track me iPhone App Review

Description:

For those parents that have teenage drivers, safety cannot be stressed enough.  Insurance premiums are through the roof for teenagers as more and more teenagers get into wrecks.  One of the leading causes of accidents is cell phone usage while driving.  Well now as a concerned parent, you can keep track of your kid by installing a simple app on their phone.  The app is call Track Me, and it is used to help parents see how often their children use their phone while driving.  How does this app work?

The app utilizes the GPS information in your child’s iphone.  The app then records every time the phone is look at, accessed, or used while the person is driving.  This is fantastic because the app not  only shows you when the phone the used, but it shows you exactly where on the road the phone was used using the GPS coordinates.  This helps parents to see if the app was used on the freeway, as opposed to a slower city road.  This app was originally created by the Texas Health Science center to do a study on how using a phone can effect driving.  The app worked so well for the study that it is now offered through the app store.  This app is perfect for people that also know that they use their phone driving and who are trying to stop.  This tool can show a person exactly how often they use their phone while driving so that they can improve and do better.

Features:

  • the app is very easy to use as you just tap the app on your phone.
  • The app continually runs and shows you when you are driving
  • The app also tracks when you stopped longer than 10 minutes and when you uses your phone during driving.
  • you can tap the pins on the map to see what you were doing at the location
  • for best results, you can turn on your wi-fi and set the passcode to lock it on
  • This app is very easy to use as you can pull off all of the data and see what activity was recorded.

As you can see, this app is a perfect tool to help people get off of their phones while driving.  The apps will help teenagers and phone  addicts alike do a better job to get the safe driving that they need in order to keep the roads safe.

Conclusion:

This app is $.99 cents and has been given a 3 out of 5 star rating.