Losing your phone or getting it stolen is the worst thing that can happen to anyone. When things like these happen, it is not even your fault and often at times, you have to suffer the consequences for someone else’s doing.
Fortunately, the Android operating system has various apps in its app store to help with phone thefts, the anti-theft apps that are available on the market help in erasing all data on the phone and/or retrieving it.
So, for such reasons, it is always good to have some or the other anti-theft app on your device which will at the least help you erase all data on your old phone or if lucky, retrieve it.
In this article, we list out our top 9 anti-theft apps for Android that you can use to protect your device and find it in case it’s stolen.
Also read: 27 Lite Android apps to get over your battery, data and storage issues
Google Find My Device
This app made by Google LLC is the most widely used and also comes pre-installed in some devices. This app can schedule full device erases, give a live location feed of your lost device if not turned off, play a sound at full volume even if your device is on silent.
Great features like these make this app very reliable and it should be installed just in case.
Cerberus Phone Security (Antitheft)
The Cerberus Phone Security (Antitheft) is a complete anti-theft application. It offers the best protection you can get to recover a misplaced, lost or stolen Android device. It has great remote control features which can also be accessed through their website or even via SMS.
It has great features such as SD card and internal memory wipes, displaying a pop-up message that stays in the screen and it also makes your device read that text aloud. It can record audio from your microphone too remotely.
Overall, it is a complete anti-theft app.
Prey Anti-Theft: Find My Phone & Mobile Security
The Prey Anti-Theft: Find My Phone & Mobile Security by Prey, Inc. is an app designed specifically to monitor your devices and prevent theft or loss. It provides the most thorough recovery tool to find your lost Android phones. They offer a Web panel that helps one remotely control all the features that this app provides.
Their features include Accurate GPS coordinates, photos from the front camera, Wi-Fi neighbourhood and much more.
Lookout Security & Antivirus
Security & Antivirus | Lookout by Lookout Mobile Security is a great app for anti-theft features. Primarily being an antivirus app, it also has features to prevent theft and protect your device from malware at the same time.
It provides theft alerts with photos from the camera and a location of the device if suspicious activity detected which indicates the theft of your device. Signal Flare is a feature offered by this app which automatically saves your device’s last location when the battery is critically low.
Anti-theft alarm
This app developed by RaLok Technologies is an app designed to render your phone useless if stolen. Anti-theft alarm makes your phone useless to the thief even after he/she restarts the phone, changes the SIM and battery.
A loud alarm is triggered by this app if any suspicious activity is detected or if remotely activated. The app uses Device Administrator permissions to make sure it cannot be uninstalled in case of a theft.
Avast Antivirus – Security, App Lock, Photo Vault
Widely popular in the Personal Computer sector, Avast has developed an excellent antivirus app that not only deals with viruses but also has great features for anti-theft and app protection.
It provides SIM security which automatically registers your device as lost after a SIM change. It has App Lock which helps provide an extra layer of protection from your personal information being stolen.
Kaspersky Free Antivirus 2018 Internet Security
Kaspersky Lab is well known for their antivirus features globally. With the development of their Android app, they also provide useful features which can be used in case of a theft.
Remotely accessing your phone to wipe data, or protect the data on your phone by encrypting it. App lock to add more protection from data loss. And a Find My Phone feature to locate your phone and lock it to prevent data loss.
Wheres My Droid
Wheres My Droid by Alienman Technologies LLC is a simple app that has great features to protect your device from being stolen. It supports GPS flare that sends the location of the device when the battery is critically low, a notification if the SIM card on the device is changed or the phone number.
The pro version of the app has some more anti-theft features like Motion alarm, Passive Location updates and many more.
Anti-Theft Lost Phone & Personal Security Suite
Anti-Theft Lost Phone & Personal Security Suite developed by miFon is a classic Android anti-theft app which ensures you will never lose your phone. It has a smart distress SOS feature that can smartly alert your selected contacts about your phone’s current location.
It has great tracking features and a backup feature which automatically backs up all your important data just in case. miFon also uses Device Administrator permissions to provide enhanced security.
Also read: How to recover data of an Android phone after factory reset
