Top Parental Controls Apps for Teens

Bark Parental Controls Smart parental controls to keep kids safe

  • Protects over 5 million children

  • Proactive social media monitoring

  • Screen time management & website blocking

  • Free one-week trial

Aura extensive parental controls that keep your family safe

Block harmful or inappropriate sites

  • Easily manage screen time

  • keeps your family’s online data secure

  • Start free for 14 days

mSpy - Worry less with a proactive & affordable phone tracker for parental

  • Monitor social media activity

  • 14 days money-back guarantee

  • Compatible with Android & iOS devices

  • Supporting 1.5M customers

Norton Parental control tools to easily manage your kids' online

  • Content filtering & GPS location monitoring

  • Access every website your family visits

  • Mobile app for Android & iOS devices

  • Protects sensitive information at all times

eyeZy Affordable monitoring for parental control with artificial intelligence

  • Bank-grade encryption keeps your data secure

  • Compatible with most devices

  • 24/7 customer support

Kaspersky Cyber security software for safe & secure internet use on every

  • Set strict restrictions & block content

  • Parental controls for PC, Mac & mobile

  • Free 7-day trial

What is parental control?

Parental control software typically contains a number of functionalities.

At its most basic level, parental control products contain tools to block inappropriate website content. Typically, this is category based. But most products also contain the ability to configure whitelists and blacklists. Whitelists are lists of websites that the administrator (parent) has deemed to be okay—a whitelisted website will not be blocked even if it is classified as belonging to a blocked category. Conversely, a blacklisted website will not be allowed to display even when the category is not blocked.

Additionally, most parental control tools contain functions to control or limit the amount of time children spend at the computer:

These functions commonly allow the administrator to restrict access to the internet to certain hours per day. For instance, a parent could set up the control settings so that the internet, or certain programs, will be prevented from running after 10pm—when children should be preparing for bed rather than sitting at the PC.

Many programs also allow users to set an upper limit on the number of hours per day during which the internet, certain programs, or the computer itself can be accessed. If the daily hour limit is exceeded the child will be prevented from being able to access the website in question.

What other features should I look out for?

  • App blocking: This allows the parent the ability to entirely block specific programs, irrespective of the time or day or usage volume.

  • Invisible installation: Many parental control tools can install themselves completely invisibly on the system. This can make it difficult for even tech-savvy teenagers to devise ways to remove the program and circumvent the filtering.

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