if i posted this in the wrong section, my apologies in advance.

i'm a parent of a 14 year old. my best attempts at giving her a respectable amount of privacy and space to grow as an individual have backfired. she's a normal teen by most accounts and without giving too much detail about it her days of total privacy have ended.

i'm going to get an app that will allow me to know where her phone is and as a result where she is at all times. my question is this: does anyone have any experience with these types of apps? what are the best to use for an iphone 4. i want one that will run in the background and i don't want her knowing it's even on her phone. she can be semi-tech savvy and i don't want her to be able to disable it or be tempted to turn off her phone the next time she decides to sneak away from a sleep-over.

i've looked at the "mobile spy" but i'm hesitant to buy something without talking to someone who has used it.

i know this seems pretty drastic but believe me when i say that this only happening out of necessity. it breaks my heart to have to do this but i will do what i have to in order to protect my child.

thank you for your time.

-DG

Hi DGerman,

I'm sorry to hear read that. I have 2 teenage daughters too and I can feel your worry.

For your inquiry of a tracking app, I'll recommend Copy9.

You'll need to jailbreak her iPhone and install Copy9 from Cydia. Then hide Copy9 and Cydia icon, so she don't know it's there and will also not able to uninstall it.

You can trace her iPhone from the web or your iPhone with TraceYou Professional installed from App Store.

Both Copy9 and TraceYou Professional are free apps. And with optional monthly subscription, you can even trace the call and message histories made from that iPhone.

Find out more info on Golden Spy.

They is application name cylay

Remember! Apple has released an App called Find my Friends. This app can do the same thing, however not as secretly. I have heard that you can, on childrens devices, lock the setting to turn off the Find My Friends app, so that they cannot turn it off without your password. However I cannot verify that this is the case since I've never tried.