worldwide.
The details provided by the app include the name of the user, the city, state and precise location.
Thcallers tracking app shows the location of the target mobile on a Google map, and also displays the caller’s name before a call is picked up.
Mobile Number Locator is a free app that contains ads.
Phone Tracker by Number
This app works by creating a list of phone numbers of family and friends who have the phone tracker app on their phones. You can then locate any number on the list, and also view their location history. This is an ideal app for parents who want to keep track of their kids, or want to keep in touch with relatives.
This app also sends alerts when a target phone changes location, for example when a child moves from home to school. It also sends battery status alerts so you can know when a phone is out of contact due to a dead battery.
Mobile Phone Number Tracker
This tracking app basically uses a location sharing system linked to the sender’s phone contact list. It is a paid service, for a reasonable fee of $9.99 per month.
When you want to find the location of a number on your contact list, an SMS is sent to the contact number. The contact is then required to tap the link to approve their location to be shared. Their location is then visible on a map.
Available for Android and iOS, the app uses GPS, GSM, WiFi, and cellular data points to quickly find the exact location of the target phone.
The Best Phone Tracker to Keep Your Child Safe
Most phone number trackers provide the phone’s current location, and some provide more detail such as the user’s name and address.
However, for complete safety for children, it is worth considering a parental control app such as FamiGuard Pro. This has a strong location tracking feature, with location history and geofencing, and it also monitors all activity of the child’s phone, so the parent can see not only where the child is located, but also what they are viewing on their phones, what games they are playing, what social media apps they are using, and what messages they are sending and receiving.
This makes it a total solution for keeping kids safe, and for setting the parent’s minds at ease all the time.
