I started OceanSide Software after getting tired of bloated "enterprise" monitoring suites that needed a login, a subscription, and a support ticket just to see an activity log. Everything here is a straight download built for two things: parents keeping an eye on a child's device, and businesses monitoring equipment they own — no account, no recurring fee, no phone-home traffic.
Nothing here is a suite pretending to be six products. Each one started as something I needed myself, then got cleaned up enough to sell. Everything's a digital download for Windows or Android — no subscription, no cloud account.
This is the one most people buy first. It logs keystrokes, clipboard text, and Chrome/Firefox history to a plain timestamped file — built for parents reviewing a child's computer use, or a company checking activity on its own equipment.
The stripped-down version of the same idea. One job, no extras: portable, saves timestamped logs next to the .exe, and runs on anything from Windows 7 up to 11 — meant for a family computer or a company laptop, not someone else's private device.
Only starts recording once it hears something, which saves a lot of disk space compared to recording on a timer. Saves clean WAV files — useful for a household or workplace recording policy everyone's aware of.
An Android app for keeping tabs on a family member's phone location in real time — a child's phone, for instance — without the family-plan subscription most trackers try to sell you.
Runs on top of your phone's normal SMS app and encrypts the message body before it ever leaves the device. No server in the middle, no account to set up.
Built this after losing photos to a botched phone reset. It grabs everything you tell it to in one pass instead of making you click through folders one at a time.
Keyboard input, clipboard text, and browser history, saved to a plain log file on Windows.
Timed screenshots and sound-triggered voice logging that only kicks in when there's something to hear.
Text encryption on your own device — nothing routed through a server you don't control.
Lock down folders and external drives without a full disk-encryption tool.
Live Android GPS location, built for checking in on family, not fleets.
Grab everything off a phone or PC in one pass instead of hunting through folders.
OceanSide Software is a one-person shop making Windows and Android tools for parental oversight and company-owned device security — not a covert surveillance outfit, and not a security company with a marketing department.
KeyGhost, KeyGhost360, and Mic Shadow are the ones that sell the most, mostly because they do exactly one thing well. No telemetry, no phone-home traffic, no upsell screen after install.
These tools are built for a parent reviewing their child's device, or a business monitoring equipment it owns under a policy employees are aware of — not for monitoring anyone else's personal device without their knowledge.
OceanSide Software's products are built for two situations: a parent or guardian monitoring a minor child's device, and a business monitoring equipment it owns, ideally under a policy its employees have been told about. Using any of these tools to monitor another adult's personal device, communications, or location without their knowledge and agreement is not what they're designed for, and we don't support that use.
Mutual consent matters. If you're monitoring a partner, roommate, employee, or anyone else with a reasonable expectation of privacy, get their agreement first — a quiet conversation goes a lot further than a hidden install, and in many places it's the difference between legal and not.
Laws vary by location. Rules around recording audio, tracking location, and monitoring devices or messages differ significantly by country, state, and sometimes workplace — several U.S. states, for example, require all parties' consent before a conversation can be recorded. It's on you to check what applies where you live and where the monitored device is used before you install anything.
If you're not sure whether your situation is a fit, feel free to ask before you buy.
"Seems to work well. Quick delivery and prompt response to questions."
Ask about which tool fits your setup, installation, or anything else. Hit send and it opens your phone's own messaging app with everything filled in — nothing gets typed twice.
On a phone, it opens Messages (iPhone or Android) addressed to the shop. On a desktop, it opens your email client instead, since a PC browser can't hand off to SMS.