Free parental control app for Android.
TheTruthSpy is a free parental control and family tracking app for Android. GPS location tracking, screen time limits, website blocking, SMS and call monitoring, and social media alerts — all in one parent panel. The phone parental monitor stays visible on your child's phone, so nothing about it is a secret.
The parent panel runs in a browser
Create a free parental control account on any laptop or phone. Nothing to install on your side — the family tracking dashboard is a web page.
One monitoring app on their Android
Install the TheTruthSpy parental control app on your child's Android phone, type a six-character pairing code, and grant the permissions together.
Transparent phone monitoring
Unlike a hidden tracker, the app lists exactly what it shares, and your child can request more screen time with a tap.
Every parental control feature in one Android monitoring app.
GPS tracking, screen time control, web filtering, SMS and call monitoring, and social media monitoring — the parent dashboard leads with what needs you and keeps the rest one tap away.
GPS location tracker
Live GPS tracking on a family locator map, full location history, and geofence alerts the moment they reach school or leave home.
Learn moreScreen time app & app limits
Daily screen time limits, bedtime and school schedules, per-app time limits — and an “ask for more” button instead of an argument.
Learn moreWebsite blocker & web filter
Block websites on Android, filter adult content, enforce Safe Search, and set every app to allowed, limited or blocked.
Learn moreSMS tracker & call tracker
Monitor text messages and call logs: who they called or texted, when, how long, with contact names. View SMS message content as a separate, optional step.
Learn moreSocial media monitoring
Monitor WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger and Viber activity, with keyword alerts on the words you choose.
Learn moreChores & screen time rewards
Children earn extra screen time by finishing chores you set. You keep the parental control app free with small optional tasks.
Learn moreGPS location tracking that shows where they are, and when they got there.
Open the family locator map and each phone is a GPS 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 this location tracking app sends a geofence alert when a child arrives or leaves.
- “Ethan got to school. Arrived at 08:49.” The message you wanted, without asking them to text.
- Full location history. A GPS 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.
Screen time limits for Android, and a grown-up way to ask for more.
A newly paired child has no screen time limit at all — this parental control app blocks nothing until you decide to. When you are ready, set a daily screen time budget for weekdays and a longer one for weekends, draw a bedtime or school schedule, or set an app time limit on 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 the screen time app works
Pair your child's Android phone with a six-character code.
Your parent panel generates a pairing code. You type that code into the monitoring app on their Android phone. From then on the phone reports GPS location, screen time and activity to your panel, and the limits you set travel back to the phone.
Create a code
In your browser. It lasts ten minutes and works once.
Enter the code
In the TheTruthSpy parental control app, with your child next to you.
You're linked
GPS tracking and monitoring start; your settings reach the phone.
What your child sees on the monitoring app.
Most phone monitoring apps hide. TheTruthSpy is open on their Android phone on purpose: an app they can find and tap, telling them in plain words exactly what the parental control shares and what it does 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.
A live parent panel demo with a week of family tracking data.
Sign into a read-only parent panel and click through every screen — the GPS map, the screen time budgets, the SMS and call logs, the keyword alerts, the blocked-site log — before the parental control app touches a single phone. Nothing in the demo can be changed, and nothing in it is real.
Why TheTruthSpy is the parental control app Android families keep.
A parental control app should do three jobs well: tell you where your child is, keep their screen time sensible, and warn you when something on the phone needs a conversation. TheTruthSpy does all three on Android, for free, from a single parent panel you open in a browser.
Family tracking that actually stays live
The GPS location tracker is the feature most parents install for. TheTruthSpy plots every paired phone on one family locator map with battery level and last-seen time, keeps a location history you can scroll back through, and fires a geofence alert when a child arrives at or leaves a saved place. It is honest about the one thing that breaks most phone tracker apps: Android only keeps location reporting alive in the background when the permission is set to Allow all the time, and TheTruthSpy tells you that during setup instead of quietly failing a week later.
A screen time app that starts at zero
Most parental control software arrives with restrictions switched on and leaves you switching them back off one by one. A newly paired child in TheTruthSpy has no screen time limit at all. When you are ready, you set a daily screen time budget, an app time limit on the one app that eats the evening, and a bedtime or school schedule. When they run out, they request more time from their own phone and you approve fifteen or thirty minutes with a tap.
SMS, call and social media monitoring, kept in balance
The direct-download build adds an SMS tracker and a call tracker: who your child texted and called, when, for how long, in which direction, with names pulled from their contacts. You can view SMS message content as a deliberate, separate switch rather than a default. Social media monitoring works from notifications. That gives you counts, previews and keyword alerts for WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger, Viber and TikTok. It also gives you an honest answer about what encryption puts out of reach — for every app on the market, this one included.
A phone parental monitor your child can see
TheTruthSpy is not a hidden spy app. It sits in the app drawer with its own icon, lists exactly what it shares on a screen your child can open, and announces the camera and microphone every time they are used. That is a deliberate trade: you lose the element of surprise and you gain a tool that still works when your teenager finds it, because there was never anything to find.
Free parental control, with no card
GPS tracking, geofencing, screen time limits, app limits, website blocking, web filtering, SMS tracking, call log monitoring and social media alerts are free on Android with no card, no trial clock and no subscription. Advanced tools and extra access days are earned through small optional tasks instead of a monthly bill.
Parental control app questions, answered.
Is TheTruthSpy really a free parental control app?
Yes. GPS location tracking, geofencing, screen time limits, app time limits, website blocking, web filtering, SMS tracking, call log monitoring and social media alerts are free on Android with no card and no trial clock. Advanced tools are unlocked with small optional tasks rather than a subscription.
Which phones does the parental control app support?
Android 8.0 and above, on phones and tablets. The parent panel is a web page, so it runs on any laptop, iPhone or Android device with a browser.
Can I track my child’s phone location with TheTruthSpy?
Yes. The GPS location tracker shows every paired phone on a live family locator map with battery and last-seen time, keeps a full location history, and sends geofence alerts on arrival and departure. Background location tracking needs the Android permission set to “Allow all the time”.
Can TheTruthSpy monitor text messages and calls?
The direct-download build includes an SMS tracker and a call tracker: sender, recipient, direction, duration, timestamp and contact name. Viewing SMS message content is a separate switch you turn on deliberately. The Google Play build does not read messages at all.
Does TheTruthSpy work as a WhatsApp or Snapchat tracker?
It monitors WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger, Viber and TikTok through Android notifications: counts, timing, senders, preview text and keyword alerts. The chats themselves are end-to-end encrypted, so no honest monitoring app reads them — be wary of any that claims to.
Will my child know the monitoring app is installed?
Yes, by design. TheTruthSpy has a visible icon, a screen listing exactly what is shared, and an on-screen notice every time the camera or microphone is used. It is a parental monitor, not a hidden spy app.
How long does it take to install the parental control app?
About ten minutes. Create a free parent account, generate a pairing code, download the app on your child’s Android phone, enter the code, and grant the permissions together.
Download the free parental control app tonight.
Create a free parent account, pair their Android phone, and by bedtime GPS tracking, screen time limits and monitoring are running. No card, and no confirmation email to wait for.
Android · Free to set up · Visible on your child's phone