See further explanation below about Circle (***). It struggles to prevent all pornography, which means it must be paired up with CleanBrowsing’s clean DNS. For the router, Circle with Disney is popular for a good reason – it’s pretty good.Regardless of age, for families with kids that use social media, texting, email, or manage a YouTube channel (all of which are typically untouched by parental control solutions), Bark is the best (and only) monitoring solution.We provide more information about Bark below (**).For kids in high school, college, and adults, we believe the overall best accountability solution for DEVICES is Covenant Eyes.There are more details about Covenant Eyes below (*).Mobicip uses a MDM/VPN strategy which does get in the way for some families, while Boomerang does not. There are more details about both of them below. For kids in pre-school, elementary school, and middle school, we believe the overall best parental control solution for DEVICES is Mobicip.We include an insane amount of detail further on if you’re interested.) Related Post: What’s a VPN and Why is there One on my Kid’s iPhone? Results from our 2019 iPhone Parental Control App Testing Virtual private network (VPN) – a VPN is used by some parental control companies to dig deeper into the device’s internet traffic and in the case of a sneaky teen, also used to evade parental controls.It means loading a “profile” onto the phone, which digs into a phone’s operating system. Mobile-device management (MDM) – this is a tool used by some parental control companies in order to exert greater control over the device.They purposefully don’t block or filter anything. Bark is also a monitoring company that focuses on themes and words, which you can read more about below. Covenant Eyes, Bark, Accountable2You, and EverAccountable are examples of monitoring companies (Covenant Eyes also has a filter, which is unique to have both). In other words, it’s easier to block a list of junk than it is to keep current on the different demands of different operating systems in order to capture and report on how someone is clicking. There are very, very few reliable monitoring/accountability solutions available because of the technical complexities involved. This could mean monitoring websites, words, or actions. Often used synonymously with Accountability (although Accountability often also implies a strong relational aspect with a friend who is helping or a parent who is guiding). Monitoring – keeping track of digital behavior and reporting it to someone else.Filtering – blocking the junk through content categories (e.g., gambling, violence, lingerie, adult, etc.), a blacklist, clean DNS, or a combination.What are Parental Controls? Some Key Definitions.īefore showing you the results, it’s important to define a few terms. Note – although we’ve had certain parental control solutions we’ve recommended during 2018, we started with a fresh slate and performed our test objectively, fully willing and ready to start recommending something new if the evidence pointed in a new direction. We thought it was important for parents to get the right protections in place. We’re publishing this blog post RIGHT NOW because with Christmas here, we’re on the verge of millions of kids opening up millions of digital devices. Admittedly, we do have a strange, nerdy love for a good spreadsheet (Excel is our CEO’s love language). In fact, here’s a screen shot of just one small section of our 86-row (!) testing spreadsheet.
We’re pretty confident you won’t find a more comprehensive and caring analysis than what we’ve done over the past three weeks. We tried hard to beat them, thinking like a motivated, hormonal, tech-savvy 13-year-old boy who wants to make sure mom doesn’t follow his digital footprints. The victims of our iPhone parental control testing include (in no particular order) include:
Which is why we spent over 50 hours dissecting 13 of the most popular iPhone parental control and device monitoring apps on the market today. This is where Protect Young Eyes steps in! We exist to help parents like you save valuable time by doing the research for you. Who has time to research all of them? You already only sleep four hours a night and in spite of your beautiful calendar app, you still left your son at soccer practice last week. It’s an overwhelming list for a too-busy parent. If you type “parental control apps” into the Apple App Store, you are greeted with many options. “I don’t have time to do the research.”įour years ago, that line from a parent planted an idea.
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