GuestSpy Editor
Parent of two children aged 9 and 13, and has run GuestSpy on the family's Android phones since 2022.
I started GuestSpy after trying to find a parental control app that would tell me what it could and could not see. Most of them would not, so I ended up building one that does. I write the guides on this site myself, on the phones in my own house — a Samsung Galaxy A-series and a Pixel, both on Android 14. When a page says a menu sits three taps deep, I counted the taps. When a page says a feature cannot do something, it is because I tried it and it did not work. I am not a security researcher and I do not pretend to be one. What I have is three years of living with these tools in a house with teenagers, and a strong dislike of software that overstates itself.
- 71 articles published here
- Every guide is written, edited and checked by a person — see our editorial standards.
Guides by GuestSpy Editor
Instagram Hacked? How to Recover the Account and Lock It Down
If someone has your Instagram account, there are four ways back, and the one that works depends on what they…
Phone Call Logs: Four Legitimate Ways to See Who Called and When
Phone call logs answer three questions and no others: which number, at what time, and for how long. There are…
Three Mobile Habits That Give Away a Facebook Password
How does a Facebook password actually leave a phone? Almost never through clever software. It goes in one of three…
Best 10 Free SMS Tracker for Android and iPhone
Earlier, when there we no messenger apps, people used to rely on text messages. Although time and technology are changing,…
Kik and Your Child: The Safety Settings and the Four Risks to Watch
Kik safety for parents is unusual in one specific way: there is no parental dashboard, no invitation, no parent account.…
5 Ways for Free Facebook Hack without Survey
Facebook is the number one social media app. Millions of people use Facebook on a daily basis. Because of this,…
Snapchat Hacked? Five Steps to Get the Account Back
If your Snapchat account was hacked, the first thing to establish is whether a password reset can still reach you.…
Private Instagram Accounts: What Strangers Can Still See, and How to Shut It Down
What does a private Instagram account actually hide? The posts, the reels and the stories — and nothing else. Private…
Securing a Snapchat Account: Sessions, Logins and Who Can Reach You
There is no way to read a Snapchat account from a browser, which is what this page used to promise.…
Facebook Password Leaked Online? How Credentials Get Out and How to Reset
If you are worried your Facebook password leaked, the likeliest explanation is not that Facebook was breached. It is that…