Technology has reached us and has reached each of our homes. Although many of us choose not to buy or give tablets to our children, today It is very common to see children who perfectly dominate the use of a smartphone or tablet.
Therefore, it is important to take certain precautions to prevent our children from finding information or content that is not appropriate for them. We share you the best seven parental control applications to protect children on the Internet.
Why install a parental control application?
For a simple and simple reason: everything that we have access to us through a smartphone or tablet, our children can also have. There is a lot of content that is not suitable for certain ages, so installing an application to limit access to them should be something basic on every device that a child or teenager uses.
In addition, many of these applications they have other functions besides blocking access to certain websites or applications, such as controlling the time of use our children give them or monitoring the behavior or searches they perform. We share the seven parental control applications that will help you protect your children on the Internet.
Screen time
As the name says, the objective of this application is keep track of the time and behavior your children have when using a smartphone. Screen Time is free, but it also offers a Premium plan that gets quite interesting features.
In addition to the basic functions, such as monitoring device activity when receiving daily reports that include search history and web history, When you hire the Premium plan you can manage the use your children give you, it allows you to instantly pause the device, manually approve applications and set schedules.
Available for free (in Basic plan) for iOS and Android.
Kids place
Kids Place is an ideal application for younger children, because what it does is create a secure environment in which only specific applications selected by parents can be accessed. To enter or exit it, you must enter a password, and being inside Kids Place, children cannot deactivate it unless they know the password, so they cannot make calls, open other applications, take pictures or send messages.
Available free for Android.
Qustodio
Qustodio is another option that you can download for free, but that has a Premium plan that makes it one of the most complete parental control applications you can find, to have more control over your children's activity on all devices.
This application can be installed on smartphones, tablets and computers invisibly, and you can control everything: from blocking specific applications and websites, to the times when they can use it.
Available for free for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac.
Mobile Fence
Another parental control application that we can find is Mobile Fence, which monitors the applications that are used, the websites that are visited, as well as the times of use and the contents of the messages that are sent.
In addition, it allows you to block the camera, the WiFi connection and bluetooth, as well as the calls, and in case of loss, ** it allows you to block the device remotely ** and do factory reset to protect personal data.
Available free for Android.
ESET Parental Control
ESET Parental Control is a free application with purchases within the application, which will allow you to access your child's behavior: from the applications you use, to the websites where you browse. It also includes the option to send a message directly to your child and which you must confirm has received.
Available for Android.
Family time
Another of the most complete parental control applications that you can download is Family Time, which, like the previous ones, has a Premium version that will allow you to have greater control of your child's activities within their devices.
Among its functions is the blocking of applications (although they are installed they will not be able to open them), screen time limit and browsing history, as well as a family locator It shows you where your children are, the history of the places they have visited and even has a panic button in case your child needs help.
Available for iOS, Android and Kindle.
WebWatcher
WebWatcher offers similar functions to other parental control applications, such as browsing history and application usage, but you can also monitor its location and lock the device remotely.
It also offers the specific application monitoring like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat, as well as the ability to read text messages and view call history.
Available through an annual or monthly subscription for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac.
A long-time report found that 70% of parents leave their tablets to their children, but how many take the necessary measures to protect them? It may not always be possible to prevent our children from using them, but by installing a parental control applicationAt least we can rest assured that we can take care of what they observe.
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