10 Smartphone Apps You Should Remove From Your Child’s Phone

Some of the newest apps for your smartphone can be dangerous for young people. Foreverymom.com has put together the list. We asked our digital guru, Troy Jones his opinion about these apps.

1. Tinder: This app is used for hooking-up and dating. The biggest problem with this app is that it uses GPS location tracking. It's one of the biggest in the country with more than 400 million profiles rated every day! Jones says Tinder is a site "that attracts sexual predators because there is no age authentication."

2. Snapchat: Users can send photos and videos to anyone on his/her friend list. The sender can determine how long the receiver can view the image and then the image “destructs” after the allotted time. Jones tells us this about Snapchat: "this app makes it easy for people to share naked photos that disappear after they are sent."

3. Blendr: This is a flirting app which folks are using to meet new people. It also uses GPS location services. On Blendr, many of the same issues...GPS tracking and no age verification.

4. Kik Messenger: This is an instant messaging app with over 100 million users that allows users to exchange videos, pics and sketches. You can also send YouTube videos. Jones tells us Kik is the most dangerous app and it's growing so fast. "this is an app that adults use sexting on and many of them could target your children."

5. Whisper: This is an anonymous confession app. It allows users to superimpose text over a picture in order to share anonymous thoughts.

6. Ask.fm: This is a social networking site targeted at kids. It lets users ask other users questions while remaining anonymous.

7. Yik Yak: Another GPS tracking app that lets you post text-only “Yaks” and you remain completely anonymous. This app, Jones says is one of the top bullying apps. "People send yaks, or messages, that can be vulgar and critical of others within 1 mile of your physical location because it also uses GPS Tracking".

8. Poof: This app allows users to make other apps “disappear” on their phone. Kids can hide any app they don’t want you to see by opening the app and selecting other apps.

9. Omegle: This app is primarily used for video chatting. Participants are only identified as “You” and “Stranger.”

10. Down: This app is quite dangerous and many parents don't know about it. Teens use it for sex. In fact, it used to be called Bang With Friends.

Jones offers this advice to parents: "be sure to check your children's phones regularly. These apps pop up so quickly and before you know it, they spread across a school campus and then the entire community."