Child Monitoring and Security Information Archive 2019 - 6.58.49
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Child Monitoring Android
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.
The web filters in Norton Family Premier can keep your child away from questionable websites, and it's easy to set times for when it's OK to use an Android phone. (One complaint: Norton's offering would be more powerful if it let you block out times for specific apps.) But Norton's best feature may be its location-tracking capabilities, which give you a fairly accurate picture of where your children (and their phones) happen to be.
Child Device Monitoring App
If you don’t mind spending a bit of money, you can get the premium version which lets you view logs of text messages, monitor the apps downloaded by your child and even block some of those apps amongst various other features. [Get it here]
Mobile Spy was the first software ever sold as a child monitor of Android smartphones. Naturally this has given us more time than others to develop the program's capabilities. The LIVE control panel which lets you view the phone's screen in real time, and the instant GPS tracking feature is only part of what sets Mobile Spy apart from the others.
None of the services tested for iPhone were able to effectively limit how much time a child could spend on their iPhone; we also couldn't monitor texts or block specific contacts. You can monitor more on the iPhone than you could a couple of years ago, but Android remains a better platform if you want more control over how your children are using their mobile devices. Parents of kids with iOS devices would be well-advised to familiarize themselves with the parental-control options available in iOS 10's Settings app.
Most parental control apps require you to pay for an annual subscription based on the number of devices you monitor. Prices range anywhere from $10 to $30 for monitoring one or two devices and go all the way up to over $100 in some cases if you want 10 or more licenses. That said, there are some exceptions. Some services, like Locategy, operate on a freemium model, albeit with some limitations that don't apply to the premium edition. Others, like Kaspersky Safe Kids and Norton Family, do not restrict the number of devices that you can monitor or child accounts that you can set up.
There's not enough functionality here to make this a worthwhile parental control option in iOS-exclusive homes, but if you've got multiple devices on multiple platforms to manage, this iOS offering broadens Qustodio's reach.
If you don’t like an app that’s installed on your child’s phone then SecureTeen allows you to shut it down, even if it’s still installed. SecureTeen can be managed remotely online by logging into the website. [Get it here]
Child Monitoring Camera
Parents concerned with how much time their kids spend on Android devices and the apps and websites they're using may want to consider ESET Parental Control. This parental-control app prizes simplicity and easy setup, though you give away some of the more precise control you'd enjoy with the Android versions of Norton Family Premier and PhoneSheriff.