Internet Monitoring

These are apps that can be used on typical smartphones or computers to set parental controls

App that monitors internet browsers, texts, emails and 30+ apps/social media for bullying, risky behaviors, explicit language, mental health concerns and sexual content
Parents are alerted to potential concerns on kids’ phones
Works on regular smartphones, Pinwheel phone and tablets, computers for unlimited devices and kids
Does NOT allow for text or social media monitoring (i.e. reading every text), it only shows parents concerning content
Screentime rules and website blocking set by parents
Location alerts

Bark JR $5/month: just manages screentime and website blocking

Bark Premium $14/month: gives you everything listed above

Plugs into wifi router
Manages screentime and website filtering on all wifi devices in the home (phones, TV, video games, tablets, etc).

$79 one time purchase

Each family member has a profile that has rules set specifically for their tech use
Filter levels from kid-adult that automatically set filter rules
Manage or block apps, websites and internet categories (social media, games, etc)
Time limits and internet pauses for different devices
Tracks internet history on all managed devices and shows what people are doing online
Mobile device location tracking

Circle App $9.99/month

Circle Home Plus $129/year: includes wifi router plug in to manage all wifi devices in the house, app subscription included

Browser plug in that monitors websites on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and has an IOS app
Parents set list of words or websites that will be blocked (starts with a standard list that fox filter automatically blocks like adult content websites)
If kids search a word that is blocked by FoxFilter, FoxFilter will only allow content to be seen that is appropriate
Password protected, if kids get on a website that’s blocked by FoxFilter the page says “this website is unavailable by FoxFilter” and asks for a password to load the page

Starts at $12.99/year

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