Kaspersky Safe Kids with GPS Reviews

by Jonathomp

I have Kaspersky on my Mac and most of the time it blocks stuff with no issues. The iOS app had trouble loading my account when I tried to set it up, so my dad had to create a new account for me and switch to that. The browser is slow, brings in ads, and often fails to load anything below the fold. Familiar swipes to go back and forward in Safari are missing, DuckDuckGo is not an allowed search engine, and any time KasperskySafeKidswithGPS pulls an update it forces a parent to put in their password to continue normal use. Worst of all, KasperskySafeKidswithGPS requires device location to be set to always on, resulting in tremendous battery loss even while sleeping to report location to parents who can already see where their child is using Find My Friends. I will be switching back to Safari and disabling all sites but a few whitelisted ones. Sure, the freedom to browse was nice, but I’d much rather be limited to a few sites in the blazing fast Safari app.

by #letmewritehonestreview

I wish I could give 0 star or negative. My husband signed up without researching so we had to suffer for a year and I sent multiple feedback to them how much I hated it.
My husband and I both installed KasperskySafeKidswithGPS to monitor our son. When my husband set up something, it didn’t show up my phone and when I set up something, it didn’t show up his phone. It confused all of us and we constantly had to sit down and talk about what restrictions we were going to set up. Then when my son request to unlock the phone, my phone kept showing ‘ updating’ FOREVER. ( my phone is iphone xr) It was so frustrating!!! Plus we couldn’t limit time for individual app. Literally, there was not much I could do with KasperskySafeKidswithGPS and I was even mad at my husband to pay for this useless app. At the end, we just deleted it.
Do not buy KasperskySafeKidswithGPS. It was a waste of money( there are many free apps!) and waste of time and energy!

by Julia T

If you want a free app for location tracking, Life360 is a much more accurate and informative app. I will start by saying we use iOS and while life360 has figured it out on iOS and Mac, KasperskySafeKidswithGPS is worthless. Their free app is obviously just click bait to get you to buy the paid app all while collecting data on you and your family. I simply wanted to use location tracking and monitor how much screen time my son was using. The updates were not real time and interface is poorly designed. That is when it worked at all. For any worthwhile info it sends you back to the website. This is not really something you should expect to use as an app on iOS or Mac. Maybe if your primary interface was a pc and your family used androids it might be a somewhat useful app. Also, don’t expect to get anything out of free version.

by VariableZ20171117

Recently, the program wouldn’t update with any changes made in KasperskySafeKidswithGPS until I force closed KasperskySafeKidswithGPS and restarted it. It looks like they might have finally fixed that, but what they still haven’t fixed is that once a week or so I’ll notice that my child is using their device well past the time what it’s supposed to be shut down. Granted, most of the time it works fine, but most of the time is just not good enough. Also, the interface is garbage, but I could get over that if the program just worked properly 99.5% of the time. But, sadly, that’s not the case. It really seems like the people in charge of this system just aren’t trying. If things don’t improve very soon, I’ll be taking my business elsewhere.

by Based&Ice-Pilled

These sort of apps are the kind my dad likes to use and they have only worsened my relationship and trust with him. It always seems like he is spying on me with KasperskySafeKidswithGPS instead of actually talking to me because he’s too lazy to do any actual parenting. KasperskySafeKidswithGPS ruined my trust with him (not like I had that much at all) but it only made it worse. I always feel paranoid when using my phone or any of devices because I keep thinking that he’s watching my every move. He even installed it for my PC and it gives me an annoying warning when I try to access GMAIL! GMAIL!! He doesn’t even listen to my texts and he ALWAYS controls me and lowers my screen time!! He says he will give me more time if I make good grades and I do, BUT HE NEVER EVEN RAISES IT!! I blame parental apps like yours and others for ruining so many children’s relationships with their parents. Have fun explaining yourself for making a horrible app like this 👎 you only care about money, just admit it already.

by Codidake

Planned to use Safe Kids to protect our iMac and childrens’ iPads. Installation was simple enough and price is reasonable. We soon realized that the iMac protection wasn’t working when my child was able to access the Mac during times that were blocked. The device reports showed that he accessed the Mac during a restricted time, just did nothing about it. My other son faced another issue and couldn’t use the internet at all on the Mac due to Kaspersky certificate issues. Contacted support and their response times are abysmal and so far haven’t fixed anything. To add, the iOS versions don’t actually block device use, just warns which does nothing but send the parent a bunch of emails. There is a flaw in KasperskySafeKidswithGPS design where you can’t restrict time of day to use AND restrict amount of time used. It has to be one or the other which isn’t ideal. I ended up cancelling the subscription and uninstalling everything.

by GaidenVXL

KasperskySafeKidswithGPS is great for tracking my son. My greatest issue with it is that after Avery three to four days I see that my son’s device is offline and the reason why is because of the frequency of updates each week which makes you sign in again on sons device and download the Kaspersky profile once again. I just didn’t renew after my year was up because of this. I mean, I don’t mind updates to app, updates make it better, but in this case if KasperskySafeKidswithGPS is going to need you to sign in after each update, maybe they should dial down the updates to at least once every three weeks to a month. For now I’m not going paying for it. The high maintenance of KasperskySafeKidswithGPS makes it not worth my time.

