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Best Aura alternatives (2026)
6 alternatives to Aura in parental control, ranked by entry price. Aura starts at $13/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Aura: Qustodio, Screen Time (Screentimelabs), Mobicip, Norton Family, Bark, CleanBrowsing.
- Free alternatives: Qustodio, Screen Time (Screentimelabs), CleanBrowsing.
- Closest by price: Qustodio ($0/mo), Screen Time (Screentimelabs) ($0/mo), Mobicip ($2.99/mo).
Aura alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qustodio STALE · 2026-09-05 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Families wanting deep social media message monitoring across major platforms | qustodio.com |
| 2 | Screen Time (Screentimelabs) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Parents who want a free monitoring-only tier before committing to a subscription | screentimelabs.com |
| 3 | Mobicip | $2.99/mo | No | — | Large families needing up to 20 devices at the lowest per-device cost in the category | mobicip.com |
| 4 | Norton Family STALE · 2026-09-26 | $4.17/mo | No | — | Windows-centric households wanting affordable flat-rate unlimited-device coverage | us.norton.com |
| 5 | Bark STALE · 2026-09-27 | $6/mo | No | — | Parents who want alert-only monitoring rather than full content surveillance | bark.us |
| 6 | CleanBrowsing | $8.99/mo | Yes | — | Households wanting network-level filtering without installing software on each device (covers smart TVs, consoles, IoT) | cleanbrowsing.org |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 4 of 6 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Parental Control index.