Hoverwatch Review

Even though it is impossible to keep an eye on children 24 hours a day, technology can help parents to ensure that their kids are safe thanks to apps like Hoverwatch, which allow you to monitor calls, text messages and even the pictures and videos that are being exchanged on their phones. With mobile monitoring software parents can ensure that their children are not misusing their phone or getting involved in inappropriate conversations. Furthermore, Hoverwatch is a surveillance option that is also beneficial for business owners that are concerned that their staff may be sharing company’s confidential information.

With Hoverwatch, you can keep record of all the activities carried out on your child’s smartphone such as online browsing, posts on social media websites and of course, calls and text. To find out if Hoverwatch is the software that can give parents and employees peace of mind, we tried them out. This is what you can expect from this mobile monitoring solution.

Activity monitored
Parents and employees can enjoy great surveillance options with Hoverwatch, as it tracks all the activity on the device that you want to monitor. Before giving your children the smartphone that they have been asking for all this time, make sure that you install Hoverwatch so that you can make sure that they are using it responsibly. Hoverwatch not only collects all the data from the phone that you are monitoring but it also organizes the information to allow you to browse through it easily. You can use filters to access the dates or times that you are interested in checking and you can decide if you want to go through all the activity of a particular day, the whole week or even a full year.

It is also possible to search using keywords to get easy access to emails, text message or private chats that could represent a high risk for your child or that could reveal that your employer is discussing company’s secrets with the competition. Finding the information that you are looking for is easy because Hoverwatch provides detailed reports and graphics to give you a complete overview of the activity. There are options to display data of any aspect of the phone’s activity, for instance the contacts that are frequently called or charts to see how many texts have been sent or received. This will also help you control the phone’s usage, which is particularly helpful for employees.

With Hoverwatch, you do not only get information about the exact time when a text or email was received or the length of a call. You can also read the content of the messages and Android users can also listen to phone calls. You will also see the apps that your child has installed on their device and the ones they download, as well as the login details used to access them.

Features
With Hoverwatch you will be able to access browsing history and will have the chance to manage internet access on the device you are monitoring. This means that you can block websites that you deem inappropriate for your child or in the case of employees, you can block social media websites to ensure that productivity is not affected. This also work for certain apps. Additionally, you can restrict the usage time by locking the phone for certain periods of time to ensure that your child does not spend too much time chatting with their friends instead of focusing on their studies. Apart from monitoring text, calls or internet, Hoverwatch includes the below useful features:

Record Phone Surroundings, which allows you to listen to what is going on in the place where the phone is. This can be handy when you want to know if your child is studying until late in their friend’s house as they said they would be, or if they are actually in a party.

Messenger Services Monitoring that give you the possibility of keeping track of activity on apps such as WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook Messenger and in the case of iPhone, iMessage.

The ability to block calls from predetermined numbers and to block specific websites and apps, as previously mentioned.

Keylogger, which is an exclusive feature of Hoverwatch that allows you to get a report of everything that is typed on the monitored mobile, including texts, login details and passwords. At the moment, this feature is only available for Android devices.

GPS location, a feature that lets you know the whereabouts of your children as long as they are carrying their smartphone. This is a very important function to have when you want to make sure that your child is safe or when the phone is lost and you want to locate it. There is also an option to wipe all the data from the device including personal information and photos or to lock it remotely in case it is stolen.

Compatibility
Hoverwatch can be used with Android smartphones and tablets (up to OS version 4.4), Windows and Mac OS computers.