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Best Parental Control (2026)

The cheapest parental control is Qustodio at $0/mo. 3 offer a free tier (Qustodio, Screen Time (Screentimelabs), CleanBrowsing). This page compares 7 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.

7 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.

Key takeaways

  • Cheapest: Qustodio at $0/mo (Free).
  • Typical paid price: from $2.99/mo, median $5/mo, up to $13/mo — across 7 with published pricing.
  • Free tier: Qustodio, Screen Time (Screentimelabs), CleanBrowsing.
  • Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.

Comparison

Entry price = lowest published self-serve monthly plan. Sourced per row.
#Parental ControlEntry priceFreeHIPAASOC 2Best forSource
1 Qustodio $0/mo Free Yes Families wanting deep social media message monitoring across major platforms techradar.com
2 Screen Time (Screentimelabs) $0/mo Basic Yes Parents who want a free monitoring-only tier before committing to a subscription screentimelabs.com
3 Mobicip $2.99/mo Lite No Large families needing up to 20 devices at the lowest per-device cost in the category mobicip.com
4 Norton Family $4.17/mo Norton Family No Windows-centric households wanting affordable flat-rate unlimited-device coverage us.norton.com
5 Bark $5/mo Bark Jr No Parents who want alert-only monitoring rather than full content surveillance bark.us
6 CleanBrowsing $8.99/mo Basic Yes Households wanting network-level filtering without installing software on each device (covers smart TVs, consoles, IoT) cleanbrowsing.org
7 Aura $13/mo Kids No Yes Families wanting parental controls bundled with adult identity theft protection aura.com

Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest parental control?

Qustodio has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.

How much does parental control cost per month?

Across the 7 parental control with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $5/mo, ranging from $2.99/mo to $13/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 3 also offer a free tier.

Which parental control have a free plan?

Qustodio, Screen Time (Screentimelabs), CleanBrowsing offer a free tier.

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How we compiled this

Prices fetched from official vendor pricing/product pages where available. Bark prices from bark.us/pricing and bark.us/bark-app (USD prices rendered live, June 2026). Qustodio's official site (qustodio.com/en/premium/) geolocated to EUR; USD plan prices sourced from TechRadar review (last updated July 2025) and cross-checked against TechRadar review article for plan structure — noted in provenance. Norton Family from us.norton.com/products/norton-family-premier (USD prices live). Aura from aura.com/pricing and aura.com/parental-controls (USD prices live). Mobicip from mobicip.com/pricing (USD prices live, billed annually). CleanBrowsing from cleanbrowsing.org/pricing (USD prices live). Circle (meetcircle.com) now redirects to Aura — Circle is excluded as a separate entity since it merged into Aura. All monthlyUsd figures for annually-billed plans represent the annualized monthly rate. accessedAt = 2026-06-14 on all sources.

Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.

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