The best apps for parental control

Today, even a child often has a smartphone, and a parent wants to keep his or her child safe by installing the appropriate apps.  At the moment, there are a number of programmes for this that need to be sorted out.

Google Family Link

This is free software available on android 7.0 and above. On 2 devices, you need to open a Google account and use the appropriate browser.

The application allows you to keep track of how much time the child spends on the phone, what they are looking for and opening, downloading or wanting to buy. At the same time, the parent can remotely perform a variety of operations, cancel downloads, lock the device, and so on. The parent can also see where their child is.

Kaspersky Safe Kids

This software is available for android from 4.4 and above, and there are both paid and free versions.

It is important to note that practicing psychologists were present when the software was developed, so there are relevant expert recommendations that you can get when using the service.

In fact, even the free version has tools that show the child’s whereabouts, what they are looking for online and what sites they visit, what they use and so on. And all this can be monitored and regulated.

With a paid subscription the possibilities are much greater. For example, you can track social networking activity or YouTube searches.

Where are my kids?

The app is available for android 5.0 and above. And there’s both a paid and a free option at various prices per month as well. Of course, the better the subscription, the more possibilities.

The special feature of the software is that the parent always knows where the children are and what they are using online. And for an additional fee it is even possible to listen to what is going on around them.

Parental Control Kroha

The software can be installed on a child’s smartphone from version 5.0. And a parent can test the software for free for 3 days, after which an annual subscription for 5 devices will cost 15 euros.

The software runs GPS, and there are screen time controls. At the same time the parent receives detailed statistics. Based on this data it is possible to make adjustments.

Kidslox

This app can be downloaded on android version 7.0 and above. The free version provides the user with a minimal set of features. But there is a subscription for a month or a year as well as forever. And based on that, the functionality as well as the features change. The parent has full control over the child’s device. It is possible to block or limit the use of individual programmes and so on.