Mobile

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been replaced by another product.

Editor's Note: PowerNet Mobile is not currently offering cell phone service. Their website simply dispays "Coming Soon" when the wireless section is accessed.

Editor's Note: Verizon Wireless completed the purchase of AllTel in January of 2009. The merging of the two companies and their networks and billing systems is expected to take most of 2009.

Editor's Note: In late summer of 2008, Qwest contracted with Verizon Wireless to handle all of their cellular contracts and no longer offers their own cellular service.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued.

Mobistealth gives you detailed information about your child’s calls, texts and GPS history as well as the apps installed on their phone.

We have always been impressed with Net Nanny’s monitoring programs, especially since they mask profanity – the software covers swear words in online content so your child can’t read

Qustodio lets you monitor your child’s texts and contact list as well as the photos and videos they take with their cell phone.

TheOneSpy is a good choice for monitoring your child’s cell phone, especially if they have an older model phone – it is compatible with BlackBerry devices as well as old and new iPhones an

WebWatcher isn’t the most intuitive cell phone monitoring program we tested, and there are features other programs manage better.

XNSPY collects a lot of information about what your child does on their cell phone.