Spy App Features

This page lists the features of the three major iPhone spy apps: Spybubble, Mobile Spy and Spyera.

Spybubble has a single version with a good basic feature set, which makes this is the ideal budget spy solution.

Mobile Spy has a single version with a strong feature set, which means there is no scope for confusion. It is available for three months, six months and a full year. If you buy the full year, you also receive a copy of SniperSpy absolutely free! This is an excellent PC Remote Spy program to allow you to keep an eye on a computer. View everything in real time – watch how a computer is being used like you are watching TV!

Spyera have three SPYPhone products for the iPhone, but there is no basic version – there are only more fully-featured versions. Spyera also offer the only iPhone Spy App that does not require an annual renewal: SPYPhone Gold SMS Edition sends all events by SMS message, so there is no need for the ongoing cost of server storage.

I have mentioned the Basic feature set several times already, so I should say what they are:

• Location tracking - the software uses the iPhone’s GPS receiver (iPhone 3G and 3GS only) to periodically update you with the phone’s current location.
• SMS Messages - read all SMS messages that are sent and received by the phone.
• Call logging - all incoming and outgoing calls are logged, along with a timestamp and duration.

However, for more advanced features, there are more fully-featured versions of Spyera that can meet your needs. Here is a list of features available in Spyera SPYPhone:

• Emails - read all incoming and outgoing email messages. Available in  all editions of Spyera SPYPhone.
• Remote Control - control the software on the iPhone using SMS messages. Available in all editions of Spyera SPYPhone.
• Full text search - when you log into your account, get full text search facilities on all events. Available in SPYPhone Silver Edition and SPYPhone Gold Internet Edition.
• Download reports - when you log into your account, download reports in CSV, PDF and  RTF formats. Available in SPYPhone Silver Edition and SPYPhone Gold Internet Edition.
• Spy Call - use the iPhone as a remote bugging device by placing an undetected secret call to the phone. Available in both editions of Spyera SPYPhone Gold Edition.
• SIM card change notification - informs you when the SIM card in the iPhone has been changed, and tells you the number of the new SIM card. Available in both editions ofSpyera SPYPhone Gold Edition.
• Call Intercept - listen to live phone calls as they happen! Available in both editions of Spyera SPYPhone Gold Edition.
• For SPYPhone Gold Edition only, there is the option of either an annual server-hosted solution (SPYPhone Gold Internet Edition) or a version which alerts you to every event by sending SMS messages instead (SPYPhone Gold SMS Edition). For the SMS edition you pay for the software ONCE, and can use it for ever afterwards.

There is very little difference between Spybubble and Mobile Spy. Both have very similar feature sets, except for the following:

1. Mobile Spy will keep track of all URLs visited in Safari
2. Mobile Spy will also allow you to see all photos and videos taken on the phone’s camera.

So if a basic version is what you require, you only have to decide whether the two above features are important to you, and weigh the difference in cost: Spybubble is $59.95, and Mobile Spy has an annual $99.97 cost, but comes with a free copy of SniperSpy – which is an excellent piece of software in its own right.

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