It’s the  Tiger Text vs. iPhone Spy App show down.

Over the past few days, there has been a considerable amount of news about a new cheating spouse app for the iPhone called Tiger Text.  Although Tiger Text definitely looks like a fun app, a cheating spouse hoping to use Tiger Text to carry on an affair wont stand a chance if their spouse has installed an iPhone spy app on their iPhone.

Before I get into all the reasons why Tiger Text will actually HELP a suspicious spouse catch a cheater (versus helping the cheating spouse carry on an affair), here is an overview of what Tiger Text is, and how it works.

WHAT IS TIGER TEXT & HOW DOES IT WORK?

(If you already know what Tiger Text is, and want to skip the overview and go straight to my  ’5 Reasons Why Tiger Text Will HELP Catch A Cheating Spouse’ list, click HERE.)

Tiger Text is an iPhone app that advertises itself as a tool to help people “cover their tracks” that are left when sending traditional text messages.  What Tiger Text does is enable a cheating spouse to send text messages between the “other person” (who is also using Tiger Text) and not worry about the text message being found by someone else — because messages sent via Tiger Text will essentially self destruct within a specified timeframe.

When you send a text message using Tiger Text, the content of your message is never sent to the recipient’s phone as it does when you send a standard text message.  Since the message doesn’t reside on the recipient’s phone, but rather stored on Tiger Text’s servers, you are given full control when the messages are deleted from Tiger Text’s servers.

Check out the screen shots below for a sample.

As you can see from the screen shots above, once the messages are gone, they are gone.  You can set messages to ‘Delete On Read’ or set your own time limit such as 2 hours, 4 hours, etc. A few other tidbits of information are that both users must have Tiger Text installed (there is a free reader if the other person doesn’t want to buy Tiger Text), and if a message is set to expire at a specified time period and it’s not read, then its gone forever. Check out the screen shot below for an overview of Tiger Text’s settings.

Pricing for Tiger Text is FREE for the first 100 messages  or 15 days (whichever comes first), and then its $1.49 per 250 messages sent per month or $2.49 per month for unlimited messages.  Currently the iPhone is the only supported device, but there are now plans for BlackBerry and Android versions later this year.

The developer of the app says that using Tiger Text will help you cover your tracks, and I agree 100%.  It will help someone cover their tracks who is using Tiger Text to send text messages.  However, if a suspicious spouse has secretly installed an iPhone spy app on their spouse’s iPhone, then its game over. The cheating spouse will get caught. I’m 100% sure of it, for the reasons below.

Here are my 5 reasons why Tiger Text will actually HELP catch a cheating spouse (and NOT help a cheating spouse carry on an affair).

#1) Live Call Tapping – iPhone spy apps such as Flexispy PRO-X enable a suspicious spouse to secretly listen in on calls.  Even if their spouse is using Tiger Text to communicate, at some point they will talk to them on the phone.  When they do, the suspicious spouse can secretly tap into the call and listen in to what is going on.

#2) Stealth GPS Tracking - Ok, so someone uses Tiger Text’s cheating spouse app to arrange a secret meeting with the “other” person.  Perhaps it’s during a work day and they are supposed to be in meetings all day (thats their story), or maybe they are supposed to be on the east side of town versus the west side. Regardless of where they are supposed to be, what they end up doing is using Tiger Text to meet up someplace thinking their spouse will never know.  Unfortunately for them, an iPhone spy app has stealth GPS tracking (available on Mobile Spy & all versions of Flexispy).  This means when they are at their secret meeting, their spouse will know exactly where they are and will be able to track them down.  So much for covering your tracks.

#3) Remote Monitoring - This is similar to the item above, but with a bit more drama thrown in.  A cheating spouse can use Tiger Text all they want to arrange a secret meeting, but with an iPhone spy app, their spouse can perform a spy call (only available on  Flexispy PRO & PRO-X) and remotely turn on the iPhone and listen in on the iPhone’s surroundings.  Now the spouse not only knows exactly where their cheating spouse is via GPS tracking, but they now can listen in on what’s going on in the room.  Ooops.

#4) Call History - Similar to item #1, at some point a Tiger Text user will call the “other” person, and when they do, their call records will show who they called and when.  Even if the call history is erased as soon as they finish the call, an iPhone spy app sold by Flexispy or Mobile Spy will record the number dialed/received, time, date, and duration.  Now all the spouse has to do is perform a reverse cell phone look up to find out who owns the number.  Busted.

#5) Tiger Text itself – Tiger Text is a victim of its own success. There has been an enormous buzz surrounding Tiger Text since it was released.  The news has hit not only the tech blogs and news sites, but also all the traditional media outlets such as CNN, NY Times, etc.. which means if a cheating spouse thinks Tiger Text is going to be their savior, they are in for a big surprise because if they’ve heard of it, most likely their spouse has as well.  What will their excuse be when their spouse flips through their icons and sees a big orange ‘Tiger Text’ icon on their phone.  I’d like to see someone explain to their spouse the reasons for needing an app the deletes messages that they don’t want other people to read.  Furthermore, if the “other” person wants to collect evidence, all they have to do is take a screen shot (power button + home button) before the message is deleted, and they will have the evidence they need to be used in any way they want.

In summary, in my opinion Tiger Text is more of a novelty app.  It’s something you show your friends, joke about at parties, etc., but it’s not something that will help a cheating spouse carry on an affair, especially if their spouse has secretly installed an iPhone spy app on their iPhone.  If that’s the case, the only thing Tiger Text will do is only give the cheating spouse a false sense of security and most likely just expedite the inevitable day of when they are caught.  When that happens, they’ll find themselves giving their own version of a public apology to their family for their indiscretions.

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With Tiger Text, you don’t have to worry about someone going through your iPhone and reading your text messages.  Tiger Text will enable you to set your text messages to either delete when read, or self destruct within a specified time frame. However, it wont protect you from an iPhone spy app as described above.

Features: Automatically delete messages or specify when messages are to self destruct.

Price: FREE for the first 100 messages  or 15 days (whichever comes first), and then its $1.49 per 250 messages sent per month or $2.49 per month for unlimited messages.

URL: www.tigertext.com (or do a search for ‘Tiger Text’ in the app store)

Flexispy is the most technologically advanced iPhone spy application money can buy. No other spy phone vendor offers as many iPhone spy features as Flexispy. The downside? The price. Flexispy has the most features, but is also the most expensive.

• Live call interception, remote room monitoring, sms/text message interception, view call logs, & stealth GPS tracking.
• 100% undetectable.
• Excellent customer service, 10 day money back guarantee.
• Price: $149-$349 USD

URL: www.flexispysoftware.com

Mobile Spy was the first company in the world to release an iPhone spy app and although not as feature rich as Flexispy, their iPhone spy app has enough features to satisfy most people. Combined with a low price, Mobile Spy is a solid product.

• Features: SMS/text message interception, & view call logs.
• Industry’s ONLY secured SSL control panel to view your logs.
• Monitor multiple phones.
• 30 day money back guarantee. (If they can’t get the the software to work on your phone.)
• FREE Sniper Spy PC spy software (Includes remote installation, live PC monitoring, & more) with purchase of Mobile Spy’s annual license.
• Price: $49.97 – $99.97 USD

URL: www.mobile-spy.net

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