Top-Rated Parental Controls to Keep Kids Safe Online

Family Screen Time, Covered

From social media to gaming, start managing your kids' online activity to support healthy screen time and overall wellbeing. Aura Parental Controls allows you to restrict internet access and limit screen time on your child's iPhone, iPad or Android phones and tablets.

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Content Filtering

Simply select apps, games and websites to limit, restrict, or allow unlimited access.

SafeSearch

With one tap on your child's profile, activate SafeSearch. SafeSearch filters out explicit and inappropriate content from search results on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.

YouTube Restricted Mode

In your child's profile, toggle on YouTube Restricted Mode to block mature and harmful content and help control what your kids can view on YouTube.

Know Where They’re Spending Their Time Online

You can’t be everywhere your kids are—and let’s be honest, you don’t want to be. Aura Parental Controls helps you understand how your kids are spending time online.

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History

Knowledge is power when it comes to protecting your kids. With History, know what your kids are viewing online and spot potential overuse of apps and websites.

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Internet Usage

Get a complete picture of your kids' internet use across all devices so you can make informed decisions about the right amount of screen time.

Build Healthy Online Habits

Technology is an unavoidable part of everyday life. Help your kids develop balanced, healthy digital habits with Aura’s Time Limits, laying the foundation for a more constructive relationship with technology.

Bedtime

When Bedtime rolls around, your child’s devices will be automatically disconnected from the internet.

Focus Time

Focus Time allows you to set times during the day with limited or no Internet distractions.

Time Limits

Set customized Time Limits on your child’s app and website usage.

Pause the Internet^®

Easily enforce screen time limits with our Pause the Internet feature.

Bonus Time

Reward your child’s successes by extending their daily time online.

Help Your Kids Find Balance Online
(New!)

We've partnered with child psychologists to create powerful tools to help protect your child from technology’s negative effects. Gain insights into their online habits and get expert recommendations to support healthy screen time and wellbeing.

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Balance Summary & Insights

View trends in your kid’s online routines, including changes to their social interactions, daytime activity, or sleep habits, to help you spot meaningful changes in their well-being.

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Daytime & Nighttime Activity

Gain a personalized view of your kid’s online usage patterns, making it easier to understand behaviors that may impact their sleep or general well-being.

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Social Interactions & Messaging

Get insight into your kid’s social persona, including online messaging trends and the tone of their online interactions.

Personalized Recommendations

Access science-backed recommendations, tips, and conversation starters based on your kid’s daytime and nighttime activity and their unique social persona.

Balance features available on iOS only

Features	Parental Controls (Powered by Circle)	Bark	Qustodio
Content Filtering	Set a filter level for each family member and decide which apps, sites, and streaming services should have restricted, limited, or unlimited access. Set a filter level for each family member Learn More
Screen Time Limits	Customize Screen Time Limits for each kid's profile and set different limits for apps, categories of sites, and a Daily Time Limit. Customize Screen Time for each kid's profile
Bedtime	Set Bedtimes for weeknights and weekends. When bedtime rolls around, all devices associated with your child's profile will automatically disconnect from the Internet. Set Bedtimes when devices automatically disconnect from the Internet. Learn More
Pause the Internet^®	Pause the Internet at the press of a button. Hit unpause when you're ready to give back their internet access. Pause the Internet at the press of a button. Learn More
Internet History	Track your kids' online habits to spot overuse on apps and websites and see which sites were blocked.
Bonus Online Time	Extend your kid's daily time online with Bonus Time to reward good behavior or celebrate successes.
Social Interactions	Uncover your kid’s unique social persona based on their social patterns over time and how they compare to others.
Parent Recommendations Parent Recomme- ndations	Get science-backed recommendations based on your kid’s online activity, personalized for you by Aura Intelligence.
Online Activity Trends	View trends in your kid's online usage and routines, as well as shifts in their social interactions, daytime activity, or sleep habits.
Safe Gaming	Get alerted to threats with 24/7 in-game voice and text monitoring for over 200 of the most popular PC games.
Safe Browsing	Get alerted to dangerous sites to prevent you and your family from entering malicious sites that may steal your personal and financial info. Alerts prevent you from entering malicious sites Learn More
Antivirus Protection for 10 Devices	Secure your family's devices—protect against malware, spyware, adware, and ransomware by automatically detecting and isolating threats. Secure your family’s devices against threats Learn More
Dark Web Monitoring and Data Breach Alerts	Receive alerts if we detect your identity, passwords, or accounts have been exposed in a data breach or found on the Dark Web - where cybercriminals sell information (e.g. email and SSN numbers). Get alerts if your info shows up on the Dark Web Learn More

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- Covers unlimited kids and devices
- Mobile device management
- Filter content and block inappropriate sites
- Set screen time limits
- View online history
- Track usage of apps and sites
- Customize settings for every family member
- Schedule bedtimes and online focus times
- Customize settings for each kid

Parental Controls available on iOS (iPhones and iPads) and Android phones and tablets.

