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Circle goes beyond setting Screen Time Limits and Filters with additional parental control features like Pause, History, Rewards and Bedtime. Parents can customize screen time and WiFi control based on their kids’ ages and their own family preferences, and even limit or block social media.\n\nSCREEN TIME PARENTAL CONTROL APP\n\n• Filter: Choose appropriate (or block inappropriate) content by age with web filters. Even block social media.\n• Time Limits: Set daily screen time limits for popular apps and sites.\n• Pause the Internet®: Make the Internet stop for every family member (or just one).\n\nMONITOR AND KEEP TRACK OF ONLINE TIME\n\n• History: Check out sites kids visited (or tried to visit) throughout the day. Or go back as far as you’d like for screen monitoring and phone monitoring.\n• Usage: Get a complete picture of your family’s Internet use, across all devices\n• Location: Keep track of your kids through their mobile devices. Monitor kids’ phones to keep them safe.\n\nBALANCE TIME ONLINE AND OFFLINE\n\n• Bedtime: Ensure your kids get the sleep they need. Set a bedtime for connected devices.\n• Rewards: Celebrate good behavior by giving a little extra online time just for the day.\n• Focus Time: Schedule distraction-free Internet time for school, homework or offline time.\n\nStart managing your family’s online screen time today with a free trial to access all the parental control app features like WiFi blocker, app blocker and other premium parental control app and screen time control features. Circle’s WiFi manager, Internet and website blocker, and mobile device management make for the most robust screen time parental control app available.\n\nKids can use the Circle parental control app to keep track of their own screen time online with a personalized dashboard. \n\nTHE ULTIMATE PARENTAL CONTROL APP\nOver 90% of Circle parental control app users say it helps keep their kids safe online and makes it easier to manage screen time in their family. \n\n————\n\nCircle Home Plus — sold separately\n\nNeed an in-home device to manage online screen time on smart TVs, video game consoles, and computers? Manage all Wi-Fi connected devices in your home with the Circle Home Plus parental control device - universal parental control at home and away! Learn more: meetcircle.com\n\nThe Circle Parental Controls App is not for use with Circle with Disney or Circle on Netgear routers.\n\n————\n\nNeed Help?\n\nIf you have any parental control app questions, need help with the Circle parental control app, or want to provide feedback, please contact our Support Team:\n\nhelp@meetcircle.com\nhelp.meetcircle.com\n\n————\n\nSubscription Pricing & Terms\n\nA Circle subscription is required and gives your family access to every Circle parental control feature.\n\nCircle Subscription comes with a  FREE trial period (for new premium members only). \n\nThe Circle subscription is an automatic renewing subscription. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions are billed at the start of each period and cannot be refunded. Subscribers can manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal by visiting their iTunes Account Settings after purchase.\n\nPrivacy policy: https://meetcircle.com/privacy/\nTerms of use: https://meetcircle.com/license/","facts":{"developer_id":950202222,"developer_url":"https://meetcircle.com","first_released":"2019-04-10T16:09:14Z","support_url":"https://help.meetcircle.com/","privacy_url":"https://meetcircle.com/legal/privacy","website_url":"https://meetcircle.com/","app_version":"2.35.0","release_notes":"This release includes some minor bug fixes. 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