It has been trend now days of using Smart Phones like iPhone, BlackBerry or Android and many more whether school going kid or young professionals. Nobody revoke uses of smart apps such as GPS tracking applications.
In app world there is lots of GPS Tracking Applications avail for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. These GPS applications have own pros and cons. For instance, Pros: You can track your kid or spouse through your smart phone. Cons: You’ll have to keep eye on privacy of your data.
Therefore selecting GPS Tracking Application is most important and avoided topic in app world. So we are going to illustrate most important factors while selecting any GPS tracking application. Features of the application, application availability on cross platform i.e. Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows, Relevance of data provides by application, Privacy of user and Most important thing price of application as it decide to purchase it or not.
1.Features – Features of Application plays vital part in buying any gps tracking application. While Selecting Any GPS Application, Look around the features of application such as whether application provides location data or not, list of incoming / outgoing call, list of sent / received texts.
Another Most Important factor is way of masking application in your spouse’s smart phone or kid’s smart phone. After Checking features of application, compare it with other competitor’s application avail in the market. So you’ll get idea about how powerful GPS tracking application is?
It’s always better to go with application have gps location data, list of incoming / outgoing calls, list of sent / received texts and way of masking application.
2.Cross Platform Tracking - Check Platform independence of Application whether it avails for all platform or not i.e. iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, windows mobile or Java based phones. Don’t forget to check cross platform working ability of application. For instance if you’re using android phone but you’re partner is on iPhone in this case it’s better to check it out whether you’re selected application provides cross platform tracking or not (like wise Android to iPhone tracking, iPhone to BlackBerry Tracking or BlackBerry to Android Tracking and vice versa.)
For avoiding this kind of situation always choose application works on cross platform.
3.Data Relevance – Data is the heart of any GPS tracking application. Look around frequency of data update, notification to user about such set places and relevance of data. Also check whether the application provides data updating as per its setting or user can set the setting as they want i.e. Data updating after every 1 hour or 2 hour, alert for specific place.
Select Children GPS tracking application based on relevance of data, customized setting for data retrieval and notification as per need of user.
4.Privacy - Now day users are more concerned about their privacy, nobody wants interference into their privacy. This same thing applies while using any gps tracking application. Check it after downloading data into application, it keeps on third party server or own server of application provider or not. If apps don’t store the data after downloading which mean you’re data is safe with the respect of privacy of user.
It’s better to use application that doesn’t store data once it downloaded on their server.
5.Price - Most of the GPS Tracking Applications are paid with monthly or yearly pay out. Some application has minimal price whether pricing of some application are too high. It’s difficult to buy application for user if the pricing is dear.
So always consider if you’re spending $$$ on application monthly or yearly in return which features you’re getting. If you don’t want some other advanced feature then don’t spend extra bucks on GPS application.
Always consider these 5 factors before selecting any GPS tracking application for android, blackberry or any other smart phones.
