FamiSafe is aparental control application designed by Wondershare, a software developer based in Shenzhen, China (also Dr.Fone, Recoverit and Filmora in their portfolio). Like other parental control apps, it aims to protect children's online safety. To do this, it offers parents all the necessary tools to help their children surf the Internet responsibly.
FamiSafe was born in 2018, and in a short time it became one of the most popular parental control solutions, both on smartphones Android that of iPhone. Some figures: more than 5 million children protected worldwide, 10 sites with adult content and gambling excluded from search, 20 applications blocked, 5 million texts related to cyberbullying, suicide and child pornography identified.
FamiSafe has a free trial on Google Play and the App Store. What you will find below are all supported platforms: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and Kindle Fire.
As confirmation of the excellent work carried out, FamiSafe receives every year important international recognition, including first place in the National Parenting Product Awards 2020. The average score obtained from user reviews also demonstrates its effectiveness, with more than 1 million downloads and a score of 4,5 out of 20 votes for the app for Android. Below is our review.
indexHow FamiSafe works
The FamiSafe parental control app allows parents to monitor their children's online activity and at the same time protects the latter's browsing by excluding sites and applications that present sensitive content. For it to work, the application must be installed on both the children's and parents' devices, and it is also important that both profiles are connected. In fact, only then will adults be able to keep their children's Internet use under control.
Monitor your child's online activities
The FamiSafe parental control app allows parents to completely monitor their children's online activity. Immediately tools available to adults:
- Activity report (activity report) - monitor which apps and sites are used;
- Browser history (search history) - the list of visited sites;
- Web filter (web filter) - option to block one or more websites;
- WeatherSCREEN (screen time) - allows you to set a time limit for using a particular application;
- YouTube App Control function to monitor YouTube usage, as well as block videos or channels deemed inappropriate;
- Secure search (safe search): block content with explicit words or materials in search results;
- Real-time location (real time location) – Check your phone location
- Location History (location history) - the list of places "intercepted" by the smartphone;
- Geofences (virtual perimeter) - allows you to identify a specific area beyond which the child cannot go;
- Explicit Content Detection (explicit content detection): Track any explicit content on SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger, Messenger Lite, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Kik;
- suspicious photos (suspicious photos) - allows you to detect images of adults present in your child's online photo album;
- driving report (driving report): useful function to check how your adult child behaves while driving the car.
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Account registration and installation.
To start using FamiSafe it is essential first of all register a new account through the website or application. This is the procedure to follow on Android smartphones:
- Download the “Parental Controls and Time Limits – FamiSafe” app from Google Play Store
- Start the app, make two consecutive movements from right to left to see the main ones; functions, select the identity “Parents”, then click “Start” to continue the installation;
- Enter a valid email address, choose your password, then confirm it and tap the "Sign Up" button to complete the registration;
- Copy the 6-digit numeric code included in the new screen that opens once registration has been successfully completed, you will need it to pair the device with your child's;
- Repeat the steps above, this time using the child's smartphone or computer and installing the "Famisafe Junior" app. Once registration is complete, enter the 6-digit code copied above to connect both devices;
- Tap “Activate Now” on the following screens to grant the necessary permissions for FamiSafe to work properly.
Once the application is installed on both devices, we have many options to choose from among the numerous features available, which we described in the previous paragraph. Among the most used when our son is away from home, without a doubt is the real-time location, with which to know precisely the movements our child makes.
For those of us who want to avoid intensive use of our child's device, we have the "Browsing time" function, with which we can block all applications manually or set usage time limits and times. We can also choose which applications to allow.
web filter On the other hand, it allows you to block sites based on the categories to which they belong, a very useful function for those who do not want to worry while our child is browsing.
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FamiSafe subscription prices
We have reached the end of our guide, so all we have to do is present the prices of the various subscription plans made available by FamiSafe. In total, the parental control app for Android and iPhone offers three floors: monthly, quarterly and yearly.
Here, in detail, how much they cost and what guarantees they offer:
- Monthly at 9,99 euros- Protection for up to 5 devices, all features available
- Quarterly at 19,99 euros- Protection for up to 10 devices, all features available
- Annually at 59,99 euros- Protection for up to 10 devices, all features available
In terms of costs, the most convenient plan is the annual one, which allows you to save up to 50% in twelve months compared to the monthly plan. There is also the possibility of Free Trial FamiSafe features for a limited period of time equivalent to 3 days, at the end of which the user will be able to choose whether to continue using the paid parental control application or cancel the automatic renewal at no additional cost.
FamiSafe, the parental control app to protect children from the internet
