Bitdefender Parental Control
Bitdefender Parental Control helps parents manage children’s online activity with content filtering, app blocking, screen-time schedules, location tracking, …
What Bitdefender Parental Control is
Bitdefender Parental Control helps parents manage children’s online activity with content filtering, app blocking, screen-time schedules, location tracking, and activity reports. Parents can set Focus time, Family time, and Bedtime routines, restrict access to YouTube, and filter Google searches. An internet time reward feature lets them reward children or extend their online time. The service supports Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, and covers up to 25 devices. Parents manage it through the web version of Bitdefender Central; management is no longer available in the Central app. Parental Control is included in Family plans, not individual plans. Each listed plan covers up to five family members and 25 devices and auto-renews annually at the applicable renewal price. For reporting, Bitdefender may collect visited websites, app usage periods, and the latest geolocation information from an enrolled device. Parents or guardians are responsible for ensuring monitoring is lawful.
Good
- Includes content filtering, app blocking, and time schedules
- Offers Focus time, Family time, and Bedtime routines
- Supports location tracking and activity reports
- Covers up to 25 devices in listed Family plans
Watch out
- Not included in individual plans
- Management is through the web version of Bitdefender Central
- Reporting may collect browsing, app-use, and location information
Who it suits
It suits parents or legal guardians who want to set online time limits, filter content, block apps, and review activity across supported devices. Parents should use it only where they have the legal right to monitor the device.
Verdict
Bitdefender Parental Control combines time and content controls with location tracking and reports. It requires a Family plan and web-based management, so check those requirements and consider the monitoring responsibilities before enrolling a device.
Plans and prices
From Bitdefender Parental Control's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Bitdefender Total Security Family | $79.99 a year | Up to 5 family members · 25 devices · Parental Control · First year; auto-renews annually at the applicable renewal price. |
| Bitdefender Premium Security Family | $99.99 a year | Up to 5 family members · 25 devices · Parental Control · First year; auto-renews annually at the applicable renewal price. |
| Bitdefender Ultimate Security Family | $119.99 a year | Up to 5 family members · 25 devices · Parental Control · First year; auto-renews annually at the applicable renewal price. |
| Bitdefender Ultimate Security Plus Family, Extended | $199.99 a year | Up to 5 family members · 25 devices · Parental Control · First year; auto-renews annually at the applicable renewal price. |
The facts
Each one read from Bitdefender Parental Control's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Activity reports
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Content filtering
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Location tracking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Management
- Parents manage Parental Control through the web version of Bitdefender Central; management is no longer available in the Central app itself.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Parent responsibility
- Bitdefender says parents or legal guardians are responsible for the legality of monitoring and recommends enabling Parental Control only on a minor child’s device or where they have the legal right to do so.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy data
- For Parental Control reporting, Bitdefender may collect visited websites, apps and their usage periods, and the latest geolocation information from an enrolled device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy retention
- The privacy policy says geolocation is limited to the latest available information, for no more than 90 days, and unblocked or non-malicious visited domains are processed for up to one hour.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy sharing
- Bitdefender says it does not transmit the listed child activity information to third parties for marketing purposes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Parental Control helps parents manage children’s online activities with internet time limits, content filtering, location tracking, and activity reports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Routines
- Parents can use customizable Focus time, Family time, and Bedtime routines to manage online activity.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Search and video restrictions
- The service can restrict access to YouTube and filter Google searches.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Bitdefender’s Family plans page advertises around-the-clock professional support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The product page lists Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android system requirements for Parental Control.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Time rewards
- Parents can reward children or extend their internet time through an internet time reward feature.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App blocking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Device limit
- 25checked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Bitdefender identifies Bucharest, Romania, as its corporate headquarters and says it has operated since 2001.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2001checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Bucharest, Romaniachecked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Plan requirement
- Parental Control is included in Family plans and is not included in individual plans.checked 11 Oct 2026
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