What is the best parental control app for iPhone?

Google Family Link, S tier, ranked #1 of 21, rated 4.7 by 294,943 people.

Which parental control apps are free?

21 of 21 are free to download: Google Family Link (S), Nintendo Switch Parental Cont... (S), Parental Control App Kids360 (S), Parental Control App - Kidslox (S) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.

Which parental control app has the best App Store rating?

Nintendo Switch Parental Cont... at 4.7 from 165,272 ratings.

AppTierList › All lists › Parental Controls

Best Parental Control Apps for iPhone (2026)

21 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Google Family Link is the top-ranked of 21 parental control apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 294,943 ratings.

1
Google Family LinkS
Free · ★ 4.7 · 294,943 ratings · score 97
2
Nintendo Switch Parental Cont...S
Free · ★ 4.7 · 165,272 ratings · score 97
3
Parental Control App Kids360S
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,947 ratings · score 93
4
Parental Control App - KidsloxS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 40,270 ratings · score 91
5
Parental Control App - OurPactA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 36,730 ratings · score 89

What belongs in this list

Limit and monitor what a child can do on their phone or device.

Not here: parenting tips alone; a family location tracker alone; a general screen time reminder for oneself alone; a spending control app alone; a smart home control app alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Google Family LinkS
Free · ★ 4.7 · 294,943 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
Nintendo Switch Parental Cont...S
Free · ★ 4.7 · 165,272 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
Parental Control App Kids360S
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,947 ratings · score 93 · best in class
4
Parental Control App - KidsloxS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 40,270 ratings · score 91 · best in class
5
Parental Control App - OurPactA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 36,730 ratings · score 89 · excellent
6
Qustodio Parental Control AppA
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 9,516 ratings · score 88 · excellent
7
FamiSafe: Parental Control AppA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 4,369 ratings · score 87 · excellent
8
Amazon Kids Parent DashboardA
Free · ★ 4.5 · 42,400 ratings · score 87 · excellent
9
Alli360 by Kids360A
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,727 ratings · score 86 · excellent
10
Circle Parental Controls AppA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 13,439 ratings · score 84 · excellent
11
AT&T Secure Family® ParentA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 22,577 ratings · score 82 · excellent
12
Bark - Parental ControlsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 36,076 ratings · score 81 · good
13
Verizon FamilyB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 38,582 ratings · score 78 · good
14
MyGabbB
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 8,219 ratings · score 76 · good
15
TickTalk Kids SmartwatchC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 16,258 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
16
Kids App QustodioC
Free download · ★ 2.2 · 7,836 ratings · score 68 · situational
17
Parental Control App: AirDroidC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,429 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
18
Bark KidsD
Free download · ★ 1.3 · 9,527 ratings · score 59 · weak
19
OurPact Jr.D
Free download · ★ 1.3 · 7,781 ratings · score 55 · weak
20
SeenLog: Activity TrackerD
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5,024 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional
21
SaferKid Text Monitoring AppF
Free download · ★ 3.9 · 3,544 ratings · score 34 · avoid · provisional

New in the last 30 days

Questions people ask

What is the best parental control app for iPhone?: Google Family Link, S tier, ranked #1 of 21, rated 4.7 by 294,943 people.
Which parental control apps are free?: 21 of 21 are free to download: Google Family Link (S), Nintendo Switch Parental Cont... (S), Parental Control App Kids360 (S), Parental Control App - Kidslox (S) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.
Which parental control app has the best App Store rating?: Nintendo Switch Parental Cont... at 4.7 from 165,272 ratings.
How many parental control apps reach S or A tier?: 11 of 21. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.