- 24/7 in-game voice and text monitoring
- Threat alerts for predators, scams, cyberbullying, and hate speech
- Compatible with 200 of the most popular PC games
- Weekly gaming activity report

Safe Gaming available on Windows PC

- Day & night online overview
- Social interactions
- Online activity trends
- Personalized recommendations

Online Balance available on iOS only.

- Antivirus — 10 devices
- Vault (digital lockbox)
- Dark web monitoring & alerts

See What Parents Are Saying

“The app is great! Really shows you how much your kid is on their devices. I’m glad to have an app where I can easily control what’s allowed.”

Parent Tested Parent Approved
Survey Feedback⁸

“Easy and helpful for keeping kids safe in this world full of tech!”

Parent Tested Parent Approved
Survey Feedback⁸

Your Kids Will Try to Hack It

Far better than Bark. Great for my daughter and for keeping an eye on my aging mom.

It’s not perfect and if you’re not careful you can end up with conflicts between other products, built-in iOS screen time controls and your kid continually trying to work around it. We finally sat down with her and said, “Look, we get it. You’re the kid who wants to look at something. You can’t and so it’s your job to try and hack or work around it. That’s what kids do. But as parents, it’s our job to protect you and keep you safe on the internet. Game on!” 😅 My daughter is 12 and pretty smart but it’s her winning about 1% of the time and Aura 99%. That’s pretty good in my book.

— Brenden Wright
Trustpilot, 02.11.2025

“I am able to set time limits so I can make sure my son is balancing the real world with device usage, which I like. I also like that I’m able to block or allow certain websites.”

Parent Tested Parent Approved
Survey Feedback⁸

By the Numbers

Parent Tested Parent Approved Award survey results⁸

94%

of parents would recommend Aura to other parents.

88%

of parents claimed it was very easy to set up and customize the app to their needs.

88%

of parents claimed that Aura is much better than the competition

94%

of parents would recommend Aura to other parents.

88%

of parents claimed it was very easy to set up and customize the app to their needs.

88%

of parents claimed that Aura is much better than the competition.

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* The Identity Theft Insurance is underwritten and administered by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, an Assurant company. Please refer to the actual policies for terms, conditions, and exclusions of coverage. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions. Review the Summary of Benefits.

** Free trial offer can only be redeemed once per customer. Full access to plan features depends on identity verification and credit eligibility.

*** Compatibility requirements for installing are: iOS version 13 or greater, Android version 6.0 or higher (Note: the Circle app is not compatible with Android Go devices), Fire OS version 6.0 or higher. Chromebooks must have the Google Play Store enabled and must support installation of Google Play Store apps, and the Android container the Chromebook uses must support Android 6 or higher.

¹ The score you receive with Aura is provided for educational purposes to help you understand your credit. It is calculated using the information contained in your TransUnion or Equifax credit file. Lenders use many different credit scoring systems, and the score you receive with Aura is not the same score used by lenders to evaluate your credit.

‍² 60-day money back guarantee is only available for our annual plans purchased through our websites or via our Customer Support team. You may cancel your membership online and request a refund within 60 days of your initial purchase date of an eligible Aura membership purchase either through your Aura Account Membership portal or by calling us at 1-855-712-0021. If you signed up for Aura through a free trial, then your membership purchase date will be the date you signed up for your free trial, and you will have 60 days from the date you signed up for your free trial to cancel and request a refund. If you switched to a new annual plan within 60 days of your initial Aura annual subscription, you may still qualify for the Money Back Guarantee (based upon your initial annual plan purchase date).

³ ath Power Consulting, 2018

⁴ Child members on the family plan will only have access to online account monitoring and social security number monitoring features. All adult members get all the listed benefits.

⁵ FBI IC3 Report, 2021

⁶ Forbes: “Google Registers Record Two Million Phishing Websites In 2020”

⁷ Rated #1 by IdentityProtectionReview.com as of Dec. 2021.

⁸ Results based on a May 2024 survey conducted by PTPA Media Inc. PTPA Media Inc was compensated by Aura to conduct this survey.

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No one can prevent all identity theft or monitor all transactions effectively. Further, any testimonials on this website reflect experiences that are personal to those particular users, and may not necessarily be representative of all users of our products and/or services. We do not claim, and you should not assume, that all users will have the same experiences. Your individual results may vary.

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