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This app, which has been featured on Today, CNN, and Good Morning America, allows you to watch live video feeds from any room in your home with a mobile device. To be monitored, each room needs to have constantly running computers with webcams and the app's compatible software installed. The app developer's website has full instructions (skjm.com/icam/support.php) and a very short list of cameras that are not supported. You can make a donation via in-app purchasing to help reduce the company's server costs. ($4.99; IOS, Android)
Top 10 Iphone Parental Monitoring Apps
My Mobile Watchdog does a good job with text monitoring, too, alerting you when a unauthorized contact texts your child, or if your child receives a texted image. Approving and blocking contacts is cumbersome, though.
Qustodio is easy to set up, and managing filters for multiple users is a snap. The service really shines with its ability to set time limits for individual apps. It's easy to monitor texts from Qustodio's admin panel, and you can block texters and callers directly from the screen where you review text and call logs. Qustodio's website-restriction and location-tracking features are limited, but overall it's a good value.
Monitoring Child\u0027s Computer Activity
— Apple recently began more strictly enforcing its mobile-device-management policy, which has hampered the ability of some parental-control apps to provide location services on iOS. As far as we know, none of the products reviewed on this page are affected.
Don't just track the kids; track the whereabouts of the entire family! This app keeps tabs on anyone you like, but only if the other person accepts the one-time tracking request. The app uses a built-in messaging system, separate from standard text messaging, that allows you to contact family members and receive notifications that they read your messages. You even have the capability to get your kid's attention by setting the device to "play a loud, annoying siren." For each device you wish to track, you'll need to buy the app separately. ($5.99; IOS and Android)
Norton and ESET also make antivirus software, and many antivirus products have parental controls built in. To see how well those controls stack up against the stand-alone services, please read The Best (and Worst) Antivirus Software for Parents.
Time limits, too, are easy to institute, whether it's a limit on how long kids can use their Android phones or how much time they can spend on apps that you slap with a Fun & Games label. However, that time limit applies to all Fun & Games apps — you can't place different limits on different apps. ESET is particularly strong when it comes to letting you quickly review and approve which apps are installed on your child's phone.
Both Norton Family Premier and Qustodio for Families Premium feature iOS versions, which we tested and rated separately from their Android counterparts. Apple imposes limits on what third-party apps are able to control, and while some of those restrictions have been eased in recent iOS updates, the Android platform still enables far more robust parental monitoring controls.