The Best Parental Control Apps of 2022
Updated by Alexia on
Even though some new online safety brands have appeared on the scene since we first published our round-up, Bark is still our favorite parental control app. Bark can’t be beat in terms of email and social media monitoring, and our testers thought Bark was the easiest app to set up and use.
We prefer other parental control apps for specific features—like location tracking and speed tracking—and for more comfortable price points. Learn more about the differences between our top picks, and discover why other apps didn’t make the cut.
Best parental control apps
- Bark: Best overall
- Boomerang: Best for younger kids
- Kaspersky Safe Kids: Best for budgets
- FamilyTime: Best for iOS families
- Qustodio: Best reporting dashboard