Parental control & family tracking for Android

Parental control and family tracking.

TheTruthSpy puts the parental controls and the family map in one place: where each child's phone is and when it got there, fair screen-time limits, apps and websites you can pause or block, and alerts for the few things worth a second look. The app stays visible on their phone, so nothing about it is a secret.

Android phones and tablets No card, no trial clock Visible on your child's phone
The TheTruthSpy parent panel on a phone: a request for more screen time, a task approval and an arrival alert from the family map

Your panel runs in a browser

Create a free parent account on any laptop or phone. There is nothing to install on your side.

One app on their phone

Install TheTruthSpy on your child's Android phone, type a six-character code, and grant the permissions together.

Everyone can see the deal

The app lists exactly what it shares, and your child can ask for more screen time with a tap.

1 map
Every child's phone as a pin, with battery and last-seen time
0 blocked
Until you set a limit — a new child starts with no restrictions
~10 min
From creating an account to a paired phone reporting in
2 builds
Google Play, or the direct download that adds calls and messages
Family tracking

Where every child is, and when they got there.

Open the map and each phone is a pin, tagged with the last time it reported and how much battery it has left. Save the places that matter — home, school, a grandparent's — and TheTruthSpy sends a short message when a child arrives or leaves.

  • “Ethan got to school. Arrived at 08:49.” The message you wanted, without asking them to text.
  • A trail of the day, so a detour is obvious and a normal afternoon looks boring.
  • Honest about permissions: only “Allow all the time” keeps the map live in the background.
How location works
TheTruthSpy live map showing two children as pins, a saved School place and their last-seen times
Screen time & limits

Fair limits, and a grown-up way to ask for more.

A newly paired child has no limit at all — TheTruthSpy blocks nothing until you decide to. When you are ready, set a weekday budget and a longer one for weekends, draw a bedtime window, or cap a single app.

When they hit the limit, they can ask for more from their own phone. The request lands on your screen with their note attached, and you tap 15 min, 30 min or No. The argument at the dinner table becomes a notification.

How screen time works
A request for 30 more minutes on the parent panel, with the child’s note and 15 min, 30 min and No buttons
The TheTruthSpy app on a child’s phone, showing time left today and buttons to ask for more The child’s “What is shared” screen listing what TheTruthSpy shares and what it never does
Monitoring, not spying

What your child sees.

TheTruthSpy is open on their phone on purpose. It is an app they can find and tap, and it tells them, in plain words, exactly what is shared and what is not.

  • They can ask for more time. A tap sends the request to you; you say yes or no.
  • They can see what is shared. A plain-language screen lists what is collected — and what is off.
  • Nothing runs in secret. The camera and microphone are only ever used on request, and the phone shows a notice each time. TheTruthSpy never records what they type.
Why we built it this way
Try it before you install anything

A live demo with a made-up family and a full week of data.

Sign into a read-only panel and click through every screen — the map, the screen-time budgets, the alerts, the web log — before TheTruthSpy touches a single phone. Nothing in the demo can be changed, and nothing in it is real.

The TheTruthSpy parent panel in a web browser, with today’s requests, a map and screen-time totals for two children
Free to set up

Parental controls and the family map, set up tonight.

Make a free account, pair their phone, and by bedtime you will know it is home and charging. No card, and no confirmation email to wait for.

Android · Free to set up · Visible on your child's phone