Spying could be summarized into the following 3 categories:
This type of spying means you generally don’t care what someone does with a device as long as they are following the rules. For instance, you might want to know when your child watches porn or when your employee uses Facebook. This type of spying could be accomplished with filtering rather than 24/7 surveillance.
For this type of spying, an employer might want to monitor certain apps or what the employees do with the company’s email, chat apps, and proprietary software. It’s more of a selective monitoring.
In this case, you would want to see everything a person does on their phone. This includes monitoring their call logs, text messages or tracking their location, etc.
To conduct any of the above, you will need a spy app. But only if you could install a spy app on someone’s one without even touching it…
Now let’s get back to the question whether spy apps can be installed remotely? Installing a spy app on any mobile device without physically accessing it is not possible, especially on Android devices. There is an exception when it comes to iPhone and we will discuss that later. You need to have access to the device to enable the installation.
If you do a quick Google search about it, you will find several websites claiming their software can remotely install on a phone. These sellers know they are plenty of desperate people out there in search of such apps. They prey them by promising to offer the impossible. Anyway, any service saying its spy app could be installed remotely is a scam. It either wants your funds or worse; it could be releasing a malware in your device to steal your personal information.
No matter what spyware it is, in order to install it, you will need physical access to the device. Only once the app is installed, you can monitor, create a log of activities or remotely control the device.
Most of the websites selling fake spying apps have displayed the same type of information. They use some common terms that makes them easier to catch. You will be able to spot fake apps as you read the following information:
As mentioned above, there is an exception. You can install a spy on remotely but only on an iPhone. Technically speaking, you are not really installing anything. This only works on iPhones that aren’t Jailbroken. Since Apple stores all data on iCloud, if you have the iCloud credentials of the target iPhone, you spy on them without even touching the device in the first place! That’s the whole idea, right? You are simply accessing the data stored on iCloud via the spy app.
If you are thinking, “Why should I use a spyware when I have the iCloud of a person?” Then it’s because you haven’t acquainted yourself completely with Xnspy. The app doesn’t only give you what you can view by signing into someone’s iCloud but even more. Like you can view instant messages from different apps, and even all the data that’s deleted off the phone and iCloud. Moreover, you can create watch lists for contacts, locations, email addresses and even for words and get notifications for only the watchlisted activity.
Xnspy is among the top spying apps you can count on for this. Xnspy’s iPhone version makes it all possible. The step-by-step process below explains everything you need to know to spy on an iPhone without accessing it:
You have to begin by subscribing to Xnspy for iPhone (without Jailbreak). All the information you need to know to use the app will be emailed to you. From there, you are required to set up the login credentials for your Xnspy web account.
You must configure iCloud backup in the target iPhone. Chances are, its already done. But in case it’s not, here is what you can do:
Visit https://cp.xnspy.com/ from your browser and enter your Xnspy login credentials. From there you will be taken to the Xnspy dashboard. It will look something like this:
You will be asked to enter the iCloud credentials of the target iPhone so that the app can pair the device and start transferring data from the iPhone to the server and then into the web account. Once the device is paired, leave it for 48 hours to do its work.
Now you have to log into the web account again to actually start spying on the iPhone. The dashboard that will appear as you log in is the interface from where you can view and administer the data stored on the target iPhone from a single place. If you want to spy on the text messages, simply click on ‘Phone Logs’ >> ‘Text Messages’ from the menu at your left-hand side. You will be shown all conversations between the contacts and the target phone. Here is how it will look:
Keep in mind that remote installation is a technology that is not available yet. No matter what kind of spying app it is, the user needs to get physical access to the device to install it. Once the app is installed, you can control the phone remotely and track its activities.
Since it’s not possible to remotely install a spyware on an Android phone if you really want to keep tabs on someone, figure out a way to access their device. You can install Xnspy’s Android version on their device. The process is simple, you will be done within 5 to 10 minutes. Once Xnspy is activated, you can spy on their activities peacefully as you won’t have to access their device again after that. If you can’t really access someone’s phone privately for enough time to install the app, then maybe, it’s time for you to give an early Christmas gift with Xnspy pre-installed.
Unfortunately, you will find very limited spy apps that support iPhone spying via iCloud. It’s a tough call, you know. Even apps that fall into the category of top spy apps, like FlexiSpy, OneSpy, and mSpy don’t support this feature. They can only help you if the iPhone device you wish to spy on is Jailbroken.
We have done our due diligence and listed down the spy apps that support remote installation. Have a look at what they are offering:
Spyzie is among the top apps that can be used to monitor an iPhone or iPad. You don’t need to install it to spy on the target iOS device. You register for Spyzie, verify the iCloud credentials and then start monitoring.
You can spy on the phone calls, videos and photos, installed apps, browser history, iMessages and more. Spyzie is now compatible with iOS 12, too. A single-month subscription for Spyzie costs $49.99.
Price
Compatibility
Features
$49.99 per month
Supports up to iOS 12
Spy on call logs, iMessages, Contacts, Calendar, Bookmarks, Third-party apps installed, Line messages, WhatsApp, voice memos, browser history, text messages and location history
Like the rest of the spying apps for iPhone, you will need iCloud ID and password of the target device to monitor it if you are using iKeyMonitor. You might need physical access to the device to enable the iCloud backup (if it’s not already) and turn off the 2-factor authentication (if it’s on). Other than that, you can use iKeyMonitor to spy on the target iPhone without even touching it. The price of iKeyMonitor is $59.99 a month. It’s compatible with all iPhone/iPad with iOS 9+.
iKeyMonitor supports limited features. These include spying on messages, call logs, location, accessing photos, videos from a device, etc. To access more spying features, you will have to Jailbreak the iPhone.
