Parental Control App - Mobicip

As a parent and a teacher this is one of the better monitoring applications for kids. Schools monitor what our children are doing online and so should parents. Mobicip was very easy to use, great technical support and it worked on my son's Apple products and his Windows computer all with one nominal yearly fee. I was able to set different monitoring levels for my sons, who were different ages. I could turn off their access to the Internet in hourly intervals and it could monitor applications they loaded. It worked seamlessly with the existing parental controls on their Apple products and with the computer. Anytime I had a question about using or changing something with Mobicip the tech support was quick to respond and they were always able to resolve the concern. I have recommended this application to all my friends and colleagues. This is a great investment in your child’s safety.

I have previously submitted a one star review (of the updated version) of this app. I am currently increasing the rating to two stars because I appreciate that the Mobicip team has reintroduced the safe browser feature. I do believe that this feature has greatly improved the app and its functionality. All this said there remains one major flaw which is the reason that my review remains at two stars and has not made its way back to five. The issue with this app is that even in the safe browser mode Mobicip still requires you to have their manager on your phone. For starters I just don’t like the fact that some company (or really anyone) would have the ability to control my phone completely. However that reason is a personal preference and I wouldn’t necessarily rate the app two stars because of that. The real issue lies in the fact that with the Mobicip manager on no (or at least none of the ones I have) financial apps function (I’m assuming for security purposes). These apps are really important to me, as I’m sure they are to many other customers. It is for that reason that I had to delete that app and that my rating of the app remains at two stars. I hope you remove the requirement to have the Mobicip manager soon so I can start using the app again.

I’ve tried various apps and programs and all have had one shortcoming or another. Of all I’ve tried, Mobicip is the best solution. The combination of customizable filtering, time limits, and accountability in a self contained browser that works is something I’m grateful for. Pro tip, you may need to set safari to ‘only allow certain websites’ and then list whichever positive sites you do want access to using Mobicip in tandem rather than simply blocking safari and leaving this as the sole browser. I say this because some other apps have built in browsers that run a type of safari within the app and simply removing safari doesn’t remove their access but by allowing only specific ‘good’ sites on safari this will block all other access even from within other apps. Mobicip is a great product, I’m thankful to the team for doing the work and putting it out there.

We used Mobicip for quite a few years while our kids were getting “introduced” to technology. It allowed us to give them access to the internet without fear of accidentally going to bad locations. The app allowed them to request access when needed, making it easy for us to discuss why they should or shouldn’t go to specific sites. Some may complain that it is too strict but at this entry stage I would rather block 10 good sites than let 1 bad site accidentally sneak through. We just cancelled our subscription as the kids are old enough now to rely on controls available in their devices. Cancellation was smooth, efficient and professional...no issues. Mobicip served its purpose and helped us teach our kids proper use of the internet.

I've tried several other web filters and found mobicip to be the best for our family. It is flexible and comprehensive and always leans towards filtering too much which is just fine for me as I can adjust from there. With a very curious 7 year old in the house, searching is often done by images, so we tested this out thoroughly before turning him loose with your product. Too much filtering is best. We tried others with the VPN tied filtering which slowed down our older model ipads so much they were virtually unusable. Thank you for making a product that works for our family. I also appreciate that you allow a true free trial period so we could test it out. I contacted customer support and found them to be very reponsive.