14 Best Apps to Track or Locate Lost Android Phone/Tablet

5 Best Apps to Track or Locate Lost Android Phone and Tablet

Have you lost Your Android ? or If it has stolen by someone, Use this Android Phone or tablet locator Apps to track it. The best thing about Android is, it has millions of apps in the Google Play Store. You can find apps for any purposes in Android market. Here, We have found the best 14 Anti-theft Apps that will track your Stolen Android.

Use that apps to get back your Android Mobile or at least delete your personal and sensitive information in your missed mobile.

It has three ways to protect your device:

Remote control through the website www.cerberusapp.com

Remote control via text messages

SIM Checker (for devices that have a SIM card): you will automatically receive alerts if someone uses your phone with an unauthorized SIM card

What’s the most interesting things about these apps?

In this Android Phone tracking apps list, only some of them can be installed after your phone is stolen or lost. Other than these, remaining apps can be installed your phone directly for the best to secure your phone.

1. Cerberus anti theft

Free; Pro: 2.99 euros

Cerberus anti theft is the pretty cool tracking app that has all the features remote messages, remote alarm trigger, remote lock, remotely wipe SD Card and alerts of SIM change. Only free trial for one week, then you can buy a lifetime license for a small price (2.99€) from within the application. The app works even if the device does not have an internet connection thanks to remote control by sms messages.

2. Where’s My Droid

Free

Where’s My Droid is the one of best Android Application that will track your phone and alert the owner. Where’s My Droid can turn the ringer volume up and make your phone ring. The app can also get the GPS coordinates with a link to Google maps if you’re not near enough to your phone to hear the ringer. You have the freedom to track your phone from anywhere with a text messaged attention word.

Alternatively, you can remotely control your phone by connecting it to the Commander option, a web-based interface. Where’s My Droid also offers a Pro version which lets you take pictures with the camera (you might be able to take a snapshot of the perpetrator), remote lock the phone rendering it impenetrable or remote wipe the app to save your data from misuse.

3. Lookout Security and Antivirus

Free; Premium: $2.99/month

Lookout protects you against all the bad stuff that can happen to your phone or tablet, like viruses, loss, and theft. Lookout gives you the best chance at finding your lost phone or tablet. You can find your phone on a Google Map, and make it scream if it’s on silent, and see your phone’s last known location. You can also get an email with picture and location of anyone who tries to unlock your android device.

n the event that your phone has run out of battery, it will notify you of its last known location. Also has an automated backup and restore function which can be accessed from the website.

4. Plan B

Free

If you have an android phone running 2.3 or lower, then Plan B is the pretty good option. This is the first and only ‘find my phone’ app that you download AFTER you’ve already lost your phone. Having Lookout on your phone is the best way to protect your phone and find it fast, but use Plan B if you have already lost your phone and didn’t have Lookout installed.

You can install it remotely from the Google Play web interface. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.

5. Android Lost Free

Free

This app is not only perfect for finding your lost phone, it will also torment the thief (something which we’re sure they fully deserve). You can activate (via SMS or the Web) the alarm to ring with a flashing screen, enable and disable the GPS, data and Wi-Fi connection, remote wipe the SD card, and get their latest call list.

Although it’s a free app, the app lets you take pictures from the smartphone camera (front and rear) and make your phone speak using text-to-speech. Once the SIM card is changed, you will be informed via email. This app can be used even after you have lost your smartphone due to its remote install feature and is hidden from the launcher to prevent uninstallation.

6. SeekDroid Lite

Free to download; Pro: $2.99/mth

This has all the regulars, remote lock and wipe, SMS activation, ring alert even in silent mode, hide from view mode, and GPS-enabling feature. You can also retrieve the most recent call logs – and it works even without a SIM card plugged in.

The Pro account (monthly subscription) lets you track the movements of the stolen smartphone with a history map so you know where your device is heading. You can also get protection for multiple devices, and receive notification for when it leaves a pre-selected fenced-in area (good for keeping watch on your little ones).

7. AntiDroidTheft

Free

Here’s a simple anti-theft device which lets you locate your phone via GPS, track changes made to the SIM card and view the pictures that have been taken by the smartphone all through the Web. Here’s some news coverage on how the app actually helped a user get his stolen phone (and the car it was in) back.

8. Prey Anti-Theft

Free

To use Prey Anti-Theft you have to get it installed before the phone goes missing. To find your lost phone, you can activate Prey via SMS with the words "GO PREY" in all caps then log into the Control Panel via the Web to mark the device as ‘Missing’. You can then receive notices of where your phone is. The app is hidden and can only be uninstalled with a password.

9. Find My Phone

$0.99

Find My Phone is a simple app that lets you track down your phone via GPS. Just text "findme" to start tracking and "ringaloud" to make it start ringing. You can text from a friend’s phone or from free online SMS services.

10. McAfee Antivirus & Security

Free to download; $30 a year to keep

Here’s the award-winning software that will keep your smartphone safe from the inside out. It comes as a 7-day free trial but to keep it on your phone, it’s a $30/year subscription. For that sum, you get the regular anti-theft protection, antivirus protection, plus data backup and restore functions.

11. Kaspersky Mobile Security

$4.95

This one has plenty of anti-theft protection, with remote block, remote wipe and device-tracking capabilities via GPS, Wi-Fi and Google Maps even if your SIM card has been replaced. Unwanted or unknown calls and text messages can also be blocked, and it lets you hide certain information from friends and family who borrow your phone for use.

12. Norton Mobile Security Lite

Free; Pro $29.99

This software can give you total protection for all your devices. Lost devices can be located on a map, and the Pro version gives you a scream alarm to help you find your missing device. A nifty trick it has is that the phone is automatically locked once the SIM card is removed. It also backs up your data whch can be easily restored.

13. AVG AntiVirus

free

Besides protecting your devices from virus attacks, it also can locate your lost or stolen phone via Google Maps and lock your device to protect your privacy via a text message. If your phone or tablet is stolen or missing, you can also set a lock screen message to help the locator find you and make your device ring even when it’s on silent mode.

14. Avast! Mobile Security

Free

The anti-theft feature for this antivirus is actually a hidden component which can be remotely controlled via SMS commands sent from another phone or through the Web. You can log into Web controls to perform mobile tracking and/or give your phone commands.