NetSpy
The facts below are what the maker publishes about NetSpy, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From NetSpy's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Core monitoring, screen time and places included · Message-body reading, extended location history, extra device slots and additional account days unlock through tasks |
The facts
Each one read from NetSpy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Activity reports
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Calls and messages
- NetSpy shows call logs and message history; message content is available with a consent switch visible to the child.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content filtering
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- NetSpy says it is for parents or legal guardians monitoring their own minor children on devices they own or control, with the child aware the app is installed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Keyword alerts
- NetSpy can flag phrases in notifications across apps, including phrases associated with grooming, bullying, self-harm, drugs and secret meetings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location
- The dashboard shows the phone's live location, a day's route, and arrival or departure alerts for saved places.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location tracking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Pricing limits
- Message-body reading, extended location history, extra device slots and account days require completing tasks such as reviewing or referring NetSpy; there is no subscription or payment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- NetSpy says data is transmitted over encrypted connections, child-device access tokens are stored only as hashes, data is kept for a rolling window, and families can delete associated data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- NetSpy is a parental control app that brings a child's screen time, location, calls, messages, apps and websites into one dashboard.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Screen time
- Parents can set daily budgets, bedtimes, locked school hours and per-app limits, and children can request more time from their phone.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Visible monitoring
- The app appears on the child's home screen and displays what is shared; NetSpy says it never accesses the camera or microphone and does not log keystrokes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web filtering
- The web filter blocks adult and unsafe sites, enforces SafeSearch on Google and YouTube, and blocks unknown browsers.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App blocking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- App monitoring
- NetSpy lists installed apps and their usage, flags apps installed outside Google Play, and lets parents block or limit apps.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Device platforms
- androidchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Supported devices
- The child app runs on Android 9 and newer, while the parent dashboard is a website accessible from a phone, tablet or computer browser.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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