Glossary
Cloud phone
A virtual or real phone, usually Android, that runs on a vendor's servers and is controlled from a browser or desktop app. Media buyers use cloud phones for accounts that live in mobile apps, where a desktop browser profile can't help.
Also called: cloud Android, cloud Android device, cloud iPhone, phone farm.
A desktop antidetect can only imitate a phone inside a browser. Apps such as TikTok or Instagram run on the phone itself, so for app-based accounts the tool is a phone: a real one or one rented in the cloud, each with its own device identity and proxy.
Pricing differs by model. In October 2026 GeeLark charged $0.007 a minute, capped at $1.20 a day per phone, or $29.90 a month for a phone that stays on. Multilogin includes minutes in its plans and sells extra packs from $16.80 per 2,000 minutes for phones on real hardware, and GoLogin includes Cloud Android on all paid plans.
Treat a cloud phone like a browser profile: 1 account, 1 phone, 1 proxy, and warm the account up before it carries ads.
Related terms: Multi-accounting, Browser profile, Warm-up, Proxy, Account farming.