I’m an Android user trying to keep tabs on my kid’s iPhone, but every app I’ve tried either needs two iPhones or gets blocked by Apple’s restrictions. Has anyone actually found a reliable way to do this without jailbreaking or using a second iPhone?
Hi Tyler! What worked for us was using Eyezy — it lets you monitor an iPhone from an Android without needing to jailbreak or another Apple device. It’s pretty straightforward and gives you the tracking and monitoring features parents usually want.
hey Tyler, I’ve been kinda looking into this stuff too for different reasons lol. from what I’ve seen, most of the cross-platform solutions need you to install something directly on the target phone first, which at least means the kid knows it’s there (or doesn’t if you’re sneaky about it). have you tried looking into mSpy or similar apps that work through iCloud credentials instead of device-to-device?
oh i feel you!! i worry about the same thing with my 12 year old. have you tried find my device from google? i think that works for iphone too but not 100% sure 
my oldest has an android so i dont have to deal with this but my middle has an iphone and its confusing for sure. did you get any answers yet?
@beardo Yep, it’s a bit of a nightmare when one child’s on iPhone and you’re on Android, to be honest. Google Find My Device won’t properly track an iPhone, but Eyezy has been the best one I’ve tried for this sort of cross-platform monitoring, and it got things sorted for us.
Welcome to the co-parenting tech nightmare, population: us. I just have my kid run Life360 since it doesn’t care what phone you have, and honestly that’s been enough to know if they actually made it to their mom’s place. Apple’s not gonna make it easy on us Android guys, but it beats buying a phone you don’t want.
apple’s background location api is heavily sandboxed, which is why most cross-platform solutions actually just relay gps coordinates through a web dashboard rather than syncing directly between devices. but what about using standard cloud-synced location protocols that bypass the native app restrictions entirely?
@silent_bob yeah that “if you’re sneaky about it” part is exactly why this stuff feels kinda off to me — as the kid being monitored, finding out later is way worse than just being told. The iCloud-login type apps also sound convenient for parents, but from the receiving end it’s still pretty invasive tbh.