Kids first phone - best monitoring software?

Kids first phone - best monitoring software?

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rooney1000

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122 posts

218 months

Monday 24th April 2023
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Hi

We are getting my son his first phone for his upcoming birthday. Any good recommendations for monitoring software that is reliable and easy to setup etc ?

Mainly keen on seeing what he is doing on it, time used, location tracker etc.

Thanks !

Buttery Ken

21,047 posts

193 months

Monday 24th April 2023
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Have a look at Qustodio. We use it on my son's PC and iPad, for content filtering more than anything else. He's only 9 so doesn't have a phone yet, but when he does we'll put it on there too.

Works well for what we want, and seems to have a good range of functionality.

scouseVR6

126 posts

195 months

Monday 24th April 2023
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family link app

the-norseman

13,195 posts

177 months

Monday 24th April 2023
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We have just given the missus's 11 year old his first smart phone, Samsung Galaxy S8+

I control it via family link, also installed Lawnchair launcher and hidden play store and settings. Anything he tries to install from Play store it will alert us.

eps

6,397 posts

275 months

Monday 24th April 2023
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scouseVR6 said:
family link app
This, you can access Family Link on Android and iOS so covers all bases.