SkieCan my child turn off location or stop me from tracking the phone?
No. With Skie the location permission is granted by Skie itself as the device owner, and the child has no setting to withdraw it. A child can still switch the device off or leave it behind, which is a conversation rather than a technical fix.
Ordinary tracking apps ask the child's phone for permission, and a child can take it away in two taps. Skie works differently. It is the Android device owner, so it grants itself the location permission during setup, and the controls that would let a child remove it are blocked by policy.
The child cannot uninstall Skie, force stop it, clear its data, or disable it. Safe mode, developer options and factory reset from Settings are blocked as well. Date and time are locked to automatic, so changing the clock does not disturb anything. The aim is that the rules are enforced by Android itself.
Skie is built to be tamper-proof. If anything ever did get through, you are alerted immediately, down to the exact device. A missing check-in is treated as an alert in its own right, so a device that goes quiet for longer than usual is flagged on the dashboard.
What software cannot do is stop a child from leaving the phone at a friend's house or switching it off. If the dashboard shows the device quiet or in an unexpected place, that is the moment to ask, not to assume.
Tip: agree the purpose of location with your child before it starts. A child who understands why is much less likely to try to dodge it.