Mobile Device Safety (Student Cell Phones)


The Best Parental Control Apps of 2022 by Safewise

The Best Parental Control Apps for Android and iPhone 2022 by Tom's Guide

  • Things to consider
    • Focusing on cell phones, but most all work with tablets and computers
    • You get what you pay for.  Consider making the yearly cost part of the cell cost.
    • Choose what works best for you
    • Most options available for Android devices
    • iPhones are most difficult to monitor, but few options do exist
    • YouTube Kids is a great option for elementary students
    • Net Nanny App Advisor is a great free resource with info on Apps
    • This is an ever changing area of technology due to constant Android and iPhone device updates.  Best to use most recent reviews.
    • Monitoring vs Management or Control

  • Bark Parent Control
    • Bark Review Information Here
    • More features for iPhones than other solutions
    • Unique as it saves you time with it's AI scanning by only alerting you of flagged activity.  Builds trust since it doesn't log everything vs other platforms.  
    • Provides text message monitoring for iPhones
    • Monitors more social media platforms than other providers
    • One of the very few providers that monitors email
    • Snapchat and TikTok monitoring available on Android, but not iPhone.  However the apps can be blocked.
    • 7 day trial, use code WORDBIRD for one month trial
  • Net Nanny
    • Net Nanny Review Information Here
    • Known for it's web filtering on both Android and iPhone
    • Has more features on Android over iPhone
    • Net Nanny Protect for apps applies it's filtering to social media
    • No call or text logging like most other platforms
  • Qustodio
    • Qustodio Review Information Here
    • Great for Android Devices
    • Call and text logging with Android only
    • App blocking works better on Android over iPhone
    • Social monitoring only for Facebook
    • Lacks features on iPhone
  • OurPact
    • OurPact Review Information Here 
    • Great design and navigation 
    • Known for their app controls blocking/allowing
    • Web filtering could be better
    • No call or text logging for either platform
  • MMGuardian
  • Kaspersky Safe Kids
  • Norton Family Parental Control App
  • MSpy