Great reviews! Thank you. We have a special needs daughter that is targeted by online predators constantly. This last one has taken control over all her social media accounts and created new ones that she has no control over. Hopefully this will help keep this from happening again.
If you want to block all websites without permission at home you can look into firewall settings that will accomplish this, they may be built into your home router (unless you're using the junk that the ISP rented out to you, if so go buy an ASUS or Netgear router, or similar). Those have settings that can restrict any specific devices on your Wi-Fi network to only "whitelisted" websites. As far as apps/applications you'll use one of the options in the video. Google family link has an option to disable the phone at certain times so depending on your child's schedule you can allow only specific apps during certain times when you know that they will be out of the house, and while home depend on your network router/"firewall" to block sites. Frankly though, only choosing to allow specific sites in my opinion, is silly because (again, depending on their age, like if they're 10 years old or older) it will only drive them to try harder to access websites they're not normally allowed on when they're with friends. If it's like a 2-6 year old child then for sure I get only wanting them to be able to play a few apps and watch Netflix kids or whatever. But, Google is your friend, chatGPT/Google Gemini may ACTUALLY be really helpful with this kind of question, I mean seriously, give it a shot, and overall.. it's going to be very difficult to accomplish this so, good luck
Unfortunately There are 2 huge issues which were not mentioned in the video with Bark and Aura for non-US users: They don't offer their services for non-US residents.. I also wonder why Boomerang Parental Control App is not reviewed almost anywhere.. Is it that bad/useless? 🤔
Great feedback - thank you! I honestly didn't realize this about Bark and will keep in mind next time. Most of our viewers are US-based but as we produce more parental controls content I need to keep a wider audience in mind. The fact that we didn't include Boomerang just means we didn't have time to review it. It might be a great product and they just aren't good at marketing it.
You should be able to select the child’s profile from the Home Screen, then location from the features list. For it to work you have to have location and notification permissions enabled on both devices. The child’s device has to have Aura's vpn installed, and it must be connected to the internet.
Does circle and Aura app let you monitor your child’s Snapchat and facebook messages and pictures?Or what would be a good app that you can check there content on social media ,text,calls pictures or even see what they are doing on there screen in realtime from iPhone to iPhone without jailbreak in the targeted iPhone
Bark is better for monitoring. If you want real-time monitoring you can look into mSpy and Eyezy, but we don't want to endorse them for ethical reasons (many people use them for stalking).
Hiya, are any of these suitable for a parent with dementia. We need to remove all internet functionality from a Samsung Galaxy s10 phone but want to leave whatsapp?
Could you just try deleting all apps instead of Whatsapp? Or are they savvy enough that they would still end up downloading unwanted apps? Most Parental Control apps will allow you to block unwanted apps outright, but there are nuances to each. I'd probably recommend Bark which also monitors conversations, but you'd also need to be on the same Wifi network whoever you are monitoring to get alerts, which is a big inconvenience.
I don’t want my child know I am supervising her phone. So which one is good for that. I don’t want to ask her password and I don’t want her to have the app installed.
If she's a teen, that's about the limit where I personally would say it's a bad idea for her sake and yours, to be too restrictive and spying, verging on causing harm, invading privacy etc. IF she's younger than that, it's different, and good luck finding the solution. If they're endangering themselves it's a different story also and even more luck to you, that's scary. I have a cousin who got herself stalked by an online gamer and nearly got herself abducted, but guess what.. her parents were super, super restrictive. From my own experience growing up learning how to hack through my school's security to watch pirated movies and actual hardcore p*rn literally at the middle school library and after school program *daily*, going to friend's/cousin's houses to do it.. they ARE going to find a way to be exposed to all kinds of messed up stuff at a certain point.. and the only way to protect them after a certain age is education.. but that's just me. It's incredibly important just to talk to them about how and why certain sites are messed up, about safety, predators out there, how some things will mess them up mentallyand why they shouldn't be looking at them at too young an age, etc. they'll stay safer if you put a little trust in them, and make sure they understand the psychological and real world rangers of the internet. Good luck 💜
Thanks for a good video! I think you make good content, but stay away from the humorous bits in the video, they dont work well. You come across like a serious person with good knowledge, keep it that way and dont stray off trying to be funny. im not trying to be disrespectful just giving you my honest feedback. Keep up the videos! thanks
Hey, thanks for the feedback. OK I will do my best to include no humor at all next time 🙂 I do think you have a point, obviously a lot of our content is identity theft related which is of course an extremely serious topic.
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Family link age cut off is ridiculous. It stops at the age where you are most likely to need it when you get your kid a phone.
All you have to do is go in and change your child's birthday and you can continue to monitor their phone completely
Great reviews! Thank you. We have a special needs daughter that is targeted by online predators constantly. This last one has taken control over all her social media accounts and created new ones that she has no control over. Hopefully this will help keep this from happening again.
So sorry to hear that.
I don't want to give the impression that any one app will 'do it all' but yes they can help.
I need an app to turn a child's iphone anytime I want. Family Link can do that for android only.
