Parental Control App- FamiSafe Reviews

by Mattbenbillsdad

Hello. I just downloaded your app today on the advice of my (3) kids therapist. I gave my middle son his phone back after downloading ParentalControlAppFamiSafe . He literally had his phone for about 5 seconds and he asked me, what would you do if I deleted the (FamiSafe) app?? I said, go ahead!! Not really thinking he would be able to actually delete ParentalControlAppFamiSafe !! He looked at me and said, I did, I deleted it. I thought to myself, there’s no possible way!! I looked at his phone and sure enough he did. He really deleted your app. I was in shock. Isn’t that the whole point of your app?? I mean am I missing something??
And not only all of that but I tried to leave you this “feedback” inside your app and I kept getting an error “feedback submit fail”message. I did this not once but twice.

by Norcal2427

ParentalControlAppFamiSafe isn’t a quality monitoring service. It can’t even decipher between my phone and my child’s device we want to monitor. I can’t access the profile right now cause it wants to force me to turn on location tracking at all times on my phone and I cannot bypass this. This is dumb. I was able to use it before on my phone without this prompt and now it thinks my phone is my kid’s. As soon as our year is up we will be finding a new service that actually has the technology to determine this. Additionally, the service doesn’t even track and/or monitor that effectively. It’ll say a site that isn’t allowed is trying to be accessed when that isn’t the case. Overall I’d never recommend this product/service.

by Lindsey@emerald7

It was easy for my child who is only eight to go into settings and turn off GPS tracking and other monitors. If you need to keep an eye on your child it’s best to create an Apple kids account under yours on each device, that way they need your approval to change certain settings. Honestly, I would recommend an Apple Watch with a kids account and pay the $10 dollars monthly through version to have unlimited call, texting and gps tracking. Under this you can also restrict contacts as well. Also, ParentalControlAppFamiSafe was not user friendly and rarely provided the current information on my child’s location and activities. Please don’t waste your time or money on ParentalControlAppFamiSafe!!!

by 50492053

I am a child who has ParentalControlAppFamiSafe on my phone, I am 13 years old (girl). ParentalControlAppFamiSafe works good in all but sometimes when I would try to talk to my friends it would block me from the whole app then I would try to go back in and it would log me out of my whole account. ParentalControlAppFamiSafe makes your whole phone SLOW. If your parent set a screen time limit it WONT even give you a heads up saying “5 minutes left”. Its so annoying because I would be listening to music or having a conversation and it would just say “screen time limit is up” then when I try to go back in and everything gets all glitchy. ParentalControlAppFamiSafe makes me feel like If I do one thing wrong I will have a really bad consequence. It also makes me feel untrustworthy of my parents. Then I see other people being able to be free and FaceTime there friends and make plans to hangout and I’ll be just watching them have fun while my screen time is all used up. When I’m on my phone ParentalControlAppFamiSafe causes me to have anxiety because i feel like someone is over my shoulder and i don’t know what is finna show on any of my apps.

by Churchill312

Location services are not accurate or reliable. Often shows the phone in the same place and just stays there for days on end. Nothing seems to resolve this, tried removing and reinstalling on the kids device ,tried the same on my device and still it doesn’t give accurate up to date information. If you are looking for location tracking etc I don’t recommend ParentalControlAppFamiSafe.
ParentalControlAppFamiSafe is not free, it doesn’t work as intended and if there is two factor authentication on the device don’t waste your time as 90% of features will not work. If two factor authentication is activated on an apple account it can not be switched off it’s permanently on once set up. Knowing this and understanding the need for good security I find it strange that an app developer is aware of this and can do nothing to make a relatively expensive app work the way they advertise. If they would sort these issues then I would say ParentalControlAppFamiSafe would be 5* but as it stands at the minute it’s a long way from that and I would stay away until the developer has fixed ParentalControlAppFamiSafe to be used as intended and as they advertise.

by Disappointed Mom49

Based on the reviews, I was very excited about using ParentalControlAppFamiSafe. However it did not live up to the expectations! I downloaded it yesterday afternoon. Upgraded to premium, set all the parameters, and saw the confirmation that everything that I needed blocked or set to a timeframe was successfully done. Went to my son’s iPhone 11, all apps still available. Decided I would give it some time, thinking it may have to update. Left it overnight, tried it this morning, and still nothing blocked. Rebooted the phone, checked my phone to ensure all parameters are set and they were. STILL nothing. I’ve been working on this the better part of my morning, for about 3 hours off and on, and nothing. Went to the website to attempt to send a message, it wouldn’t go through. Finally I canceled my trial period and subscription one day into the trial, smh. And decided to leave a review. Others apparently had great experiences but not mine.

