Parental Control App - Kidslox

• Kidslox - 12 months — $5.99/month
• Kidslox - 12 months — $49.99/year ($4.16/mo)
• Kidslox - 12 months — $79.99/year ($6.66/mo)
• 3 Months — $3.99/month
• 3 Months — $5.99/month
• 3 Months — $7.99/month
• 3 Months — $19.99/quarter
• Kidslox Premium — $2.99

Last verified 4 Sep 2026

4.3 40020 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Could use upgrade, overall great!

   I’ve used this app for a few years for my kids’ devices (ipads) and now my teen’s phone. I love this app and truly do recommend it to parents when they ask me what I use to help govern the amount of time my children spend on their devices. The only issues I have are that the AI feature in the screenshot aspect to detect words and activity that may be harmful is extremely inaccurate. If out of 5 warnings, 1 is accurate….thats 20% accuracy which is extremely low for an app that is meant to provide or help to provide an added layer of security. The other feature that doesn’t make sense to me is the screenshot feature. I LOVE that the app takes occasional screenshots. It’s actually helped me be able to intervene with matters. The part that is problematic is that the screenshot function only operates when my child is in child mode and has time. There are features like text that he still has access to when he’s not in child mode or doesn’t have time, but because of how the screenshot features is set up, it doesn’t provide screenshots outside of the child mode/time on device parameters. Is there a way to fix this? The app can detect when the phone is in use…it should then still continue to take screenshots of phone activity.

   iriehouse · 4 Sep 2026

2. 5/5PC app required for set up & its a pain

   I downloaded this app a year ago, tried the free version and eventually paid for premium subscription. I was able to successfully restrict access to certain apps, inappropriate content and screentime for my daughters phone very well. I gave for the success of that time. However, we upgraded phones recently and the set up has been so very difficult!! In order to set up premium features it now requires me to download the PC app as well. Well, whatever it tries to download NEVER downloads and stay stuck at 5%. i have tried downloading again, rebooted, deleted and reinstalled and never manage to finish set up because its get stuck at 5% download. PC app is so irritating. Wish I could do everything thru the phone app like I did before in my initial set up. I tried reaching out for help and haven’t heard back in two days. Didn’t get an auto response acknowledging my email so I’m not sure if anyone will eventually get back to me. *Update* i eventually received a response and they tried getting more info to fix it. Replied back and said that it had been fixed and they released a new ISO version BUT it still doesn’t download past 5%. I really liked this but I can no longer use my paid subscription and only get watered down features that are hardly helpful on their own. It doesn’t seem a fix is coming before my subscription expires, so I definately won’t be renewing to $50 subcription.

   Laurapoo13 · 4 Sep 2026

3. 2/5I don’t know what’s happening with the app

   Okay so I’m the kid who’s writing the review but there are some problems when my parents give me time. The first problem is when my parents give me like 30 minutes, the app takes out literally half of the minutes and I had 18. I know this because I stayed on Kidslox looking at my minutes but like 2 minutes later it turned into 18 minutes but this isn’t the first time. My mother gave me 1 hour but it turned into 50 minutes. When my parents give me minutes I always check first. I don’t understand this app. My parents are saying it keeps me off the phone but I can barely talk to friends but what I’m saying is that it ruined my life. Some of my friends don’t even talk to me and I wanna talk to them. Okay, I’m going to stop talking about something stupid and talk about why I’m really typing. This happened a few months ago but kidslox kinda glitches and the glitches are when I can’t type or see the messages my friends sent and I know because I had minutes and I decided to delete kidslox to see if the problems was from that and when I deleted it. All my messages came back But than my dad installed it again. But that problem is gone I don’t think it’s going to happen again. But what I’m trying to say is that you could read this and fix the problems cause I don’t what this to happen all the time, where for every minute I have to look at kidslox to see if it is gone or not. Please fix. Thank you.

   none -,- · 4 Sep 2026

4. 2/5Horrible app

   I have read a lot of reviews on this and they are mostly bad so parents if you want your kids to hate you for the rest of their life for ruining the best years of their life this is the perfect app and I get it you want your kids to be safe and all but this is not the way to go instead try and set boundaries talk to them plus this also deletes storage off your mobile device instead I would recommend using another app that is less expensive and annoying parents if your reading this don't waste your time buying this thinking you've done something when in reality you've made the problem worse. Kids will always find another way weather it's another device or figuring out the password. My advice is to save your money and your kids relationship and not get this app. Other ways is approaching your kid(s) with a deal that will make you both happy like trying to set(I say trying because there at other ways to approach this) boundaries talK tO them plus this also deletes storage off your mobile device instead I would recommend using another app that is less expensive and annoying parents if your reading this don't waste your time buying this thinking you've done something when in reality you've made the problem worse. Kids will always find another way weather it's another device or figuring out the password my advice is to save your money and relationship with your kid (s) and not get this app.

   Ihatekidsloxx · 4 Sep 2026

5. 1/5Account got hacked and they’re telling me to get over it

   I’ve had this app almost a year. My account was recently hacked and I’m asking them what proof I need to show them that I paid for it they won’t respond in a timely manner and have told me that I basically need to get over it and buy a new one. It’s clearly not a secure application when they can’t even provide you proof that you paid for it I showed them my subscription through my iTunes with my connected emails and they still will not give me my account back I don’t know if they have any of my other phones information but if you value your privacy I would not trust this company Update: Even after showing them my receipts when they finally asked me for them they did not provide me with my account. They are allowing a hacker access to my account so hopefully they don’t have the ability to see what my children’s phones are searching, gps location, and all the otherSensitive information the app gathers I am not sure as this company might only send one email a day. At the end of the day I had to contact me bank and they gave me the money back as kidslox is not providing services after purchase. In short I would not recommend would give it less then a 1 out of 5 if I could. Edit. After all this. They just now weeks later want to see my receipt. I have already asked the bank to give me my money back which they did for kidslox breach on contract after I got hacked. Don’t trust this company folks

   ishmaeladdams · 4 Sep 2026

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