Top 10 Best Locator Phone Number, Anti theft and Find My Phone apps For Android

The worst thing that can happen to each of us, or more specially to person who might be suffering of Nomophobia (a contraction of No mobile phone phobia), is when his device has been lost or stolen. Losing his phone can be a dreadful experience to all of us. It isn’t just a pain, it’s a huge security risk. Nobody wants to lose their phone regardless if he was suffering of Nomophobia or no.

Anyway, you have to stay calm and just follow my guidelines and you will be fine. We’ve got 10 great locate a phone apps (Just for Androids) that can help you get your device back or at least recover data from the lost or stolen device.

There are numerous Android apps available in in the Google Play Store which can be used to locate and track the Android Smartphone which are lost or stolen. But today we have chosen for you 10 of them, the most popular apps which can be used to track down lost or misplaced Android device.

You can also track a phone location online for free.

Note: We highly recommend reporting the police your phone stolen. Don’t risk yourself for a phone.

1- Find My Device by Google

Price: Free

Find My Device is a Google app that allows you locate your lost or stolen Android phone. It can locate your device within a certain distance. You can track your phone on a map. When Google Maps isn’t sure about current location, you’ll see the last known location.

Find My Device also allows you ring your phone. Once you click on the ring button your device will ring at full volume, even if your device is on silent. Worst case, you can erase the device or lock it with a custom message.

This app is completely free with no in-app purchases or advertising.

2- Where’s My Droid

Price: Free with in-app purchases

When your phone goes stolen, with Where’s My Droid you can send a code via text that make the phone ring, even if your device is set in silent mode. And you will receive the GPS coordinates of your phone. You can also control your phone by connecting it to a web-based interface. You can use GPS to find your device’s location on a map and track its movements.

Where’s My Droid offers a Pro version which allow lock your phone from anywhere to keep your data safe or remote wipe the app to save your personal information from misuse. It’s lets also take pictures with the camera

3- Cerberus Phone Security (Antitheft)

Price: Free trial, subscription required

Cerberus Phone Security is another third-party anti-theft app for Android. The three main ways that Cerberus Phone Security provides users with a remote control options via the web portal, such as locking the device, sounding an audible alarm, displaying a text message.

Cerberus Phone Security can locate and track your device, start an alarm, lock your device, and wipe all the memory (Internal and external). It can also take photos and record videos of the person who has stole your device, and upload them to the cloud for you.

You can enjoy a 7 days free trial. After that, you need to sign up for $5 per year for pro version

4- Lost Android

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Lost Android is a significant app with a diverse collection of features for locating your lost device.

Features:

• Read SMS’es from your phone and send them to your email
• Pop up messages on the phone
• Start alarm with flashing screen from your PC
• Find the location of your phone on a map
• Lock and unlock the phone from the web
• Get call list
• Record sound from microphone
• Erase SD card
• Wipe phone
• And various other features

5- Life360 – Family Locator, GPS Tracker

Price: Free, $5 monthly for premium

Life360 is a family locator gps tracker that let you stay in sync with your family members.
You create a circle of your family members and invite them to join the group. Once accepted, each member appears as an icon on a private map so you can show their location accurately.

It let you know when they have reached certain locations or when they are arrived or left at a particular places. You don’t need to check your phone every time Life360 send you alerts when your family arrives at a designed location!

Features:

• Create family members groups to track location
• Communicate without using text messages
• It can help locate stolen or lost devices

6- T-Mobile FamilyWhere

Price: Free trial, subscription required

This is a T-Mobile lost phone tracker. You can use FamilyWhere for FREE for 30 days. After the trial ends, there’s a monthly subscription for $10/month that appears on your bill.

Here’s how to locate family members on your account:

• Log into your account at T-Mobile.com.
• Click on Profile.
• Click on Family Controls, then head to Manage.
• Then you select phone number you want to locate.

Features:

• Locate your family members on demand
• Check to see if your kids are home after school or practice with automatic
  scheduled checks
• Allow your family members to share their location with you

7- SeekDroid: SeekDroid Lite

Price: Free to download, subscription required

SeekDroid is a service that will give you the ability to track your phone from any internet connected device. Once you login to SeekDroid.com you will be able to track the movements of the lost or stolen device with a history map, sound an alarm with a message (even if it is on silent mode), remote lock, retrieve the most recent call logs, and even wipe as a last resort.

8- Prey Anti-Theft

Price: Free
Prey Anti-Theft is a security application provides you with many features that allow you to track your lost or stolen device. It help you protecting your device and data including location of the device, thief’s picture, and allow you to see all active connections near your phone to track it easier.

Prey Anti-Theft offers a set of premium features like wiping, and a File Retrieval feature that allows you to recover your data.

9- Lookout Security & Antivirus

Price: Free, subscription required

The free version of Lookout Security and Antivirus includes anti-theft features (location, alarm), the antivirus, and System Advisor to report on OS issues.

It goes for $2.99/month or $29.99/year. It’s specially good for an antivirus or anti-malware app.

10- Plan B

Price: Free with in-app purchases
Plan B allows you to to track your lost or stolen phone even if the app hadn’t been installed before hand. But it’s better to install it on the phone before.

Plan B can locate your phone as long as the phone is on and connected to the internet. Then the service sends the location of your device to your Email Inbox.

Bonus

McAfee Antivirus & Security

Kaspersky Mobile Security

Norton Mobile Security Lite

AVG AntiVirus

Avast! Mobile Security