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TheTruthSpy
What TheTruthSpy is
TheTruthSpy is a free Android parental-control and family-location app managed through a browser panel. It offers live location, a location history trail, and alerts for saved places. Parents can set daily screen-time budgets, bedtime and school windows, and per-app limits. Website and app controls include category filters, Safe Search enforcement, blocking unknown browsers, and app controls. Social monitoring reports counts, senders, and timing from messaging notifications, with keyword alerts; it cannot show content protected by end-to-end encryption. The child’s app remains visible in the app drawer and indicates what it shares; the maker says there is no stealth mode or keylogger. Eight of fifteen features work in the Google Play version. Call logs, SMS tracking, contact monitoring, and media features require the direct-download build. The maker says monitored data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access-controlled, deletable by the account holder, and not sold. The free plan has no trial. Email support aims to reply within a few hours on business days.
Who it suits
It suits parents and legal guardians monitoring their own children with the child aware of the installation. It may also interest families seeking location, screen-time, and web or app controls through a browser panel.
What it does well
- Free plan includes live location and history.
- Offers screen-time budgets, schedules, and app limits.
- Includes website filtering and Safe Search enforcement.
- Monitors notification counts and can raise keyword alerts.
- Account holders can delete monitored data.
What to know first
- Only eight of fifteen features work in Google Play.
- Some tracking and media features require direct download.
- No free trial.
- Encrypted message content cannot be read.
Limits
The product is free. Eight of its fifteen features work in the Google Play build; call logs, SMS tracking, contacts monitoring, and media features require the direct-download build. End-to-end encrypted message content cannot be read.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Always free | Live location and history · Screen-time budgets and schedules · Web and app filtering · Notification counts and keyword alerts | Free |
| Earned with tasks | Call and message logs · Optional message content · Call recording · Remote camera and ambient audio clips | On request |
| The whole core | $0 / forever · Live location, history and place alerts · Screen-time budgets, schedules and app limits · Web and app filtering, Safe Search, off-store alerts · Notification counts and keyword alerts · Ask-for-more and earned screen time · Read-only demo | Free |
| Advanced tools & access days | $0 / a few minutes of your time · Direct-download build only · Earned by completing optional tasks · Advanced tools pause when access days run out | Free |
As thetruthspy.com lists them, read 21 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit the TheTruthSpy website and manage the app through its browser-based parent panel.
- Install the Android app using the Google Play build or direct-download build.
- Use the Google Play build for the eight features available there.
- Use the direct-download build for call logs, SMS tracking, contact monitoring, and media features.
- Set location alerts, screen-time rules, and web or app controls in the parent panel.
Verdict
TheTruthSpy combines family location, screen-time controls, and notification-based social alerts at no cost. Check which features require its direct-download build before choosing it.
Questions
How much does TheTruthSpy cost?
The listed core plan is free, billed at $0 forever. The Always free plan is also free.
What platforms does it support?
The app is for Android, and parents manage it through a browser-based panel.
What is included in the free plan?
The core free plan includes live location, history and place alerts, screen-time budgets and schedules, web and app filtering, notification counts and keyword alerts, earned screen time, and a read-only demo.
Do all features work in the Google Play build?
No. The maker says eight of fifteen features work there. Call logs, SMS tracking, contacts monitoring, and media features require the direct-download build.
Can it read messages?
It reports information from messaging-app notifications, including counts, senders, and timing, and supports keyword alerts. The maker says it cannot read end-to-end encrypted message content.
Is the app hidden on the child’s device?
No. The app is visible in the app drawer and lists what it shares; the maker says it has no stealth mode or keylogger.
Facts from TheTruthSpy's own pages
- Activity reports
- Yes · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- App blocking
- Yes · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Build limitations
- The maker says call logs, SMS tracking, contacts monitoring, and media features require the direct-download build; eight of its fifteen features work in the Google Play build. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Company identity
- The About page describes TheTruthSpy as serving parents and businesses with company-owned devices, but does not state a maker legal name, headquarters, or founding year. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Content filtering
- Yes · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Device platforms
- android · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- The current homepage presents the app for parents and legal guardians monitoring their own children, with the monitored person aware of the installation. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Location
- The features page lists live location, a history trail, and geofence alerts for saved places. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Location tracking
- Yes · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Message limitation
- The maker says end-to-end encrypted message content cannot be read and describes social monitoring as based on notifications. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says monitored data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access-controlled, deletable by the account holder, and not sold. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The maker describes the current product as a free parental-control and family-locator app for Android, managed through a browser-based parent panel. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Screen time
- The app supports daily budgets, bedtime and school windows, and per-app time limits. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yes · thetruthspy.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Social alerts
- Social monitoring provides counts, senders, timing, and keyword alerts from messaging-app notifications. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The contact page offers email support and says it aims to reply within a few hours on business days. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Visible operation
- The current home page says the child’s app is visible in the app drawer, lists what it shares, and has no stealth mode or keylogger. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Web and app controls
- The features page lists category-based website filtering, Safe Search enforcement, unknown-browser blocking, and app controls. · thetruthspy.com, 11 Oct 2026
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