Prey: Android's Version of Find My iPhone

By now, you've heard of Apple's Find My iPhone feature of iCloud. With it, you can track your iOS device, make it play a sound in order to locate it, enable Lost Mode so that if someone finds it, they can call you, and you can even erase the device completely. All from a remote computer.

All that's great... if you had an iPhone. More-than-likely, you're reading this because you want Find My iPhone on your Android device. Well, sorry to tell you, that's not going to happen. However, there is a FREE app called Prey that's very similar to Find My iPhone.

Prey features virtually everything that Find My iPhone does, including:

• Tracking your device and displaying a map showing the device's location
• User-activated noise so that you can locate it
• Customized display message in case someone finds your device and wishes to return it to its rightful owner
• Remote lock until the correct password is entered

Not only does it provide all those features, but it also features an option to hide the Prey icon from the home screen. So, if someone is using your phone, they won't know that you have Prey installed on it by just glancing at the home screen. This is a feature Find My iPhone does not have.

But that's just the start! Prey also features an option to gather information about the wi-fi network the phone is connected to (if it's connected to one at all). You can also activate the camera(s) on the device to figure out where you left it or even who is using it. These are two great features, but Prey offers even more! With Prey, your phone will detect when your SIM card is replaced. Think of it as the phone saying, "Nuh uh, honey. I'm stolen. You can switch me to another carrier if you want but my owner can still track me." Pretty cool, huh? Not only that, but if someone tries to uninstall Prey while the device it's installed on is labeled as missing, Prey will react by voiding the uninstall.

If you can't tell by now, Prey is a very handy app to have installed on your device. It's all the benefits of Find My iPhone--except the ability to erase the device completely-- but more! I highly suggest Android users install Prey on their device(s).

Prey is also compatible with iOS, so why not protect your iPhone buddies' devices by telling them about this amazing app as well?

You can find Prey on the Google Play Store, or go to the link here.
The iOS version of Prey can be found in the App Store, or by clicking here.