XNSPY is a bit of a weird case. It has all of those frightening features like monitoring call logs, GPS tracking, monitoring web browsing, access chats, and all kinds of other tracking stuff. However, it goes for less than most of its bigger competitors like FlexiSpy and Spyera. The basic version lets you look at some stuff while the premium version lets you look at everything. This is a good option for businesses or families with some money to spend, but families may want to try Google Family Link or Kiddie Parental Controls before something more powerful like this.
How to check for and remove spy apps
Of course, some of these apps may be on your device without your knowledge and you may want to find out. Unfortunately, with how well these hide, a lot of the usual methods don’t work very well. However, there are a few ways to see if something may be spying on you.
- The app GlassWire lets you monitor data on your device. You can easily see when a spy app sends data back to its host. We recommend this first because spy apps can hide from task managers and antivirus apps, but they can’t hide their own data usage.
- Some antivirus apps may still detect the app if the host didn’t hide it well enough. You can check out our list of the best ones here.
- You can find uninstall guides for most big spy apps. For instance, here’s one for FlexiSpy, and here’s one for mSpy.
- As a temporary solution, you can put the phone in Airplane Mode. Spy apps rely on the ability to send data back to the host and they can’t if you’re not connected to any networks.
- If all else fails, you can factory reset the phone. That should wipe out every app aside from the ones pre-installed by the OEM.
If we missed any good spy apps for Android, tell us about them in the comments! You can also click here to check out our latest Android app and game lists.
