Prey Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Prey for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Find My, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Prey and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Prey are Armed, HiddenApp, Lojack for Laptops and EXO5.

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  1. Find My icon
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    Find My can help you locate your devices and your friends and family. And now it can help you find your devices — even when they’re offline.

    39 Find My alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Most users think Find My is a great Prey alternative.

    • Find My is the most popular Web-based, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Prey.

    • Find My is the most popular free alternative to Prey.

    • Find My is Free and ProprietaryPrey is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Armed icon
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    This menu bar app monitors your MacBook when left unattended, detecting tampering, alerting the user, and capturing images of the perpetrator.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Armed is the most popular Open Source alternative to Prey.

    • Armed is Paid and Open SourcePrey is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. HiddenApp icon
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    HiddenApp gives organizations 24/7 visibility of their IT devices using track, trace & locate capabilities, all manageable from one simple user-friendly dashboard.

    5 HiddenApp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
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    Computrace LoJack for Laptops can remotely delete data and recover stolen computers, so you can protect your personal information from identity theft. The easy solution for protecting your digital life.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. EXO5 icon
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    EXO5 allows enterprises to track and remote kill corporate laptops. It's available as a cloud service. They only serve the enterprise market and have a minimum order of 25 devices. List price is $29 per device per year.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. GadgetTrak icon
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    Using patented location-detection technology, GadgetTrak evens the odds of recovering a stolen laptop or mobile phone by pinpointing the location of your laptop, who has it, even what they’re wearing!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • iPad
     
  7. Plug Spy icon
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    Plug-Spy is an instant warning system for your MacBook in case that someone try to take it away or is entering a wrong password in the standard OS X login panel. It's easy to setup and integrates seamlessly with Mac OS X and Apple iCloud "Find my Mac".

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. iAlertU icon
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    iAlertU is an alarm system for your Apple MacBook that uses the built in motion detection to trigger the alarm and the iSight to capture the image of the thief.

    24 iAlertU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Pombo icon
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    Pombo can help you recover your computer in the event it's stolen. It works on Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OSX.

    12 Pombo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Pombo is the most popular Linux alternative to Prey.

    • Pombo is Free and Open SourcePrey is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. Beepify icon
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    Need to leave to the toilet while working on your laptop from a cafe? Beepify lets you do just that! If someone tries to steal your laptop, Beepify detects it and sounds an alarm and send you a push notification, so you can capture the bad guy!

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Get an easy & clear view of all your IT assets with InvGate’s most complete Asset and Configuration Management solution. InvGate Insight provides you with the tools to create a unified inventory of all network-connected IT assets, including physical, virtual, and cloud...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • InvGate Insight is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Prey.

    • InvGate Insight is Paid and ProprietaryPrey is Freemium and Proprietary
  12. Rex icon
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    Rex protects your MacBook from theft. It knows if you're packing up and disarms itself. Re-arms when you next open your MacBook. Sends real push notifications. Doesn't fail if you forget your headphones plugged in.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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