APPLICATIONS TO LOCATE YOUR MOBILE PHONE ~ DepoTech

Security applications for smartphones are becoming more numerous on the market. If many of them have a fairly limited scope, others on the contrary take their game by offering a unique service, but extremely powerful. This is the case of location-based applications. Based on the same principle that car GPS, geotagging these apps on your lost device map and shows you the way to go to reach it as soon as possible. To help you in your choice, here is a panel of six best location applications for Android and iOS.

FIND MY PHONE!

Find my phone! is a typical example of the location application that does one thing but did it well. Indeed, no frills to this App, which offers neither option or additional security tool. The latter geolocates your smartphone via its GPS signal, which appears on your screen. It also gives you some information about the specific place so you can get there without any problems. Free download for Android, Find my phone! can also track the phone of another person if the latter has given its prior agreement.

PREY ANTI-THEFT - LOCATE THE PHONE AND THE THIEF

If you like full applications of gadgets, you'll love Prey Anti-Theft. In addition to locating your mobile phone using a Google Maps map type, this app is able to take a photo of the thief and where he is. A funny feature useful, unless you know the person who has stolen your smartphone. Available free for iOS and Android, Prey Anti-Theft allows you to trigger a remote alarm. One more option, practical only if your iPhone is near you.

FCS SIM CHECKER LITE - Geotag PORTABLE SOUND THROUGH SIM

In another style, FCS SIM Checker Lite is just as convenient. This application locates your cell phone, not from a card but since its SIM card. An email is then sent to the user, containing all the information specific place where the phone is located. Totally free, this application for Android is also able to detect the change of SIM card of the phone. Key data that increase the chances of the user to retrieve his cell phone as soon as possible.

NAVIZON - FIND YOUR PHONE WITH GOOGLE

Last but not least free app: Navizon. Available on Android and iOS, this app is all about the location made in Google, with a card eerily like Google Maps. To distinguish the cador geolocation, the publisher still included a radar tool giving precise information on the location of the cell phone. A nice option that looks more like the board game "Touching Sink" than a real GPS. However, performance side, no complaints, it does its job in the rules of art.

PHONE TRACE 4 - PAID APP BUT FULL

In the area of the location of mobile phone, some paid apps come to interfere. This is the case of Phone Trace € 6.99 4. Available for iPhone and iPad, this app geolocates with a map and GPS combination, Wi-Fi and cellular network, the smartphone lost or stolen. But it also differs from other apps in its ability to locate the SIM card is changed and sent to the victim all the location information registered by mail or SMS, all securely course!

GADGETTRACK - LOCATE YOUR MOBILE LOWER PRICE

Finally, GadgetTrak is somehow the paid version of Prey Anti-Theft. It includes the same features as the latter ie geographically locate phone via a map, triggering a remote alarm, especially shooting the possible thief. The shooting is possible thanks to the phone camera, it is still necessary that the latter is not in lack of battery. € 4.49 Available for iOS and Android for $ 19.95, GadgetTrak uses a secure SSL connection for sending messages.