Recent Articles About Parental Control Software

Qustodio, Norton Family, and Aura Parental Controls are the best parental control apps for Android — each offers unique features to help protect your children online.

The best parental control apps for iPhone include Norton Family, Aura, and Qustodio. All three complement Apple’s Screen Time but offer additional protection features for kids.

I cover how to set up Nintendo Switch Parental Controls on the console and walk you through using the Switch Parental Controls app on smartphones and tablets.

Instagram offers a few tools to keep teens safe, including allowing parents to monitor Teen Accounts. I’ll walk you through the steps to set up Instagram parental controls.

Our guide covers how to activate and adjust Roblox parental controls, from managing Roblox experiences and disabling chats to understanding the new Roblox safety features.

Bark leads in digital monitoring for families focused on online safety, while Life360 stands out for real-world tracking and driver alerts.

Finding the right monitoring app for your teen isn't easy. But we recommend Aura for unintrusive monitoring, along with Qustodio, Bark, and Norton Family.

Life360 is a location-tracking app that prioritizes safety, especially while driving. It's designed to keep families and groups connected. Learn more about its pros and cons.

All About Cookies surveyed parents to find out how they feel about cell phone addiction in teens, which social media platform is most dangerous for their kids, and more.

Is Bark’s price tag fair in 2026? With unlimited devices and deep monitoring, many families find the subscription well worth it. Here’s an inside look at Bark prices.

mSpy is spyware marketed as a parental control app. But due to a lack of transparency, it’s hard to tell how much mSpy costs. We did the research, and here’s what we found.

SpyX is a spyware app that markets itself as parental control software. We tested the phone monitoring app to see if it actually works for parents. Here’s what we found.

If you’re looking for an app to help your child manage screen time, we recommend Qustodio, Bark, Norton Family, and FamilyKeeper. Here’s why these monitoring apps stand out.

The Canopy parental control app works best on Android, and we think it’s better for parents of younger kids who are just starting out with content monitoring.

We provide an in-depth look at how All About Cookies tests, rates, and scores parental control software.

Bark and MMGuardian are both good parental control apps, but Bark has a more comprehensive monitoring feature encompassing over 30 social media, gaming, and messaging apps, so we chose Bark to monitor our family’s online activities.

FamilyKeeper offers simplicity, while Bark delivers advanced protection — discover which one best suits your family.

MMGuardian is a good parental control app option if you’re an Android user, but it falls short for iOS users.

Learn practical tips and tools to protect your kids online, ensure their safety, and guide them toward responsible internet use.

Bosco has the essential features to monitor a child's phone activity for danger, but it lacks robust tools to set online boundaries.

Find out if uMobix’s powerful monitoring features align with your family’s parental control needs.