Best Parental Control Apps in India 2026: 9 Compared, ₹ Prices

Short answer: for one app that blocks adult sites in every browser, limits apps and covers Android, iPhone and Mac, ParentalEdge is ₹999/year + GST after a 7-day free trial. Family Link is free for basic Android limits. Kaspersky costs ₹1,389/year, Norton Rs. 1,749 (first year) and SafeParent ₹3,000/year; COP is free for a year; JioShield needs Jio numbers.

Bark is worth knowing about, but it is not sold in India, so it is not ranked here.

Start the 7-day free trial at parentaledge.com — no upfront, then ₹999/year + GST on UPI.

How we compared (updated 18 Oct 2026). Prices and plan details come from each app's own India page or its Google Play India listing, checked on 18 Oct 2026. Where an app shows no rupee price, we say so rather than convert. We make ParentalEdge, so every section also says when a competitor is the better fit. Prices change. Check the vendor's page before you buy.

On Android only, with Xiaomi/Realme/Vivo battery issues? See our Android-specific comparison.

The nine compared

The Google Play ranges for Qustodio and AirDroid are the range across all in-app items on Google Play, not a plan price.

Where each one fits

ParentalEdge

One Family plan at ₹999/year + GST (₹1,178.82), paid by UPI or card on our own web checkout with an INR + GST invoice. It covers Android 8.1+, iPhone, iPad and Mac (macOS 15+) — up to 25 devices and 10 children — with a 7-day free trial, no upfront payment and a 30-day refund. There's no Windows app, so if your child's main device is a PC, look at Qustodio, Norton or Kaspersky.

Google Family Link

is genuinely useful and costs nothing — daily and per-app limits, Play Store approval, location, School Time. Two things stop it being enough: web filtering only works in Chrome, so any second browser walks around it, and from 13 your child can switch off YouTube's teen supervision without asking you. Family Link supervision itself now needs your approval until they turn 18, per Google's current help — but YouTube is a separate system. You also get no browsing history, no search queries and no YouTube detail — only how long an app was open.

SafeParent

India-focused: its India page names Redmi, Realme, OPPO, Vivo and Samsung phones and works on India Standard Time. It has school and tuition arrive-and-leave alerts, per-app minutes, and a switch to "block adult, gambling and betting" sites. It costs ₹300/month or ₹3,000/year for up to 5 children, paid through Google Play (UPI, cards or other Play payment methods), with a 7-day trial for one child. Our contrast: ₹999 + GST covers up to 10 children and 25 devices, and you can pay by UPI on our own web checkout with an INR + GST invoice.

Kaspersky Safe Kids

₹1,389 for "1 User Account / 1 Year", and one account covers all your children's devices. Kaspersky says its Android apps are no longer on Google Play, so you install Safe Kids from its site or another store. Where it wins: a free version that keeps limits and blocking, and Windows support.

Norton Family

is solid web filtering and location from a brand you know, at around ₹1,749 for the first year, but its time controls are the least flexible of the group.

COP (Baatu)

India-built — it calls itself "India's homegrown parental control app". It markets "real-time GPS location tracking" and says monitoring "works silently in the background", while its FAQ says children are informed. Where it wins: the first year is free for new users (limited offer), then from ₹89/month. Our contrast: iPhone, iPad and Mac child apps, and a 30-day refund window.

JioShield

Needs Jio numbers for both parent and child, and the child's phone must run Android 10 or later. It claims near-real-time location and call-in listening. Enrolment is ₹1,000 one-time for a year as a bundled offer. Where it wins: bundled vouchers for families already on Jio.

Qustodio

filters and reports well and covers Windows, which we don't. The catch is price — its website lists US$59.95/year for Basic and US$104.95 for Complete, in US dollars with no UPI at its web checkout — and the useful features sit on the pricier tier. Everything is configured by hand.

AirDroid Parental Control

lists at US$59.99/year and leads with remote monitoring — camera, ambient audio, screen mirroring. If that is what you are after it does it, but it is a different trade from filtering and time limits, and we think it is the wrong one; our AirDroid comparison sets out why.

