If you're looking for ways to find your lost phone or to help you keep a tab on your family members, here are our picks for the best phone tracker apps and software.

These days there are lots of good options for tracking down a lost smartphone.

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3. Track your lost phone. If you don’t have mobile security software, try to find your phone’s location manually. If you can locate your phone, you can attempt to retrieve it.

More by David Pogue This article was originally published with the title “How to Track a Lost Smart Phone” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 307 No. 5 (November 2012) ...

After your phone gets lost or stolen, you can remotely lock down its data, track its activity and carrier use, and, of course, hear back from your friends who got text messaged when your phone was ...

To help you recover a lost iPhone, iHound offers stickers that you can place on the phone, which let someone who’s found the device get in touch with you via iHound.

How to find a lost iPhone The Find My iPhone tool is the best and easiest way to find your lost iPhone that is switched off or has a dead battery. (Emphasis on your —it’s illegal to track ...

Just use your Google location history, which is accessible online right here. This can show you where your phone was last online, which could help you figure out where you lost track of it.

If you’ve ever been derailed from an on-time departure by a set of lost keys or misplaced wallet, you’ll benefit from a ...