Spy Hunter is a security app for Windows Phone 8 that will help you catch those who like to spy on your phone while you are not around.  Once the trap is set, Spy Hunter snap a series of photos of the culprit, sounds an alarm and will record audio when your Windows Phone is unlocked.  You also have the options to automatically save your photos to SkyDrive and receive notifications when Spy Hunter is triggered.  Spy Hunter has a friendly user interface and not a bad option to consider if you need to find out who keeps messing with your Windows Phone.  However, it is not exactly fool proof. 

The main interface with Spy Hunter has menu icons running across the top of the screen and button controls to view your image gallery and access the app’s settings at the bottom of the screen.  Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more



Spy Hunter's Main Pages and Fake Page When Triggered

The menu icons sends you directly to Spy Hunter’s settings for capture, sound recording, alarm, PIN Code, and sending.  Otherwise, you can tap the settings control button to view the full settings menu that covers: Capture: Image resolution, photos per second, number of photos captured, how the hidden capture ends and turning on/off sound recording. 

Alarm: On or off, as well as type of alarm, media displayed and voice message. 

PIN Code: Secure your image gallery, settings and hidden capture. 

Tile Trap: Set a Live Tile trigger to activate Spy Hunter’s capture features.  Fake tiles include call logs, photos, messages and more. 

Sending: Setting up your SkyDrive, Facebook and Twitter accounts for saving images and sending notifications. 

Spy Hunter Store: The base app is free but you can purchase/unlock premium features through in-app purchases (more on this in a second).  You also have access to the Help pages and About screen through Spy Hunter’s settings.  To set Spy Hunter, simply launch the app and lock your Windows Phone from the app.  A false screen will greet whoever turns on your Windows Phone and the hidden capture will launch.  The false screen is a mock “update” with progress bar that runs across the screen as the images are captured.  To review the images of the spy, just tap on the gallery control button.  The free version will only save one set of images to the gallery.  You can increase the gallery storage to ten sets through an in-app purchase or by getting the full version.