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Applications to monitor children on their cell phones are really useful, as children are on the internet all the time. As a result, they may encounter cyberbullying or even malicious people who take advantage of young people's lack of experience to scam them or convince them to carry out negative actions.
Therefore, it is increasingly important for parents to pay attention to methods to keep their children protected. Therefore, it is worth, in addition to talking to children, monitoring their internet habits. Therefore, parental control apps are being used more and more.
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Why invest in parental control apps?
These applications are capable of blocking or releasing not only websites, but also apps that are inappropriate for minors. Furthermore, they allow guardians to apply screen control so that children do not spend too much time in front of a smartphone.
In this sense, we will present five applications that have these features so you can keep your children safe.
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1. Qustodio
Qustodio is one of the best apps for monitoring your children, as it understands that each child faces different risks. Therefore, it provides tools to help in all situations, whether online predators, mental health problems, educational problems and even inappropriate content.
Through this application it is possible to block games and websites so that your child only sees something that is appropriate for their age, thus avoiding exposure to adult content, gambling and violence. With Qustodio, you can monitor any device in real time by seeing the activity timeline and views.
To keep your child even safer, the app provides a map where you can identify where your child is and can even save the places your child visits most. It is also possible to track calls and SMS, detecting suspicious contacts and observing who your child exchanges calls with.
Available for iOS and Android systems, on App Store It is Google Play.
2. Norton Family
With Norton Family you get all the information to keep your children safe. By opting for this app, you can set device usage limits and gain insight into your child's online interests by analyzing the search terms and videos that interest your children most, all through detailed reports.
A highlight of Norton Family is that it has a feature that helps you limit your child's distractions so that they can stay focused on their schoolwork. To do this, simply use the School Timetable tool and create lists of school-related websites and other educational content.
To know the location of your children, simply activate the feature called Location Supervision. This way, you can save favorite locations to receive notifications when your children are in those locations or go beyond them. The key point here is that the location is saved for up to 30 days, in case you need to review a place he visited.
Available for iOS and Android systems, on App Store It is Google Play.
3. Aura
Aura is one of the most complete child monitoring apps. After all, it allows monitoring from social networks to games, in addition to offering features to limit screen time. Also noteworthy is the fact that the app has its internet filtering technology developed by Circle, an award-winning parental control platform.
With Aura you can customize websites for each family member. For example, if you have an eight-year-old child and a 13-year-old child, you can release specific sites for each. The app also offers voice and text monitoring alerts so you can know if your child is exposed to cyberbullying or online predators.
If you're having trouble getting your child to stop using their cell phone to do homework, use Aura to remotely pause the device's internet with just one click. Right after the task is done, you can turn the internet back on by pressing a button.
Available for iOS and Android systems, on App Store It is Google Play.
4. OurPact
OurPact was launched with the aim of keeping your children safe online. This is because it not only puts you in control of how much time they can spend on the internet, but it also monitors the content and applications that children can use. In addition, the platform provides prints so you can view your child's activities.
With the tools available in the app, you can filter websites and even block applications that are not suitable for minors. During school exam week, you can block games and only release educational apps so that your children are not distracted from their goals.
Using keywords, you can block adult content from your child's mobile devices. But OurPact is not restricted to just smartphones, with it you can monitor up to 20 different devices. Another OurPact security option is to allow you to limit access to messaging applications through timetables.
Available for iOS and Android systems, on App Store It is Google Play.
5. Family Link
Closing our list of apps for monitoring your children is Family Link, a parental control app developed by Google. With it, you can set usage limits, setting bedtime, for example, so that apps are blocked. It is also possible to register ages so that content on Google platforms is appropriate to the age group.
With Family Link, there is also the possibility of managing permissions for websites accessed through Chrome so that even outside of apps, your children's data is protected. As the child's guardian, you can change or set the application password if you feel that the child's security is threatened.
By using Family Link, you can find your children wherever they are as it offers location feature where you receive real-time alerts and notifications. As a result, you know when your child arrives or leaves a certain place. You can also call his cell phone and see the battery life.
Available for iOS and Android systems, on App Store It is Google Play.
