Circle Parental Controls
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Circle Parental Controls, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Circle Parental Controls's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Circle Parental Controls App | $7.49 a month | Unlimited devices & profiles · iOS, Android + many Chromebooks · Starting at $7.49/mo after trial period |
| Circle Home Plus Device + App | $69, paid once | Manage mobile devices and devices on your Wi-Fi · Free 2-day shipping · 30 day satisfaction guarantee · Starts at $69; pricing includes app subscription |
The facts
Each one read from Circle Parental Controls's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Activity reports
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Content filtering
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Filtering
- Parents can set age- and interest-appropriate filters for apps and website content for each family member.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Internet pause
- The app includes a feature to pause internet access.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location
- Circle says the app can help track family members’ mobile devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Monitoring
- The app offers usage and history monitoring, including a breakdown of sites visited throughout the day.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 9.99checked 20 Sep 2026
- Privacy detail
- Circle’s privacy policy says its app is not ad-supported and it does not share personal information from the app with third-party advertising services.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Circle describes its app as a parental control tool for families to reduce screen time and create healthy online habits.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Rewards
- Parents can send children an online time reward.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Circle lists Bedtime and Focus Time features for scheduling offline time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Screen time
- Time Limits can be set per profile for individual apps, website categories, and total daily use.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- Circle’s privacy policy says it uses administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, including encryption, intrusion detection, and data loss prevention, and notes that it cannot guarantee absolute security.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support access
- Circle says authorized support representatives may access an account or device remotely when needed to troubleshoot a support request, with access enabled by the user through the app.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Target users
- Circle describes its product as a screen-time management and parental-control solution intended to help families manage connected devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App blocking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Device compatibility
- The app page says it works on iOS, Android, and many Chromebooks; Circle Home Plus can manage PCs, smart TVs, and video game consoles on Wi-Fi.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Home network device
- Circle Home Plus controls internet access for devices on the home Wi-Fi network and includes the Circle app subscription.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Ownership
- Circle says it was acquired by Aura in December 2021.checked 11 Oct 2026
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