Keep your family safe online with Aura Parental Controls
Set screen time limits, block inappropriate websites and apps, and get real-time alerts about cyberbullying or predators in online games — plus access new safety and wellbeing tools developed with Aura’s team of clinical psychologists.
Kids Plan
$10/mo
Family
$32/mo
How Aura’s Parental Controls work
You can’t always monitor everything your child does online. When you sign up, Aura Parents provides a safer way to search, explore, and interact with friends online.
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Get deeper insights into your child’s digital wellbeing
Kids are navigating a digital world with real risks. Aura Parents helps you understand if your kids are happy, healthy, and safe online and enables you to help them build healthier digital habits and online balance.
View trends in your kid’s online routines, including shifts from their baseline of social interactions, daytime activity, or sleep habits, to help you spot meaningful changes in their wellbeing.
Gain a clear and personalized view of your kid’s online usage patterns throughout the day and overnight, making it easier to understand behaviors that impact healthy habits or might interfere with their sleep.
Get insight into your kid’s social behavior patterns, including their engagement style and the volume and tone of their online interactions. Uncover their unique social persona based on their social patterns.
Access science-backed recommendations, tips, and conversation starters based on your kid’s daytime and nighttime activity and their unique social persona.
Set digital ground rules for a safer online experience
Completely block or set time limits on specific apps, games, and websites.
Customize filters, screen time limits, and schedules for each of your children.
Activate SafeSearch to filter out explicit content from search results on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.
Instantly shut off internet access on your child's device — or reward them with bonus time.
Remove distractions during school hours, homework time, family meals, and bedtime.
Get alerted with 24/7 voice & text monitoring across the most popular PC games (powered by Kidas).
Get a complete and accurate picture of your child’s online time across all devices.
Protect all of your family’s devices against viruses, hacking, and malware (Family plan only).
Aura family plans and pricing
Decide whether you just want Aura’s parental controls or full family online protection. Both plans include a 14-day free trial and 60-day money-back guarantee (on annual plans).
Compare Aura to other family safety apps
Aura | Bark | |
|---|---|---|
Free trials | 14-day free trial | 7-day free trial |
Best price | $10/mo | $14/mo |
Content Filtering |  | |
Screen Time Limits | | |
Bedtime & Focus Time | | |
Pause the Internet® | | |
Safe Gaming | |  |
Antivirus Protection | | |
Dark Web & Data Breach Alerts | | |
Aura provides online safety for your entire family
Aura’s full-family protection gives you access to a full suite of identity theft, hacking, and fraud protection, including:
Aura's identity theft protection monitors your family's personally identifiable information (PII) and sends near real-time notifications of potential leaks.
Aura can facilitate three-ways calls with creditors, banks, and merchants to help restore your identity. These entities will need to verify your identity directly.ifications of potential leaks.
Aura offers up to $1 million per adult (up to $5 million total coverage with the Family plan) as insurance for eligible out-of-pocket expenses due to identity theft.
Aura protects your family against online scams, hacking, and viruses with a full suite of tools — antivirus, VPN, password manager, spam call protection, and more.
Frequently asked questions
What devices does Aura Parental Controls work on?
Aura’s Parental Controls features work on Apple iPhones and iPads (iOS 16 or later) but not iPods, and Android devices (Android 12.0 or later).
Aura’s Safe Gaming features work on computers that run Windows.
In-game communication monitoring is available on over 200 of the most popular PC games and gaming communication platforms, including Apex Legends, Roblox, Fortnite, World of Warcraft, and Discord.
How can I lock parental control settings so they can’t be changed or removed?
You can change the settings on your child’s device to prevent them from deleting or disabling Aura’s parental controls app. Here’s what to do:
On iOS:
- Navigate to Settings on your child’s iPhone or iPad.
- Tap Screen Time, then Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Scroll down and tap on iTunes & App Store Purchases.
- Tap on Deleting Apps and select Don’t Allow.
On Android:
- You’ll first need to make sure you have Google Family Link app set up on your child’s device
- Then, open Google Play Store and tap on Account.
- Select Family, then Manage Family Members.
- Tap on your child’s account and change the app permissions settings to restrict app deletion.
What are some other ways to help keep my kids safe online?
- Talk about safe online behavior: Online safety requires regular communication with your child. The Aura Digital Talk provides resources and tips to help families with children of all ages feel more comfortable approaching this topic.
- Update privacy settings: Most apps, social media sites, and even gaming consoles like Nintendo Switch and Playstation have privacy settings you can update to limit who can interact with your child. Check the service or manufacturer’s website for specific information on changing privacy settings.
- Learn about your device’s built-in settings: For example, Apple iOS devices allow parents to restrict app downloads, change privacy settings, and filter content (music, movies, apps, and TV shows) based on content ratings.
- Enable SafeSearch and other kid-friendly features: You can update your web browser (such as Chrome or Safari), search engine, or even YouTube (under YouTube Kids) settings to help prevent your child from stumbling onto adult content.
- Educate yourself about social media use and trends: Knowing how your kids use apps and social media sites can help you proactively protect them against online risks and dangers. Read more about social media safety for kids.
When should my child get their own phone?
Unfortunately, there’s no “perfect age” for your child to get their own phone. The decision will depend on their maturity level, your trust in them, and your unique situation. To help you understand if your child is ready for a phone, take our free online quiz.
How can I learn more about Aura’s Parental Controls features?
If you still have questions about Aura’s parental controls or family safety plans, you can check our online FAQ, or call our U.S.-based support team 24/7 at: 866-692-1079.
How does Aura protect my child’s privacy?
Aura takes privacy seriously. Data is used only to improve our products and support research that benefits families. You can find more details in our privacy policy.
When should I start using parental controls?
A good time to consider using parental controls is when your kid gets their first device or smartphone or starts using a device without supervision.
Aura’s parental controls help you to understand and control your child’s activities on their devices. For example, you can block inappropriate content, set time limits for specific apps and receive notifications when they go over, view their web browser history, and get insights into their online activity.
Kids today are surrounded by technology and their relationship with it changes over time. At times, you may want to consider adjusting your parental controls settings for each child’s account. Aura Parental Controls are flexible and customizable making them a great tool for kids of all ages.
What is Safe Gaming and what does it do?
Aura has partnered with Kidas to offer Safe Gaming powered by ProtectMe as part of Family plans. ProtectMe is gaming’s safest privacy and protection software for your family’s PC. Kidas scans all gaming-related communications in the background and sends alerts to your email if cyberbullying or online predators are detected. Each week, you’ll get a full report with your child’s overall threat severity exposure score, a breakdown of all threats detected, and gaming time insights. Install the software to your child’s PC to get instantly connected and protected.
Take the next step to protect your child online. Call us at 1-888-905-5350 to learn more about our award-winning child safety features.