SkieIs Skie a spy app? Does it have a hidden mode?
No. Skie has no hidden mode and is not a spy tool. The phone or tablet shows that it is managed, and Skie does not read messages or record calls, audio or video. It enforces rules about apps, websites, hours and location that your child can see.
Spy apps are designed to hide. They remove their icon, run quietly and collect what the child does. Skie is built the other way round.
On the child's device, it is visible that the phone is managed. Android itself shows that the device is managed by an organisation, and the rules the child lives with, such as the apps available and the schedule, are visible by use. There is no setting to make the device look unmanaged.
The difference matters for trust, and probably for the law as well. Covert monitoring of another person, even a child, is the kind of thing that attracts more legal risk and more family harm than open monitoring. This is general information, not legal advice, so check the rules where you live.
It also changes the way your child will react. A child who knows the rules and the limits can argue with them, which is healthy. A child who discovers secret monitoring tends to stop trusting you, and finds another device.
Skie therefore asks you to do one thing before you start. Tell your child. Explain what you can see, which is location, the allowed apps and whether the device is online, and what you cannot, which is messages, calls, audio and video.