Every page starts with a question. You decide the answer.
When your child opens a website or an app, the device first asks where to find it. ChildGuard answers that question: what you allow opens, what you don't never starts.
Currently in family testing. Free.
- wikipedia.orgallowed
- pornhub.comblocked – adult content
- bet365.comblocked – gambling
- google.comsafe search
- youtube.comrestricted mode
- dns.googleblocked – filter bypass
Three steps and you're set
Pair the device
Enter the 8-character code from the parent dashboard on your child's phone or computer.
Choose groups
Adult content, gambling, social media, games – or a single service such as TikTok or Roblox. No need to block websites one by one.
Your child can ask
If they land on a blocked page, they can ask you. Allow it for 15 minutes, an hour, today or for good – or say no.
Also included
- Time rules for school hours and bedtime.
- Enforced safe search and YouTube Restricted Mode.
- An alert when filtering is switched off or a device stops reporting.
- A log of which sites were opened and which were blocked.
- Filter lists from open sources, updated daily, with about 8 million addresses.
What works on each device
Apple protects user data strictly, so some things are not possible on iPhone and iPad. We would rather tell you up front than promise more.
| iPhone, iPad | Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website and app filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access requests from your child | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Which apps, for how long | EU only, via Screen Time | In development | Yes |
| Your child can't remove it | Yes, with Family Sharing | Yes | Yes, without admin rights |
| Reading messages and calls | No | No | No |
We deliberately don't monitor messages or calls: it isn't possible on Apple devices, and the people your child talks to deserve privacy too.
What we see, and what we don't
- We see
- the names of addresses your child tries to open, such as youtube.com, and whether they were allowed.
- We don't see
- page contents, messages, passwords or photos.
- Doesn't pass through us
- the traffic itself: only address lookups reach our server, so browsing doesn't slow down.
- Deleted
- the log after 30 days.
Price
Free for now. After launch there will be monthly and yearly plans; prices will be announced in advance.
Questions
What do I need?
An iPhone, iPad, Mac or a Windows 10/11 computer. Apple devices also need Family Sharing with your child's account set up as a child account.
Can my child switch it off?
They can try. If filtering stops, or a device hasn't reported for hours, you get an alert.
Does it slow the internet down?
Not noticeably. Only address lookups go to our server; videos, downloads and pages load directly.
When will the apps be available?
The Windows client comes first, followed by the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps.