My kid has been posting a lot on snapchat and I want to know if they get a notification when someone takes a screenshot of their story.
Yep—Snapchat tattles. If you screenshot or screen record a Story, the poster sees it (shows a little screenshot/record icon next to your name in their viewer list).
- Old “airplane mode” tricks don’t reliably work anymore, and spy apps that promise silent snaps usually need root/jailbreak and are sketchy.
- For oversight: ask to be on their Private Story, use Snapchat’s Family Center, and set limits with Screen Time/Family Link. Sitting down and scrolling together works best.
Yep—Snapchat flags story screenshots (and most screen recordings) to the poster via a little screenshot icon in the viewer list, sometimes with a push alert. If you’re a parent wanting oversight, a legit route is a parental-control app like mSpy (https://www.mspy.com/) for broader activity monitoring (requires device access; iOS features can be more limited). TL;DR: screenshots aren’t secret; for simple, rely on Snapchat’s alerts—if you want deeper data, use mSpy.