by Soundguy31

Loved KasperskySafeKidswithGPS and service in theory. The GPS monitoring is great. However the internet monitoring and filtering on iOS 13 is about as secure as putting your money under a mattress. It cannot control, nor hide Safari. Nor does the security pin lockout work to prevent the child from uninstalling the protection. In the words of its customer service, you must encourage your child to use only the Kaspersky Kid Safe browser, not Safari and to not remove the internet profile (now easy to do) by explaining to them how important internet security is. Right, thanks. If us parents could successfully do that we wouldn’t need parental control software. And if your software is effectively neutered under iOS now, it is best to mention that on the outset in KasperskySafeKidswithGPS Store and not bury it on a support page.

by Ostergin

KasperskySafeKidswithGPS works if you are willing to spend some time with it. After a few months of use, the iOS app stopped working. It just says updating settings forever. It only works if I make changes from my laptop which is not always convenient. I’m not sure what is wrong but it is super annoying. Mostly because my kid is annoying me with requests that I can’t manage on my phone.

by Agziller

Works great but sometimes I can’t view allowed websites correctly or things don’t load properly. Still worth it though having that security!

by YourDadSparkles

It keeps the kids off when needed and alerts me as advertised. It could use a simple on/off feature or add an hour button to give the kids bonus time when they’ve earned it. It should also have independent options for each app so I can limit time separately for games vs texting instead of all or nothing.

by DickeyH

It works mostly as stated. It’s a little harder to control things with KasperskySafeKidswithGPS than logging into the web page. Seems to work better and give more control than the circle app did on the net gear router. Decent yearly subscription price compared to others. Circle and the Net Gear’s new Parental control app are way overpriced IMO.

by Dacoldud

KasperskySafeKidswithGPS is a great basic kids activity monitoring and controlling tool. It has all the features you need to monitor their activity and control their time spent on games and computer. The reason I took away one star because there is always a delay in sending alerts which can be improved. As a wish this tool runs on the router so that I don't have to install on each machines.

by 2nxz

Good price, fairly easy to install, and good interface. The only reason I didn’t give this 5 stars is because I was under the impression we (the parent) could READ our children’s texts. That turns out not to be the case.

I still would recommend KasperskySafeKidswithGPS, but would like it if we had the ability to read what was in text message.

by C.Y. Hsu

I desperately need a parental control software that work.
My teenage kid’s grade had deteriorated so much that it was just a pain to see his grades.
I literally had to stay behind him during his zoom classes to monitor him all day.
It’s ridiculous.
I bought several softwares, different subscriptions and plug-ins.
My kid was smart enough to disable them or bypass them all.
One day I just couldn’t take it anymore.
I decided that was it and went ahead and did my research .
I found Kaspersky safe kids and immediate pull out my wallet.
(Really, just take my money 💰... as long as it works)
AND IT DID! HA!
Kaspersky really knows what they’re doing.
I can now limit my kid’s access to a certain websites during a specific hour,
or just disable the computer completely.
I get instant notifications when he tries to access websites that are not recommended or forbidden.
It does take some time to break into it.
If you need to set a schedule you have to set it one day at a time.
However it works so well that I don’t even care that much.
Also it would be nice if I can edit websites lists within a category.
But I can use the exclusion list and that’s enough.
All in all, I’m so happy for the purchase and it really is a godsend!

by Ktucker147

KasperskySafeKidswithGPS is smart, smarter than you think I assure you. After using it throughout the end of the school year- into summer vacation; I’ve had enough time to study just how smart KasperskySafeKidswithGPS really is. I make only one recommendation- download the calls and SMS version from Kaspersky’s site directly. You won’t be disappointed.

by Solsis00

I use KasperskySafeKidswithGPS primarily for monitoring. So having the ability for it to just alert me to what my kid is doing rather than restricting him has been super helpful. Yearly fees are fair if you want just the kid monitoring tools. But Kaspersky also has a very stable and successful suite of security tools as well that you can bundle to help keep your devices and computers safe.

by Abu Bushra

Easy to handle app. I believe the trick is having a positive word with kids and educating them about using the “Request Access” feature properly. That will make them only ask for access when they need to access a clean content. KS team, it would be great if you can develop a safe browser for kids. That is very needed worldwide and deserves the investment.

by Infocommie

Let you block or just monitor app and web by specific app or site or via broad categories. Kids can send a request to unlock things they need, and you can approve or deny remotely. Can track location and usage statistics. Can set schedule and time maximum on app by app basis so if you want to allow games at specific times or for limited hours you can. Would be nice to be able to grant temporary usage of a site or app. Does nearly any thing you need for kid safety.

by KMH79

I love KasperskySafeKidswithGPS. It allows me to monitor my child’s activity and control when he can access certain websites and applications on his windows laptop. I love that he can request access from his laptop and then I can simply approve or reject his request from my phone.

The application does lack quite a bit for limiting use on iPhones. Screen time is much more effective to control/monitor his iPhone use. But Kaspersky is awesome for use on a windows laptop and the admin interface for parents on the iPhone is super helpful

by RisottoNero🔪

These sort of apps are the kind my dad likes to use and they have only worsened my relationship and trust with him. It always seems like he is spying on me with KasperskySafeKidswithGPS instead of actually talking to me because he’s too lazy to do any actual parenting. KasperskySafeKidswithGPS ruined my trust with him (not like I had that much at all) but it only made it worse. I always feel paranoid when using my phone or any of devices because I keep thinking that he’s watching my every move. He even installed it for my PC and it gives me an annoying warning when I try to access GMAIL! GMAIL!! He doesn’t even listen to my texts and he ALWAYS controls me and lowers my screen time!! He says he will give me more time if I make good grades and I do, BUT HE NEVER EVEN RAISES IT!! I blame parental apps like yours and others for ruining so many children’s relationships with their parents. Have fun explaining yourself for making a horrible app like this 👎 you only care about money, just admit it already.