What apps can I use to monitor a kids phone?

Parenting
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"Hi everyone. My daughter just got a phone. She just started middle school, she’s in all of these after school activities so decided it was time.What apps do you recommend to monitor a child’s phone. I was looking into Bark as well as Airdroid. What app do you guys use & why do you like it?
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I use Life 360 for my middle schooler. We’ve been using it for a few years

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I use bark. They actually have a bark phone now that had built in monitoring system. I can shut her phone off if I need (calling and texting will still work but all apps will be unaccessible) I can choose settings for notifications. Example: profanity- if I select all, anytime there is swearing in messages or something she views I will get a screenshot of it. This phone has been wonderful for knowing what’s going on in my kiddos world and makes it easier to have conversations about the hard topics

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SaferKid costs a pretty penny but it’s worth every dollar! You can eliminate & monitor any & everything down to all texts sent/received and websites visited.

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My daughter has an Android phone and I have Family Link on it. I can control what apps she downloads, i can control time limits, I can block certain features on the phone, etc. I also have Life 360 on it so I know where she is at all times.

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Lifee 360 seems to be a really popular one

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Kids360. Let’s you monitor apps and any searches and set limits and block any apps

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If it’s an android phone , use Google family link , you can control basically everything including free time what games or apps they can download , check their battery percentage and location and im sure so many other things I haven’t even tapped into

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Bark is only $15 a month and filters and looks through every app, browser and text/pictures, location, screen time, blocking, everything on multiple devices even for multiple children.

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I use qustodio & family link. We tried bark but were getting SO MANY emails, notifications and texts (i know you can adjust in the settings & we did) and it was waaaaay too overbearing; it wasn’t worth it for us. I really like qustodio it’s very user friendly and really easy to set up!

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I use family link works great and is free tells you everything they download and certain apps can require permission if you set am age limit

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If you dont trust your child. Dont buy the phone