by @wikipeterson

Don’t buy this. Not worth it and doesn’t do what it promises. Just bought the yearly subscription. Installed ParentalControlAppFamiSafe and tested the location on my Kids cellphone. The location showed that it was at our neighbors house. I had this subscription for two hours and then emailed customer service to cancel. They didn’t give me a refund and said they only refund if there is a problem with their app. I then notified them that their location isn’t accurate and they agreed with me and said that if phone is indoors the location service will probably be wrong. See below for actual response.

“I'd like to explain a few things about the location. We used Google Map service to show the location of the target device, actually, we found that Google Maps sometimes is not accurate, which makes Famisafe not accurate.

Also, if the target phone is indoors, the GPS signal is very weak, which will probably make the location service wrong. “

by Asabirdflies

Last year, I was unhappy with the inaccuracy and glitchiness of Famisafe, so I tried to contact them for help and was super frustrated to find no phone number or customer service options for support available. I sent a message to them to cancel my subscription, and found a way to deactivate automatic renewal. They never responded to my message, but it did show that it was set for “No renewal” on my account. Apparently that meant nothing, as it renewed and charged my card… what? I’ve tried to go online to find a way to call someone (no way listed), and their “chat” is an automated robot who knows very little. Unlike other businesses with robot chats for customer service, it did not switch over to a human when the robot was insufficient. I feel I’m stuck with a never-ending subscription nightmare. It shouldn’t be this hard to reach someone.

by Meeeeeeee🤡👻

ParentalControlAppFamiSafe is great if you want to control your child’s every move. Honestly, if you don’t want your child to do certain stuff, don’t buy them a phone. I understand some parents don’t want their child to watch or do inappropriate stuff, but, if they are, just take their phone away. I also understand that parents need to contact their kids. But seriously, don’t punish your kid with ParentalControlAppFamiSafe. Especially if your kid is over 12. Obviously, if you couldn’t tell, i speak from experience. I’m in high school now, and don’t have it, but back in 7th grade, my parents put this on my phone and it really hurt my confidence as I was already struggling with friends. This takes away your child’s sense of freedom and it honestly feels awful. Especially when you see other kids being able to do anything and everything.

by Karrie B.

We downloaded ParentalControlAppFamiSafe because our 11 year old just got a phone. The first two days were great! GPS notifications when he hit places we ID’d, app control so we approve what he downloads. Then all of a sudden I wasn’t getting notifications. I checked ParentalControlAppFamiSafe and it was disconnected and wouldn’t reconnect. Uninstalled then reinstalled and it connected but now I can’t get real time location for my child. Contacted support and they said to make sure ParentalControlAppFamiSafe was updated (it is) and if I’m not happy they will refund me. WELL.... I tried everything they said - it still doesn’t work properly and NOW they won’t refund me because it’s clearly his NEW phone, our internet or Wifi. I downloaded Life 360 and what do you know?!? IT WORKS! Goodbye FamiSafe - wasted $$$!

by Joe2266

Does not block sites, chat rooms, location is not correct or updated often. I made the mistake of paying and thinking it was a great reliable app based of other reviews....only to find out its extremely limited and very hard to use. Complete waste of money. When trying to contact support they sent me a complicated email with poor explanations and asking for a screen video of me trying to fix something through their complicated verbiage. My child overcame this crappy app and I caught him chatting in a sex chat within an hour of giving his phone back. When I thought it was safe to give back. Company should be ashamed of its self and Apple should pull from the Apple store.

by May5star

I purchased ParentalControlAppFamiSafe and regret it!! I downloaded it through my sons laptop first and then to my iPhone and sons iPhone. Within minutes some of the applications my son uses for school became unresponsive as if they were glitches. Black screens on both laptop and phones. The iPhones were rebooted, we tried deleting the apps and spent hours trying to do so. We downloaded the apps multiple times thinking it would help resolve the problem to no avail. Do not waste your time trying to get a refund. You will receive there “No Refund Policy”. Scam! There is no phone number or help readily available. They communicate via email. Not happy and would never recommend to anyone. Our phones and laptop had to be restored to the time period prior to installing the FamiSafe software.

