Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026
Parents look past Qustodio when the Basic plan's five-device cap or the yearly bill no longer fits, or when the fuller monitoring sits in the dearer Complete tier and works differently on iPhone than on Android. Most move to Mobicip, FamiSafe or Canopy for a printed monthly price, or to the free controls built into Google, Apple and Microsoft accounts.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Qustodio in our parental control apps ranking are Mobicip, FamiSafe and Canopy. Choose Mobicip if you want one feature set at a printed monthly price per device tier. These 11 options are lifted from the Best Parental Control Apps in 2026 list. The write-ups look at one question, how each one differs from Qustodio, and admit where Qustodio is still ahead.
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Qustodio's pricing page sells Basic at €46.95 a year for up to 5 devices and Complete at €79.95 a year for unlimited family devices. The free version protects a single device. A household with a few children, tablets and a shared PC can pass five quickly and must buy Complete.
The page's FAQ says Complete adds calls and messages monitoring, custom rules for web, apps and games, and YouTube monitoring on top of Basic. Parents who started on Basic for web filtering and app blocking find the more intrusive tools priced a tier higher.
A footnote on the pricing page says the panic button and message alerts for Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and X are Android only, and that calls and messages monitoring on iOS needs a Windows or Mac computer. A household of iPhones gets a narrower product than the feature list suggests.
Listed from best to weakest fit for people moving off Qustodio. The rightmost column shows where we rank each one out of 12.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mobicip | United States | you want one feature set at a printed monthly price per device tier | #2 |
| 2 |  FamiSafe | China | you want deeper monitoring, such as screen viewing and geofences, on one yearly plan | #10 |
| 3 |  Canopy | United States | explicit-content blocking and sexting alerts matter more than a low price | #8 |
| 4 |  OurPact | United States | you want instant blocking and location on 20 child devices, paid monthly if needed | #7 |
| 5 |  Aura Parental Controls | United States | you have many children or devices and might also want identity protection | #3 |
| 6 |  Net Nanny | United Kingdom | your family uses Windows, Mac and iPhone and you want a filter-first product | #9 |
| 7 |  Kaspersky Safe Kids | Russia | you want filtering and a locator from an antivirus vendor you already know | #12 |
| 8 |  Norton Family | United States | you would rather bundle parental controls with an antivirus suite you pay for already | #11 |
| 9 |  Google Family Link | United States | your children use Android phones or Chromebooks and you want no extra bill | #4 |
| 10 |  Apple Screen Time | United States | every child's device is an Apple one and you want zero extra cost | #5 |
| 11 |  Microsoft Family Safety | United States | your household runs Windows PCs and Xbox and uses Edge | #6 |
Cross-platform controller covering iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebook and Kindle Fire. Lite is $2.99 a month for 5 devices, Standard $4.99 for 10 and Premium $7.99 for 20, all billed annually after a seven-day trial. A free Basic plan manages 2 devices. Every tier lists the same features.
Switch from Qustodio if you want one feature set at a printed monthly price per device tier.
Wondershare's monitor covers iOS, Android, desktop and Chromebook. The Family Plan is shown at $4.99 a month, billed annually as $59.9. Features go further than filtering: screen viewer, one-way audio, sensitive image alerts and geofences. That depth suits parents who want surveillance, less so those who want a light touch.
Switch from Qustodio if you want deeper monitoring, such as screen viewing and geofences, on one yearly plan.
Built around content filtering: it says it detects and blocks pornography on any website, adds sexting alerts and filters AI chatbot content. Essential is $8.33 a month for one device, Plus $9.99 for three, Premium $12.50 for up to ten, billed annually. All plans include phone and chat support.
Switch from Qustodio if explicit-content blocking and sexting alerts matter more than a low price.
Aimed at phones and tablets on iOS and Android. Premium is $5.83 a month on a $69.99 annual bill ($6.99 billed monthly) for 20 child devices, with schedules, app blocking and live location. Premium+ at $99.99 a year adds screenshot monitoring. A 14-day free trial is offered.
Switch from Qustodio if you want instant blocking and location on 20 child devices, paid monthly if needed.
Sold by an identity protection company. The Kids plan is $10 a month billed annually ($13 monthly) for unlimited kids and devices, with filtering, pause-the-internet and gaming alerts. The Family plan, $32 a month annually, bundles identity and credit protection. Apps run on iOS and Android only.