Price
Compatibility
Features
$59.99 per month
Supports iOS 9 and above
Spy on call history, SMS messages GPS location, Geofencing, internet browsing, chats on WhatsApp and Wechat, Line, Viber, Tinder, IMO, Hike, Contacts, Photos, Calendar entries, WiFi history
SpyMaster Pro is another iPhone spy software that claims to let you remotely spy on an iPhone without installation and physical access.
To get started, you must subscribe to SpyMaster Pro and collect the iCloud credentials of the target iPhone. Then, you must log into your SpyMaster Pro account and submit these credentials. After this, you will be ready to track all the information you need from the target device. It’s compatible with iOS 9 to iOS 12 and its price starts from $43.85 a month.
Price
Compatibility
Features
$43.85 per month
Supports iOS 9 to 12
Spy on Contacts, SMS, Call Logs, Photos, Chats on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp
Highster Mobile is a one-time purchase app with free lifetime upgrades. It cost $69.99 and no further payments are required. The app claims you can recover iMessages, contacts, calls, GPS location, Facebook and Twitter messages, pictures, videos, internet browser history and calendar entries without accessing the target device.
The app extracts files from the iPhone device automatically and returns a copy of the recovered data files to your online account. Of course, to make this work, you will need Apple ID and password of the target iPhone. It supports iOS 7 to iOS 12.
Price
Compatibility
Features
$69.99
Supports iOS 7 to 12
Spy on iMessages, Videos, Photos, Contacts, Call history, Calendar, Location History, WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat messages
All the above-mentioned apps work in pretty much the same way. It’s mandatory to have iCloud credentials to spy on the target device though. Most of them also support the latest iOS. But they vary when it comes to pricing and spying features. Before comparing these apps to Xnspy, have a look at the iPhone spying features supported by Xnspy:
You can check call history (all incoming and outgoing calls) on the target phone and view the contacts along with their phone numbers.
You can read all incoming and outgoing SMS on the target iPhone with the time and date stamps.
You can spy on all incoming and outgoing messages on WhatsApp and access Viber and Instagram photos.
You won’t miss any conversation on iMessage. Xnspy lets you spy on all the incoming and outgoing iMessages on the target iPhone.
You will be able to access all the sent and received emails on the target iPhone’s default email app.
You will have the liberty to check all the appointments and calendar activities of the target phone.
With the installed apps feature, you will get to view all the apps installed on the target iPhone and figure out what kind of interests they have.
You will be able to access the phone’s library which means you can view all the photos and videos downloaded on the target iPhone from a remote location.
Apart from letting you view the browsing history, with Xnspy, you can also check the bookmarks and figure out their favorite sites.
You can view the target iPhone’s location history and use geo-fencing to restrict their entry or exist to certain locations.
You can watchlist words, emails, place and get alerts on SIM card change. Xnspy will send you a notification so that you don’t miss out on anything.
Xnspy is certainly offering more iPhone spying features than other spying apps mentioned above. Plus, it’s compatible with iOS 6.x, 7.x, 8.x up to 12.1, which makes it one of the highly compatible iPhone spy apps. You’ll have to pay $8.33 a month for its basic version and $12.49 for its premium version. This also makes it an affordable choice for users.
Spyzie, iKeyMonitor, and SpyMaster Pro are legitimate apps, too, but they are costly and they don’t support the most desired features iPhone spying features. Highster Mobile, on the other hand, appears to be a cheaper alternative but watch out, most scams use the one-time purchase offer to trick you into buying a fake product.
For starters, Xnspy is the most affordable spyware that you could. With our great all-year around sales, you could get Xnspy for as low as $4.99 while the premium version is available for only $7.49. Moreover, Xnspy comes with some very interesting features. For instance, you can find out their favorite callers, websites or which hour of the day they make the most calls. Then, there’s are the Watchlist Alerts that provide alerts for the watchlisted contacts, words or locations. This not only gives you instant access to important info but also avoids the need of going through unimportant data.
As we all know, spying apps are available on iOS and Android platforms. The installation process is different for each one. The time required to complete the download and installation actually depends on the speed of the internet, the spying app you are using and the operating system of the phone. It could take anywhere between 5 to 25 minutes to install a spy app. Here is a ballpark time-frame taken by Xnspy for installation.
Android Phone: It would take 5 to 10 minutes to install the app on an Android device.
Non jailbroken iPhone: You will be done with the installation in 10 minutes; eight minutes to set up and customize the iCloud and an additional two minutes to activate the app.
Jailbroken iPhone: If the iPhone is already jailbroken, the installation will take 5 minutes. But if you have to jailbreak it first, the entire process will take 20 minutes; 15 minutes to Jailbreak and 5 minutes to install.
Unfortunately, no. If you don’t have the PIN, password, pattern or passcode to the device you want to spy on, it’s not possible to install a spy app on it.
Yes, you can absolutely install the spy app even if the phone doesn’t have a SIM card yet. The app is supposed to be installed on the phone’s built-in storage, it doesn’t have anything to do with the SIM card.
In conclusion, installing a spy app on a mobile device remotely is a dilemma indeed. There is no way about it if you want to spy on an Android Phone or an iPhone that’s jailbroken. However, if it’s an iPhone that’s not jailbroken and you have access to its iCloud credentials, remote spying is possible since you don’t even need to install the spy app. We hope you now have all the information you need.
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