Find My iPhone App Reviews
What is “Find My iPhone App”?
An app for your iPhone that lets you know where it is. If you lose your phone you can find it, remotely lock it, or remotely wipe it.
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Find My iPhone App Reviews
Featured Review
“I love this thing. I put it on my wife's phone without telling her, not because I want to see what she is doing but more so I know when she is going to be home. This way I can avoid home or pretend to be busy doing something when she arrives (not sitting on the couch playing video games).”
Reviewed by jamesh
Comments
keike101
very sneaky lol!!
Other Reviews
“Minor update added support for the new iPod Touch models. Very useful to have this app installed to help when another family member misplaces or has their iOS device stolen.”
“i love using this app becuase i can find my phone if i lost it or when it got taken i could display a message, lock it, and erase everything.”
“Awesome app (until my lost 3GS' battery went dead). Would've found my phone using it if it weren't lost on the side of a busy road. Not worth a life! Almost though. Allows you to remote lock, send the phone a message if recovered, send a sound (even if muted) and wipe out the phone if necessary. Good stuff.. oh, but you have to be a paying MobileMe customer. Small issue with that but since I am already no biggie.”
“Recently, the ability to get Insurance for your iPhone was made available (although we think the pricing is a bit off). But there is still the matter of sensitive data from one's iPhone falling into the wrong hands. Fortunately, there is the Find My iPhone app from Apple.
Once installed and launched, the app can use your iPhone's GPS to track it down and present its location on a map. It's also possible to remotely make the iPhone play a sound for an extended period and display a message to help discourage thieves, or maybe encourage them to bring the phone back. Users can also remotely set a passcode and wipe all personal data from the device. Sounds like a pretty good idea to us.
Here's the kicker tough: a MobileMe account is required to do any of this. So, while the app is free, to properly safeguard your iPhone, it will cost $99 per year. Of course MobileMe brings a lot of other things with it, so It's certainly worth having. If you don't have MobileMe, all of this functionality can be performed at any Apple store, but having control of your phone remotely is something we think is a nice addition to that MobileMe membership. Imagine that you don't loose your phone at all, but instead use the feature to track your phones location when you "lend it to your teenager". :)
Overall, the app is very well done, very easy to use, and provides some additional functionality that I'm sure you will be glad you installed if the unfortunate theft ever occurs.
Quick Take
Value: Medium.
Would I Buy Again: Possibly.
Learning Curve: Low.
Who Is It For: Those who are paranoid about their iPhone security.
What I Like: Free. Good interface.
What I Don't: Requires a MobileMe account plus a second device to install the app on.
Final Statement: If you need that extra security to sleep at night and have MobileMe, this app is required.”
Once installed and launched, the app can use your iPhone's GPS to track it down and present its location on a map. It's also possible to remotely make the iPhone play a sound for an extended period and display a message to help discourage thieves, or maybe encourage them to bring the phone back. Users can also remotely set a passcode and wipe all personal data from the device. Sounds like a pretty good idea to us.
Here's the kicker tough: a MobileMe account is required to do any of this. So, while the app is free, to properly safeguard your iPhone, it will cost $99 per year. Of course MobileMe brings a lot of other things with it, so It's certainly worth having. If you don't have MobileMe, all of this functionality can be performed at any Apple store, but having control of your phone remotely is something we think is a nice addition to that MobileMe membership. Imagine that you don't loose your phone at all, but instead use the feature to track your phones location when you "lend it to your teenager". :)
Overall, the app is very well done, very easy to use, and provides some additional functionality that I'm sure you will be glad you installed if the unfortunate theft ever occurs.
Quick Take
Value: Medium.
Would I Buy Again: Possibly.
Learning Curve: Low.
Who Is It For: Those who are paranoid about their iPhone security.
What I Like: Free. Good interface.
What I Don't: Requires a MobileMe account plus a second device to install the app on.
Final Statement: If you need that extra security to sleep at night and have MobileMe, this app is required.”
“i actually only use this to see if it works, like a little test and i send myself nice little messages to brighten my day. it usually doesnt work”
“A little late on this one. This could have saved me 450 bucks a while back... WEAK”
“Didnt work for my iPod Touch 2nd gen ...guess I need to upgrade should i go for the iPad wifi + 3G or wait till january for a new one?”
“only works with 4.2.1 but im not upgrading becuase i do not want to loose my untethered jailbreak so in my case i deleted it”
“It's great because I lost my IPhone and I looked on my mac and found where My IPone was.It is Free as well download it and install the app; it's a must have.
10/10”
10/10”
“Useless app (in my opinion). This app can't do shit if the phone is turned off/sim card is removed.”
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