by Corieanna92

It’s been four business days since I contacted The email trying to get a refund and no one has responded after their first message. I tried messaging the support number to get a refund because ParentalControlAppFamiSafe does not work on my sons iPhone or iPod and you can’t restrict a lot of apps and you can’t restrict a lot of activity like you can with family link for Google. I tried to restrict camera and browser and Safari on the iPhone and on the iPod and I can still get into them. I said a time limit for him to be off the phone at 7:30 PM and be on it at 8 AM and he’s able to be on it all night and he’s up all night on the phone and on the iPod. I just want a refund back to my card because I paid for like three or six months and it was 20 some bucks or more.

by Gb837

I recently downloaded and signed up for ParentalControlAppFamiSafe and established a few smart schedules for my sons device.

ParentalControlAppFamiSafe works great for locking access to the apps on the device during the times that have been set in the smart schedule, but I am having significant issues with access to the apps after the smart schedule time has expired. On each occasion, I have had to go into the parent account and shut off the smart schedule, and then restart my sons device. I’m not sure if this is the intended sequence for the smart schedule, but this is very cumbersome and way more involved than I was originally intending.

I intended for a one month trial of ParentalControlAppFamiSafe , but I won’t be continuing if this can’t be corrected.

by Rochester, WA

The only notifications I get are when the kids leave a known place that I’ve set up and that’s hit and miss. The only way to set up a place is when they are at said place! ParentalControlAppFamiSafe hasn’t picked up and info from my youngest daughters phone in 2 day!! Seems that it’s one issue after another! Took me a week to even figure out how to get the settings right by that time my free trial was up. So I just let them charge me for the month because I was I bit desperate. Then find out that it’s not just me and not knowing how to work the. It is actually trash! The only reason I gave it two stars is because the concept of ParentalControlAppFamiSafe is great but the functionality needs ALOT of work!

by Aida09

I loved the concept of ParentalControlAppFamiSafe but have had a good bit of issues with it to be honest. I use the smart schedule daily with my kids as they watch their iPad for a few minutes before turning them off and going to sleep and the schedule functionality just hasn’t been consistent. Sometimes it works great and other times it doesn’t block the iPad at the set time (like last night) and sometimes doesn’t unblock at the set time (just about daily). I then have to go and toggle on and off several times for it to FINALLY have their apps back... very annoying when you have an impatient 4 year old standing in front of you. The toggle to block everything right then also takes a long time to react. In all I like the concept but wish it worked more consistently. I also don’t like that the new update doesn’t show when an iPad is currently blocked, that was something important for me to be able to check that ParentalControlAppFamiSafe was working right and it’s gone now

by Sluther07

I gave ParentalControlAppFamiSafe 3 stars because ever since I’ve had it I have had to reinstall ParentalControlAppFamiSafe numerous times on my phone and on my child’s phone. It doesn’t even alert me when it stops working. I have to check my child’s phone to make sure it’s still blocking all the sites I have set. When ParentalControlAppFamiSafe does work, I’m very pleased with it and would give it 4 stars. 4 because ParentalControlAppFamiSafe doesn’t update my child’s activity continually. I have contacted the customer service department numerous times also and they take over 24 hrs respond. However they have yet to find a solution to my issue. I’ll be cancelling the service.

by Bryan K. Elorriaga

Having a safe home is great. I remember reaching out to even McAfee when I there was threats on the internet and I’m a parent too and I love them. This is when some times a employee gets taken than targeted Ads. I have came back with Hopeso I pray for the ones Portfolio so now I that maybe after 4 years. I pray my kids will understand why I was away. There is 6 accounts that digital life just like currency. Thanks for being focused I wish there was a few calls that we could of finished a project and brought the world together smoother! I look forward to work together in future.

Respect ,

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by Sissi X.

