Setup guide
Getting started takes about five minutes. Here's exactly what to do, on a device you own or manage. Before you begin, make sure your use is lawful where you live — protecting your own children, or a company device with staff informed.
Sign up on our website and choose the plan that fits your situation. Your secure dashboard is ready the moment you finish.
Pick up the device you own or manage — you'll need it briefly, just once. Make sure it's connected to the internet and you can unlock it.
From the device, open the setup link in your account and follow the guided steps to install the app for your platform.
Allow the permissions for the features you want — location, messaging, and so on. Enable only what you actually need.
Back on your own phone or computer, log in to the web dashboard. Within minutes you'll see activity arriving from the device.
Choose which events should notify you — geofence crossings, keywords, new app installs — so the important things find you.
The broad steps are the same on both platforms, but the detail differs because the operating systems do. On Android, you'll typically install the app directly and grant a set of permissions. On iOS, setup may use the device's own management features and certain capabilities behave differently due to Apple's restrictions. Whichever you're on, the guided setup adapts to the device, and our support team can help if anything is unclear.
FreePhoneSpy is for lawful, consent-based monitoring only. That means your own minor children, or company-owned devices where employees know about it. Installing monitoring software on a device you don't own, or on another adult without their knowledge, is illegal in most places. Please make sure you're on the right side of the law before you begin — it protects you as much as anyone.
Common questions about downloading and setting up FreePhoneSpy.
Yes, briefly. Installation requires one-time physical access to the device you own or manage. After setup, everything is viewed remotely from your web dashboard.
For most people, about five minutes from creating an account to seeing the first data in the dashboard.
Yes. Android and iOS handle apps and permissions differently, so the exact steps and available features vary. The guide on this page covers both.
It requests the permissions required for the features you enable — location for tracking, messaging access for message monitoring, and so on. You can enable only what you need.
Standard installation on a device you own does not require anything that would typically void a warranty. Avoid unofficial modifications.
Yes, up to your plan's device limit. Repeat the setup on each device you own or manage. See pricing.
Our support team can walk you through it. Reach out via the contact page and we'll help.
For children we recommend age-appropriate transparency; for company devices, disclosure is usually legally required. Covert installation on an adult's device without consent is illegal in most places.
Yes. Updates are delivered automatically to keep monitoring working as devices and apps change.
You can uninstall it from the device and remove the device from your dashboard at any time, which stops monitoring of that device.
Yes. Connections are encrypted and your dashboard is password-protected. Choose a strong password and keep it private.
That depends on your configuration and on the law where you live. For lawful, consent-based use we encourage transparency.