Kids App Qustodio Software

I’ve had this program for almost 2 years now and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! It’s been such a miracle worker. Once it’s set up on your devices you can set up and shut down any program you want in seconds. My daughter does online High School out of Phoenix. At first her being on her laptop was a HUGE a problem. She wanted to be on anything but school. I set Qustodio up on her laptop, downloaded the app to my iPhone and no more anything that could waste her time or distract her. She used to be able to get on anything on the Internet. Pictures etc. on her computer or laptop. (She’s used both.) Things I’ve never even dreamed of to do instead of her work!! This girl is creative. With this app I can shut down anything she has been on in her history or currently doing right then. It keeps track of page, window, etc. they go on. That only scratches the surface of what this AMAZING program can do. I just can’t say enough GOOD about it. If you want to keep your kids safe you need this program for their protection and your piece of mind. I say it’s right up there with Apple’s "Family Sharing Screen time Protection" 💖

I’m a parent. I installed this after a failed attempt at using TrendMicro piece of junk and overpriced solution. I gave my pre-teen a MacBook to do homework and research for his personal fun projects. He also likes to keep up with news. But the rest of the Internet is no place for a child. So Qustodio came to be very useful. I use the web filtering and time restrictions. I also leveraged the parental controls in the Mac to reduce app usage. The app controls in Qustodio were giving me mixed results. But the most powerful way is to use them both. Let’s say block the AppStore in the Mac, that still allows from one extra minute in the OS, then block the app in Qustodio as well, that works beautifully!! No extra minute. I also get very detailed reports of the child’s activity both online as well as in apps. My son and I have very good communication and he did not know technology without restrictions, so we have very little drama. Talk to your child and technology controls will work. I also have a “bug hunting reward program” going on with him. If he finds ways to break/hack the controls and tell me before getting caught, he is rewarded. I might have to step up the controls after that, but we discuss this openly. I also have lifted controls or time restrictions when he proves to behave responsibly. Control your children’s internet activity, but love them first.

We've been using Qustodio Premium for 2 years and have also experienced trouble with VPN slowing down game rate and making some things unusable, but over time we've figured out work arounds. Basically no one can offer 100% filtering and fast VPN for all apps and all devices -- simply just doesn't exist -- but this is pretty close and does what it's designed to do. There is no way i could monitor screen time for my teen every day, by myself, and this tool gives me the option to extend or reduce overall screen time plus individua time on each app, which has been useful now that school is 100% online. Developers should keep working on this tho ... it's very close but still troublesome. A couple of the sites my kid's school uses for new distance learning were blocked for porn. I got the notice and "allowed" them so no problem now, but there is some troubleshooting required to get this to work 100%. Also, my kid uses to be able to see how much time he had left, but for some reason that stopped.