Any options that are zero trust? Basically that will lock everything, and requires approval for any apps or websites.
AirDroid seems kind of locked down.
If you want to block all websites without permission at home you can look into firewall settings that will accomplish this, they may be built into your home router (unless you're using the junk that the ISP rented out to you, if so go buy an ASUS or Netgear router, or similar). Those have settings that can restrict any specific devices on your Wi-Fi network to only "whitelisted" websites. As far as apps/applications you'll use one of the options in the video. Google family link has an option to disable the phone at certain times so depending on your child's schedule you can allow only specific apps during certain times when you know that they will be out of the house, and while home depend on your network router/"firewall" to block sites. Frankly though, only choosing to allow specific sites in my opinion, is silly because (again, depending on their age, like if they're 10 years old or older) it will only drive them to try harder to access websites they're not normally allowed on when they're with friends. If it's like a 2-6 year old child then for sure I get only wanting them to be able to play a few apps and watch Netflix kids or whatever. But, Google is your friend, chatGPT/Google Gemini may ACTUALLY be really helpful with this kind of question, I mean seriously, give it a shot, and overall.. it's going to be very difficult to accomplish this so, good luck
I simply want an app that will disable both cellular and wifi at a given time daily that can be password protected. I can't find one!
Unfortunately There are 2 huge issues which were not mentioned in the video with Bark and Aura for non-US users: They don't offer their services for non-US residents..
I also wonder why Boomerang Parental Control App is not reviewed almost anywhere.. Is it that bad/useless? 🤔
Great feedback - thank you!
I honestly didn't realize this about Bark and will keep in mind next time. Most of our viewers are US-based but as we produce more parental controls content I need to keep a wider audience in mind.
The fact that we didn't include Boomerang just means we didn't have time to review it. It might be a great product and they just aren't good at marketing it.
I just got aura. I don't see where I can find location services.
You should be able to select the child’s profile from the Home Screen, then location from the features list. For it to work you have to have location and notification permissions enabled on both devices. The child’s device has to have Aura's vpn installed, and it must be connected to the internet.
Does circle and Aura app let you monitor your child’s Snapchat and facebook messages and pictures?Or what would be a good app that you can check there content on social media ,text,calls pictures or even see what they are doing on there screen in realtime from iPhone to iPhone without jailbreak in the targeted iPhone
Bark is better for monitoring.
If you want real-time monitoring you can look into mSpy and Eyezy, but we don't want to endorse them for ethical reasons (many people use them for stalking).
I'm pretty sure family link can be installed on an iphone
You are correct, I made a mistake if I said it didn't work at all with iOS in this video.
I think technically but it is NOT easy. Got one kid with an iPhone and it is the bane of my existence...
Hiya, are any of these suitable for a parent with dementia. We need to remove all internet functionality from a Samsung Galaxy s10 phone but want to leave whatsapp?
Could you just try deleting all apps instead of Whatsapp? Or are they savvy enough that they would still end up downloading unwanted apps?
Most Parental Control apps will allow you to block unwanted apps outright, but there are nuances to each. I'd probably recommend Bark which also monitors conversations, but you'd also need to be on the same Wifi network whoever you are monitoring to get alerts, which is a big inconvenience.
Can android work woth iOS
Not for family link. I tried. Most controls won’t work.
I don’t want my child know I am supervising her phone. So which one is good for that. I don’t want to ask her password and I don’t want her to have the app installed.
If she's a teen, that's about the limit where I personally would say it's a bad idea for her sake and yours, to be too restrictive and spying, verging on causing harm, invading privacy etc. IF she's younger than that, it's different, and good luck finding the solution. If they're endangering themselves it's a different story also and even more luck to you, that's scary. I have a cousin who got herself stalked by an online gamer and nearly got herself abducted, but guess what.. her parents were super, super restrictive. From my own experience growing up learning how to hack through my school's security to watch pirated movies and actual hardcore p*rn literally at the middle school library and after school program *daily*, going to friend's/cousin's houses to do it.. they ARE going to find a way to be exposed to all kinds of messed up stuff at a certain point.. and the only way to protect them after a certain age is education.. but that's just me. It's incredibly important just to talk to them about how and why certain sites are messed up, about safety, predators out there, how some things will mess them up mentallyand why they shouldn't be looking at them at too young an age, etc. they'll stay safer if you put a little trust in them, and make sure they understand the psychological and real world rangers of the internet. Good luck 💜
Probably something like mSpy, which is aggressive but it will accomplish what you are looking for.
Thanks for a good video! I think you make good content, but stay away from the humorous bits in the video, they dont work well. You come across like a serious person with good knowledge, keep it that way and dont stray off trying to be funny. im not trying to be disrespectful just giving you my honest feedback. Keep up the videos! thanks
Hey, thanks for the feedback. OK I will do my best to include no humor at all next time 🙂
I do think you have a point, obviously a lot of our content is identity theft related which is of course an extremely serious topic.
@homesecurityheroes I personally didn't find the barking humor offensive. Rather it broke up the tedium.
Your joke about PC and 1998 was pretty unfunny 😂
thank you!