Norton Family
Norton Family is a paid parental-control service for helping parents manage children’s online activity and device use.
What Norton Family is
Norton Family is a paid parental-control service for helping parents manage children’s online activity and device use. It provides content filtering, app blocking, screen-time schedules, activity reports, and location tracking. Parents can review visited websites, block unsuitable sites or topics, schedule use, and set daily limits on Windows, Android, and iOS devices. Search Supervision shows search terms, while Video Supervision can show videos watched on YouTube.com, excluding the YouTube and Hulu apps. School Time allows school-related websites while blocking distracting ones. Location Supervision maps Android and iOS devices and keeps a 30-day history where available. Email reports and blocked-site alerts are included. Parents manage settings through a browser Parent Portal or mobile apps. Windows web, search, and video supervision require supported browser extensions. Norton Family supports Windows, iOS, Android, browser extension, and web, but not Mac. The plan costs $49.99 a year, billed annually, with unlimited devices and a 30-day trial.
Good
- Content filtering and app blocking
- Screen schedules and daily limits
- Activity reports and blocked-site alerts
- Android and iOS location history
- Unlimited devices on annual plan
Watch out
- No free plan
- Mac is not supported
- Some supervision requires Windows extensions
- Location availability varies by country
Who it suits
It suits parents who want website controls, scheduled device use, reports, alerts, and location supervision across supported child devices. Families using Mac computers should note that Norton Family is not supported there.
Verdict
Norton Family combines website, app, time, activity, and location controls in one paid service. Platform support and extension requirements should be checked before choosing it.
Plans and prices
From Norton Family's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Norton Family | $49.99 a year | Norton Family parental controls · not all features available on all platforms · $49.99/year for the first year; then renewal price shown as {msrp}/year |
The facts
Each one read from Norton Family's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Activity reports
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Content filtering
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Included with bundles
- Norton Family is included with Norton 360 Deluxe and Norton 360 Premium.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location
- Location Supervision maps Android and iOS device locations and provides a 30-day history; availability varies by country.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Location tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Parent access
- Parents can manage settings through the Parent Portal in a browser or through Norton Family mobile apps.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Norton Family gives parents tools to help keep children safer and focused online, including activity insights, age-appropriate content monitoring, and screen limits.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reports and alerts
- Parents can receive activity reports by email and alerts when children attempt to visit blocked sites.checked 11 Oct 2026
- School Time
- Parents can allow specific school-related websites and block sites that distract children during the school day.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Search activity
- Search Supervision shows the words, terms, and phrases children search for.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The product page directs customers to Norton Member Services & Support for setup help.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Time limits
- Parents can schedule device use and set daily time limits for children’s Windows, Android, and iOS devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Video activity
- Video Supervision can show videos watched on YouTube.com; it does not work with the YouTube or Hulu apps.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web supervision
- Parents can see which sites children visit and block unsuitable websites or content topics.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App blocking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Browser extension requirement
- Web Supervision needs a supported browser extension on Windows for full functionality, and Video and Search Supervision also require a supported extension on Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mac limitation
- Norton Family and its parental control features are not supported on Mac.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported child devices
- Norton Family can be installed on a child’s Windows PC, iOS device, or Android device, though features vary by platform.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Prague, Czech Republic and Tempe, Arizona, USAchecked 4 Oct 2026
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