Famisafe is one such app that will ensure the best of child’s safety. I tend to stay away from home most of the day as my office is located far away and I have long working hours. Being a single father makes me paranoid about my kids safety as I often encounter lots of unsafe areas en route to work. I was discussing about my problems with one of my colleagues when he suggested Famisafe app to me. Now, I can be inside the confines of my office and still get the precise location of my kids. The live location feature is such a massive relief.
Along with this, there is no denying the fact that the geo tagging feature is one of my personal favourite too. It allows me to make sure that my kids do not enter certain areas that I have marked as I feel them to be potentially dangerous.
So, if you too want to make sure that you are taking all the right measures for your child’s safety, Famisafe might be exactly ParentalControlAppFamiSafe you need. It packs several other features in it and thus remains a very popular choice.

by Varnj00

Having a teenager with a cell phone is already dangerous enough, but ParentalControlAppFamiSafe gives some controls back to the parents. You can completely block social media sites, chat rooms, and websites that are inappropriate for children. It also helps if your kid has an attitude and it will shut the device down completely until they earn it back. I wish I found ParentalControlAppFamiSafe sooner.

by All Fed Up

I wish I could give this negative 10 stars!!! ParentalControlAppFamiSafe is awful! I tried to sign up for the trial and it immediately charges my card for the full year! The location services on it is a joke, it is NOT real time, and it doesn’t do half of the things the description says it does (the monitoring is so basic, you can’t see anything your child does on their phone or even what apps they e gotten on or how long they’ve been on them). You have to either block all apps or no apps, other than based on age rating, there is no differentiating. Do not waste your time even getting the trial.

by MichelleHLC34

I did the trial and it worked fine. I decided to subscribe and paid for a year, When I tried to log in it would not let me move past the payment screen. But every time I clicked on the subscription I wanted it would tell me I was already subscribed! Never able to move past the subscription screen after I paid. I was more than willing to let tech support walk me through it but they don’t seem to have any kind of support. I sent an email to the support email address and it came back undeliverable.... so I called my bank and submitted a claim to get my money back.

by Daveg3

The application works fine but I can do almost everything it does by using Screen Time and Family Sharing in iOS without the additional cost. 3 stars since the UI is easy to use, notifications are good, and the geo-fencing helps so you can be notified when someone gets/leaves a known location. The website also offers many helpful tips, even for things outside of the application. It wasn’t what I needed but it might be helpful to others.

by Dezmund Radmer

I tried ParentalControlAppFamiSafe, and it was simple to restrict websites. On the device, if you want parental controls on, open the Famisafe app. In the top left corner, tap Menu Settings and turned on Parental Controls. Create a PIN. Tap the type of content you want to filter. Choose how to filter or restrict access. And If you have any problem, ask the customer service they will guide you.

by Hello MrL

ParentalControlAppFamiSafe has made tracking my child's time and content use on their phone vertually worry free. The button that kills their ability to use their phone works amazingly well. Test it with your kid first because it can kill their ability to text or call but we were able to figure out how to get those to futures to work while keeping everything else turned off. Thanks Famisafe.

by Anaya Diperaus

Nowadays, our kids think they are smarter than their parents. My 15-year-old son uses the phone to watch movies and open the websites which are not suitable for him. I used to delete the history from his phone. Now, after Famisafe, I can even check his website account and track how much time he is spending on the phone, so thanks Famisafe.

by Wendolyne Iremonger

Famisafe is the new iOS 12 parental control app. If your kids are addicted to social media, games, or any other app, then this would be a useful feature for you. It can help you control smartphone addiction by setting the limit for each app. After the time is over, you will get a prompt, so I think all the parents should use ParentalControlAppFamiSafe Famisafe.

by Jatisha Malletratt

Everyone at least once should try ParentalControlAppFamiSafe Famisafe because this is the best app I used ever. It provides a real-time location for your kids, and you can check if they are studying or using the phone. You can set the time limit, and after the time is over, the phone will get locked, so 5-star definitely. Thankyou Famisafe.

by Cjackson7

One of the best safety apps. ParentalControlAppFamiSafe gives parents a piece of mind when it comes to their child’s safety . Comes with restrictions to ensure age appropriate content. App ran smooth and there were no bugs or glitches. I would also like to recommend and emergeny button that alerts the police and the parents . Please offer a free trial to test ParentalControlAppFamiSafe before committing to a subscription!

by Shelby Aldie

Since we are a big family, I never found any need for parental control software for kids. But my immediate job transfer to another state made me more cautious about my kid's safety in an unknown place. So I went with its premium package and found it as an excellent decision to deal with sudden re-location and letting kids become familiar with the new location.

by Wister Veljes

Control the device remotely with Famisafe. It is far better in features than other apps available on ParentalControlAppFamiSafe store. However, it also limits certain things, such as the live location of the target device is not updated automatically every time.