HiddenEye
HiddenEye Plus uses your smartphone's camera in self-defense: This app photographs any person who tries to unlock your phone.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 3.9 stars
Kryptos
Kryptos
uses 256-bit AES encryption to encrypt voice communications before
transmission (using 2048 bit RSA for key exchange). Provides VoIP
connectivity for secure calls over 3G, 4G and WiFi.Available for: Android and iPhone
Cost: Free to download, monthly service fee of $10
Average marketplace rating: 3.3 stars
Find my iPhone
If
you misplace your iPhone, the Find My iPhone app will let you use
another iOS device to find it and protect your data. Locates the missing
device on a map, plays a sound, displays a message, remotely locks the
device and/or erases all the data on it.Available for: iPhone
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 2.5 stars
SeekDroid
SeekDroid
(similar to Find My iPhone) allows the user to locate a lost or stolen
Android device. Features device location on a map, remote audible alarm,
remote wiping of the device, remote tracking and GPS.Available for: Android
Cost: $2.99
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
Plan B
Plan B is a
find-my-phone app that you download AFTER you lose your phone. Described
as a “last resort” to find a missing phone, allows the user to locate
their lost device using cell towers and GPS. On some phones, Plan B can
switch GPS on automatically.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.2 stars
Secure Folder PRO
A
private storage solution for photos, videos, contacts, notes, credit
cards and passwords. Features secret website bookmarks and private
navigation system without history tracking, a “decoy” storage area to
trick nosy intruders, and encrypted storage for credit card and other
data.Available for: iPhone
Cost: $1.99
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
Gallery Lock
Gallery Lock provides privacy for picture and video files by hiding them in individual, password-protected folders.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
Privacy Filter
Privacy Filter blocks the screen from prying eyes glancing at the device from the side.Available for: Android
Cost: $1.99
Average marketplace rating: 4.2 stars
Splash ID Safe
A
sensitive-data vault that stores personal information (such as web
logins, credit cards, PINs, and email settings) using 256-bit
encryption.Available for: Android
Cost: $9.99
Average marketplace rating: 3.8 stars
Norton Snap
Norton
Snap is a QR code scanner that warns the device user about dangerous QR
codes, and blocks unsafe Web sites before they load on the device.Available for: Android and iPhone
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.3 stars
Avast Free Mobile Security
Famous
from the PC space, Avast also offers this antivirus and anti-theft
Android security application. Includes scanning of installed apps and
memory card content on demand. Also features a privacy report, which
scans and displays access rights and intents of installed apps, as well
as anti-theft components that give the user remote control via SMS or
Web to lock, locate, siren, memory or wipe the device.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.7 stars
Lookout Mobile Security
The
Android version of this app includes antivirus and blocks malware,
spyware, and trojans and scans each app downloaded. Both the Android and
iPhone versions feature a find-my-phone component, which locates a lost
or stolen phone on a Google map and activates a loud alarm, even if the
device is on silent.Available for: Android, limited version for iPhone
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
AVG Mobilation Antivirus
AVG's
version of antivirus for smartphones detects harmful apps and text
messages. Features include scanning of apps, settings, files, and media
in real time, location of lost or stolen phone via Google Maps, lock and
wipe device to protect privacy.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
Norton Mobile Security
Security,
antivirus, antitheft protection. Includes automatic antivirus scan for
downloaded apps and app updates, keystroke logging protection, remote
lock and wipe, find-my-phone phone locator, and a “scream” locator that
lets the user send a text to the missing phone, which sets off a scream
alarm.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.4 stars
NQ Mobile
Security
and antivirus protection against from virus, malware, spyware, trojans
and phone hacking. Features include: antivirus, anti-harassment, privacy
protection, phone locator, data backup, safe browsing and traffic.Available for: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
McAfee Mobile Security
McAfee's version
of protection for the Android; features antivirus, anti-theft, safe
mobile surfing, app protection and call and SMS filter. Other features
include remote device lock, locate and track.Available for: Android
Cost: Free trial
Average marketplace rating: 4.0 stars
Accellion Mobile
Allows
business users to work on enterprise content by providing secure mobile
access to files. Features: Securely browse, view, edit, save back,
upload, send, and share files and folders on-the-go. Participate in
real-time collaboration by opening, editing, and saving back Microsoft
Office file types through Quickoffice.Available for: Android and iPhone
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 3.2 stars
Junos Pulse
Junos
Pulse secures connectivity to corporate web-based applications via
Juniper Networks SSL VPN gateways. Also delivers mobile security against
malware, viruses, and spyware, as well as from device loss or theft,
preventing device damage, and loss and exploitation of sensitive user or
corporate data.Available for: Android and iPhone
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 3.5 stars
WiFi Protector
Guards
against WiFi sniffing attacks by detecting Address Resolution Protocol
(ARP)-related attacks, such a DDOS (Denial Of Service) or MITM (Man In
The Middle). Protects the phone from tools like FaceNiff, Cain &
Abel, ANTI, ettercap, DroidSheep, NetCut, and others that try to hijack
sessions via "Man In The Middle" through ARP spoofing / ARP poisoning.Available for: Android
Cost: $3.89
Average marketplace rating: 4.7 stars
Privacy Safe
Automatically
moves confidential SMS and call logs from private contacts into private
space and hides the normal track on your phone. Notifies of private
space status secretly. Private space is password protected. Also blocks
unwanted SMS using keywords specified by the owner.Available on: Android
Cost: Free
Average marketplace rating: 4.5 stars
