CurrentWare BrowseControl VS CtrlKid

CurrentWare BrowseControl's answer

Simplicity: Block or allow websites in just a few clicks. Easily provide limited access to your URL and web content category filter settings to allow trusted operators to customize the web filtering policies for their department.

Data Residency & Control: Retain full control over your user activity data by deploying the management software locally rather than sending it to a third party

Customer Support: CurrentWare's dedicated support team is available over live chat, email, and phone to ensure your ongoing success with our software. We will support you every step of the way—whether you’re just starting your free trial or actively using CurrentWare to improve the security and productivity of your organization

Affordability: We provide critical security controls at an advantageous price to keep security accessible to organizations of all sizes. In addition to our accessible pricing, we offer a variety of discounts based on non-profit status, volume, contract term, and more.

CtrlKid's answer:

Most parental control apps, such as Qustodio, Net Nanny and Norton Family, charge a yearly subscription and send your child's activity to the company's servers. CtrlKid works differently:

• One-time price: Pro costs $24.95 once for 1 PC, or $34.95 once for up to 5 PCs. There is no yearly fee.
• Your child's data stays on your PC: there is no account and no cloud upload.
• YouTube limited to what you pick: your child sees only videos on the topics and channels you chose, with no Shorts or autoplay.
• You choose what happens for each word: log it quietly, alert your phone, erase it, lock the screen, or sound an alarm.
• Free to start: the YouTube extension is free with 5 topics. Pro has a 30-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

CtrlKid's answer:

CtrlKid controls two things on a family PC: what your child watches on YouTube, and what your child types.

• YouTube: you pick the topics and channels. Your child sees only videos on them. Shorts, autoplay, Up next and the homepage feed are removed.
• Typing: you list words to watch for, such as your home address or words linked to bullying or adult content. When your child types one, CtrlKid does what you chose for that word: log it, send an alert to your phone, erase it, lock the screen, or sound an alarm.

Everything runs on your PC. There is no account to create, and nothing about your child is uploaded. Pro is a one-time payment, not a subscription.

CtrlKid's answer:

Parents of children aged about 4 to 11 who use a family computer running Windows or Linux.

These parents want two things:

• to choose what their child watches on YouTube, instead of leaving it to YouTube's recommendations
• to know when their child types something unsafe, such as personal details sent to a stranger in a game or chat app

CtrlKid is not built for teenagers or for phones.

CtrlKid's answer:

CtrlKid was started by a parent who wanted two things from the family PC: YouTube time spent on videos the parent had picked, and a way to know when a child types something unsafe.

Most parental control apps charge a yearly subscription and send a child's activity to the company's servers. CtrlKid was built to run on the PC itself, with no account, no cloud upload and a one-time price.

The free YouTube extension came first and was approved on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons. The desktop app for Windows and Linux added the keyword watchlist, phone alerts and screen time limits.

CtrlKid's answer:

• Desktop app: Python, built for Windows (.exe) and Linux (.deb and AppImage)
• Browser extension: JavaScript WebExtension for Chrome and Firefox
• Website and licensing: WordPress
• Builds and tests: GitHub Actions and Docker