Switch from Qustodio if you have many children or devices and might also want identity protection.
A long-running filter whose page promises scanning of every web page as it loads. It works on Windows, macOS and iOS, with no Android listed. Prices are yearly: $39.99 for one desktop, $54.99 for 5 devices and $89.99 for 20, each shown as 30 percent off for a limited time.
Switch from Qustodio if your family uses Windows, Mac and iPhone and you want a filter-first product.
A security vendor's parental product for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS: content filter, YouTube safe search, app control, screen time scheduling and a GPS locator. The page offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and a Premium comparison, but we could not read a plain price.
Switch from Qustodio if you want filtering and a locator from an antivirus vendor you already know.
Reports search terms and viewed videos, sets time limits and supervises web use on Windows, Android and iOS, not Mac. Norton Family alone is $49.99 for the first year. Norton 360 Deluxe, $119.99 for the first year, includes it as Parental Control.
Switch from Qustodio if you would rather bundle parental controls with an antivirus suite you pay for already.
Google's own supervision tool: screen time limits, downtime, per-app limits, approvals in Google Play, plus controls for Chrome, YouTube and Search. Children and teens run it on certain Android and Chrome devices. The page shows no price and does not list iPhone as a supervised device.
Switch from Qustodio if your children use Android phones or Chromebooks and you want no extra bill.
Built into iPhone, iPad and Mac through Child Accounts and Family Sharing, with no price on Apple's page. Time Allowances, schedules, Ask to Buy and Ask to Browse are listed. It only supervises Apple devices, so a Windows laptop or Android tablet in the house sits outside it.
Switch from Qustodio if every child's device is an Apple one and you want zero extra cost.
Microsoft's free-to-try family app. Screen time limits apply to Windows and Xbox, app and game limits also to Android. Web and search filters work only in Edge on Windows, Xbox and Android, and other browsers are blocked. The page lists no price and no iPhone limits.
Switch from Qustodio if your household runs Windows PCs and Xbox and uses Edge.
Qustodio is still the right pick for a family that needs one product across Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android and Kindle. Its page lists web filtering, game and app blocking, time limits, location, and calls, messages and social alerts on one account. Complete covers unlimited family devices, and a 30-day money-back guarantee limits the risk of testing it.
Qustodio is sold per year, so the cheapest moment to leave is just before it renews. Check the payment method and the account for the renewal date, then start the replacement a few weeks early so the child's devices are never unsupervised.
Rules, schedules and activity reports sit in the Qustodio account, and we found no export on the pages we read. Install the new agent on each child's device, rebuild the time limits by hand, and tell the children before the old app is removed.
Free built-ins such as Family Link, Screen Time and Family Safety only supervise their own platform. Before dropping a paid product, list which phones, tablets and PCs each child actually uses, since a mixed household still needs a cross-platform app.
No. Qustodio's FAQ says the Free version protects a single device and includes basic protection features. The paid plans start with Basic for up to 5 devices at €46.95 a year, and Complete covers unlimited family devices at €79.95 a year.
Only within 30 days. The FAQ states a 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied. After that window we found no refund terms on the pages we read, so cancel before the yearly term renews and ask support about the billing date.
It works on Windows, Android, iOS, Mac and Kindle. The panic button and alerts for Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and X messages are Android only, and calls and messages monitoring on iOS requires a Windows or Mac computer.
OurPact and Aura both print a monthly-billed price. OurPact Premium is $6.99 billed monthly and Aura Kids is $13 billed monthly. Mobicip and Canopy quote a per-month figure but bill annually, and Net Nanny and FamiSafe are yearly.
Yes. Mobicip lists a free Basic plan for 2 managed devices, and Google Family Link, Apple Screen Time and Microsoft Family Safety show no price on their pages. Each built-in tool is limited to its own platform.
Aura Kids, with unlimited kids and devices at $10 a month billed annually, and OurPact, with 20 child devices on either plan. Canopy caps its top plan at 10 devices, and Mobicip's top tier at 20.
We opened the vendors' own pages on November 5, 2026 to confirm each price and limit quoted for Qustodio and its rivals. Those pages move without warning, so the numbers describe that day only.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
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