There are several ways to know if someone is active on their phone, depending on the devices the person is using.In this section, we will look at all the ways to monitor online activity without stress. You’ll also get tips on how to stay private on social media to avoid being tracked.

• Through his Facebook account.

Perhaps the easiest way to see if someone is active on their phone is to check them on Facebook. Facebook is bundled with Facebook Messenger, a well-stocked messaging app that has been used extensively due to Facebook’s popularity. A good feature of Facebook Messenger that is important to you in this context is its active mode. If the user is active on Facebook, there will be a green dot under his name and the text that says “Now active”. If you’ve seen this, the person is probably active on their phone right now. Call them or text them and they should respond in no time.
If someone has deactivated their Facebook account, you may not see the icon or text. This is a privacy option that makes objective sense, but only makes your job more difficult.

• By following their WhatsApp

I have a hard time using the word “stem”, but that’s basically what we’re doing here.
WhatsApp is currently the most used instant messaging platform and it makes sense that whoever you want to check if they are active is using WhatsApp.
Even though WhatsApp is a pretty secure and private instant messaging platform (no matter what the media wants you to believe), it still has an active status check.
Most instant messaging platforms that promote privacy like I Message or Signal don’t have such integrations, but its good (for us) that it’s still available on WhatsApp.
It is quite easy to check if someone is online on WhatsApp. All you have to do is open WhatsApp, find the contact whose active status you want to spy on and open the conversation.
At the top of the screen, where the contact’s name or number is listed, “online” will appear below if the contact is online. If the contact is not active, the last time the contact was active is displayed.
One of the reasons WhatsApp is perfect for this is that users cannot disable it. You cannot hide that you are active on WhatsApp.
Although you can prevent WhatsApp from showing when you were last active, you won’t be out of luck if you are online because WhatsApp never lies about it.

• Use a phone app like True caller

With over 500 million True caller downloads on the Google Play Store, the contact your following is likely to have an account on True caller.
If you have True caller installed on your phone, you can hope that the person on the other side has installed True caller.
If both conditions are met, you are in luck. You just have to hope that the person has the True caller accessibility feature enabled. This feature remains enabled by default and you can disable it if you wish.
If the person hasn’t disabled this feature, you can see if it’s active on their phone. All you have to do is open True caller and go to their profile.
If a red phone icon appears next to the phone number, the person is probably on the phone just then, ready to answer a call.
However, if the red bell icon appears, the phone is silent and the person may not be on the phone.
Remember that the person you are trying to track must have True caller installed on their phone for this feature to work. They must also be connected to the Internet and the accessibility feature must not be disabled.

How to keep phone activity private

If you feel that you are being followed, you can make sure that no one knows when you are active on your phone.

Here are some things you can do to make sure no one can see if you are using your phone.

• Use a privacy-focused instant messaging platform.

If you don’t want your friends to follow you, forget about Messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp in that order. Use a private instant messaging platform like Signal instead of these messaging platforms.

So you don’t have to worry about disabling read receipts, last viewed and active statuses.

• Use your phone’s default phone app.

Usually, the messaging and calling app that comes with smartphones is pretty powerful. There is no reason why you should look for alternatives like True caller.