Circle Parental Controls App

Award-Winning Parental Control App. Block Websites & Apps and Limit Screen Time.

Circle Parental Controls App

App stats

Version: 2.32.2.1 (Last updated: 2024-08-24)
Creation date: 2019-04-10
Permissions
Identity: find accounts on the device
Contacts: find accounts on the device
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone: read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • manage document storage
  • update component usage statistics
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

Keep kids safe and focused with the most comprehensive and easy to use parental control app for devices in home and on the go.

Circle Parental Controls App gives parents screen time control whether kids are playing their favorite online game, connecting with friends or doing schoolwork. Circle goes beyond setting Screen Time Limits and Filters with additional parental control features like Pause, History, Rewards and Bedtime. Parents can customize screen time and WiFi control based on their kids’ ages and their own family preferences, and even limit or block social media.

SCREEN TIME PARENTAL CONTROL APP
• Filter: Choose appropriate (or block inappropriate) content by age with web filters. Even block social media.
• Time Limits: Set daily screen time limits for popular apps and sites.
• Pause the Internet®: Make the Internet stop for every family member (or just one).

MONITOR AND KEEP TRACK OF ONLINE TIME
• History: Check out sites kids visited (or tried to visit) throughout the day. Or go back as far as you’d like for screen monitoring and phone monitoring.
• Usage: Get a complete picture of your family’s Internet use, across all devices
• Location: Keep track of your kids through their mobile devices. Monitor kids’ phones to keep them safe.

BALANCE TIME ONLINE AND OFFLINE
• Bedtime: Ensure your kids get the sleep they need. Set a bedtime for connected devices.
• Rewards: Celebrate good behavior by giving a little extra online time just for the day.
• Focus Time: Schedule distraction-free Internet time for school, homework or offline time.

Start managing your family’s online screen time today with a free trial to access all the parental control app features like WiFi blocker, app blocker and other premium parental control app and screen time control features. Circle’s WiFi manager, Internet and website blocker, and mobile device management make for the most robust screen time parental control app available.

Kids can use the Circle parental control app to keep track of their own screen time online with a personalized dashboard.

THE ULTIMATE PARENTAL CONTROL APP
Over 90% of Circle parental control app users say it helps keep their kids safe online and makes it easier to manage screen time in their family. Read more below to find out why!

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Circle’s parental control features use a local VPN installed on a child's device to apply Circle features like content blocking and time limits to individual apps and categories of apps.

Circle Home Plus — sold separately

Need an in-home device to manage online screen time on smart TVs, video game consoles, and computers? Manage all Wi-Fi connected devices in your home with the Circle Home Plus parental control device - universal parental control at home and away! Learn more: meetcircle.com

The Circle Parental Controls App is not for use with Circle with Disney or Circle on Netgear routers.

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Need Help?

If you have any parental control app questions, need help with the Circle parental control app, or want to provide feedback, please contact our Support Team:

[email protected]
support.meetcircle.com

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Subscription Terms

A Circle Parental Controls App subscription is required and gives your family access to every parental control feature.

Circle Subscription comes with a FREE trial period (for new premium members only.)

The Circle subscription is an automatic renewing subscription. Your subscription will be charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions are billed at the start of each period and cannot be refunded. Subscribers can manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal by visiting their Google Play Account Settings after purchase.

Privacy policy: https://meetcircle.com/legal/privacy/
Terms of use: https://meetcircle.com/license/

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well when it is functioning properly
  • App controls allow monitoring of all traffic
  • Ability to assign devices and set schedules
Cons
  • Frequent connectivity and loading issues
  • Inconsistent performance with device management
  • Poor customer service and technical support
  • Issues with content filtering and blocking
Most mentioned
  • App often fails to load or crashes
  • Difficulty in managing devices with dynamic MAC addresses
  • Problems with notifications and time limit accuracy
  • Frequent bugs leading to frustration
  • Unreliable customer support experiences
User reviews
Generally okay, but it would be a lot easier to use if it could handle dynamic MAC address assignment. Now every time device with dynamic MAC address goes online, Circle adds it as neww. device. I just spent about half hour trying to clean them up because even though you can filter devices by name, you cannot delete more than one at a time. I wish it managed devices more intelligently, i. e. automatically delete unassigned devices that were not active for certain time, auto assign devices, etc.
by Alexander Davis, 2024-09-16

The restrictions work, but as a 14 year old, I have some problems / recommendations for the child side of the app. I use a samsung phone, and half of the time when I open the app, the internet I use doesn't update on the app. Sometimes it doesn't even give me the 15 minutes left and the out of time notification. On the topic of notifications, I feel that u should be able to choose when it notifies me. There could be a settings tab where I could choose it to notify me when I have 30-60 mins left.
by Garen Burdick, 2024-08-02

Absolutely garbage product. It filtered only half the time Didn't alert me to when it went offline. The customer service is awful. I paid $99 for the year. I have had an issue and have not had the home filter working for the past two months. The customer service team still hasn't fixed it. I keep providing the same info and even took pics, and they couldn't figure it out for almost months. Finally, someone seems to understand, but it has been 10 days since our last email. This is so ridiculous
by Lisa Rhodes, 2024-07-15
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