A note on Bark, which parents often ask about: it is built to notice things — cyberbullying, signs of depression, risky messages — rather than block them. It is a genuinely good tool, but Bark is not sold in India, so we have not ranked it. If you are reading from a country where it is available, our Qustodio vs Bark comparison covers which one suits blocking and which suits monitoring.

What global apps miss about India

The global apps above were built for American families, so their blocklists don't know about the categories that actually cost Indian families money:

• Fantasy sports and betting — Dream11, MPL, My11Circle, WinZO
• Predatory loan apps — KreditBee, LazyPay and the constant stream of new ones
• Vault and hider apps that disguise themselves as calculators
• UPI on our own web checkout, with an INR + GST invoice — no US-dollar card needed

ParentalEdge blocks 270+ India-relevant apps by default, so you're not searching for each new betting app by name as it appears.

What you get for ₹999 + GST

• Two-minute setup. Pick an age group — Young Child (5–10), Pre-Teen (11–15) or Teen (16–17) — and screen time, bedtime, web filtering and app rules are all configured for you.
• Web filtering in every browser, incognito included, with Safe Search forced on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and Yandex. Browsers that can't be filtered get blocked.
• Real visibility — browsing history, search queries, a daily email report, and YouTube video titles and channels on Android.
• Time Windows — per-app scheduling, so you choose the hours each app can open.
• Bypass prevention — alternative browsers, VPNs and vault apps blocked.
• Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac under one parent login, with the same category database behind filtering on each. The iPhone and iPad child app is not feature-complete against Android — app usage does not reach the dashboard on iOS, because Apple does not expose it.

Start the 7-day free trial at parentaledge.com — no upfront, then ₹999/year + GST on UPI.

Head-to-head with the free option

Most families are really deciding between Family Link and paying for something. That comparison:

Which fits your situation

Frequently asked questions

Can I run ParentalEdge and Family Link together?
Yes, on the same Android device, without conflicts. Family Link handles Play Store approval and Google account supervision; ParentalEdge handles filtering, visibility and iOS. Many families do run both.

Is it worth paying when Family Link is free?
It depends on one question: do you need filtering that survives a second browser? If your worry is adult content or betting apps, Family Link's Chrome-only filtering is the gap, and no amount of configuring closes it. If you only want time limits on Android, Family Link is genuinely enough.

Which app blocks Dream11 and other betting apps?
ParentalEdge blocks Dream11, MPL, My11Circle, WinZO and similar by default. On the others you find and block each one by hand, and new ones keep arriving.

Which works on both Android and iPhone?
ParentalEdge and Qustodio both supervise Android and iOS children from one dashboard — on ours the iOS child app is not feature-complete against Android, and app usage does not show on the parent dashboard because Apple does not expose it. Family Link only supervises Android. Bark covers both but monitors rather than blocks, and it is not sold in India.

How much does a parental control app cost in India?
From free to a few thousand rupees a year. Family Link is free. COP is free for its first year, then from ₹89/month. ParentalEdge is ₹999/year + GST (₹1,178.82). Kaspersky Safe Kids is ₹1,389/year, Norton Family Rs. 1,749 for the first year, and SafeParent ₹3,000/year. Prices checked 18 Oct 2026.

Which parental control apps can I pay for with UPI?
Any app that sells subscriptions through Google Play in India, because Google Play accepts UPI for all subscriptions. ParentalEdge also takes UPI on its own web checkout and gives you an INR + GST invoice.

Is Kaspersky Safe Kids on Google Play?
No. Kaspersky says its Android apps are no longer on Google Play, so you install Safe Kids from Kaspersky's site or another app store.

Is Bark available in India?
No. Bark says it's available in the United States, South Africa and Australia.

Bottom line

If cost is the only thing that matters, start with Family Link — it's free and it does time limits. If what actually worries you is what your child can reach, the Chrome-only gap is the problem, and ParentalEdge closes it.

One Family plan. In India: 7-day free trial with no upfront payment, then ₹999/year + GST via UPI.

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