I knocked off a star because the “share” feature (with short link) does not work anymore. Otherwise, everything else in app works great, even the free version. It shows more details then similar products, such as full user agent (iPad version only) or geographic description of the source IP (and yes, it shows the IP address too). That last bit saves you a manual Whois lookup of the source IP just to figure out where in the world the user is.Why does it show California when you know the user is in another state? Because the user that “opened” your email is using Gmail or similar webmail or custom mail client/app, and those mail servers (in California) process the embedded images then serve them to the user. It’s why some people don’t like Gmail and other web-based email since it is difficult to turn off web beacons, canaries, web bugs, whatever you want to call marketing tracking techniques.Fun fact: Gmail triggers embedded trackers when you load your inbox, even before you open the specific message. So marketing (and spammers) know the recipient email is legit. If the recipient opens the email in the iOS native mail client and they allow loading of embedded images (off by default on my iPhone...maybe that was a custom setting I chose) then it will trigger the web beacon placed by iTrackMail, and you will see the person’s actual IP address (i.e. their ISP router eternal interface).

I use this app when I email an out of state invoice. It works reliably, and spares me the follow-up.A weird thing is that the region / device is all over the map. It opens initially in the correct state. It’s viewed 15-20 times there, then shows viewed in another state or country. A week later it’s still notifying and now says that it’s been opened in my state on a mobile device. And I’m not the one viewing it…I can’t imagine my invoice is getting forwarded. Could the recipient have a virus?

But almost to basic. As in nothing really going on. If your email isn’t setup in your phone it doesn’t prompt you to let you know. It just tells you to compose and then goes no where. But anyhow. The main reason I’m leaving the review is the tracker in the image. If the app or wherever the reader is opening the incoming doesn’t open images automatically. then can still read without you knowing. Say if they have images auto downloaded you are now pretty much compromised if you are trying to be stealth. Maybe in the pro version you get an option to change the tracker image to something less obvious. Then maybe you’d be good to go. Still a decent app to help someone desperate or someone who doesn’t care I guess.

I have been using this iTrackMail for a few months. My oldest grandson ran away from home and family. He has not made any contact with us. It breaks our hearts. He has ADHD and easily per swayed. He met a woman that is twice his age. He is 26. He left with her and she is controlling him. This is the only way I know that he is reading my messages. It calms my heart to know he is still here. It’s been a couple of years since we have seen him or heard from him. I know he is reading my messages through this site. I’m so thankful for the makers of it. I’m 72 and I worry so much about him.