54 platforms covered
Every app your kid uses. One alert feed.
MyParentalControls monitors conversations and activity across the games, chat apps, and social platforms kids actually use — and alerts your phone the moment something looks risky.
Games
7 appsAmong Us
→Multiplayer party game with public lobbies and open text chat.
BitLife
→Life-simulator game where players role-play crime, sex, drugs, and prison.
Fortnite
→Battle-royale shooter — voice/text chat with strangers in every match.
Minecraft
→Block-building sandbox with multiplayer servers and Realms chat.
Pokémon GO
→Augmented-reality game that sends kids to real-world locations.
Roblox
→Massive UGC game platform — millions of mini-games, all with chat.
Steam
→Valve's PC gaming store with chat, community, and mature catalog.
Chat & social
22 apps
Discord
→Voice + text + video chat across servers and DMs — every gamer is here.
Facebook
→The OG social network — older crowd, but full of stranger DMs.
Facebook Messenger
→Meta's standalone chat app — DMs, group chats, voice, video.
Fizz
→Anonymous campus social app for college and high school feeds.
GroupMe
→Group-chat app popular with school and youth-group leaders.
Instagram
→Photo/video social network with DMs, Reels, and a brutal compare-culture.
Kik
→Anonymous-username messenger with a long history of child-safety issues.
Lemon8
→ByteDance's Pinterest/Instagram hybrid — lifestyle and aesthetics.
Messenger Kids
→Meta's chat app designed for under-13s with parent-approved contacts.
Monkey
→Random video-chat app pairing teens with strangers.
Omegle
→Random stranger chat — officially shut down, copycats are everywhere.
Reddit
→Internet's biggest forum — anything goes in the wrong subreddits.
Saturn
→School-schedule and social app — popular with high schoolers.
Signal
→End-to-end-encrypted messenger — strong privacy, hard to monitor.
Snapchat
→Disappearing photo/video DMs, Stories, Snap Map, and Spotlight.
Telegram
→Channel-and-chat app with huge groups and weak moderation.
Threads
→Meta's Twitter clone, tied to your Instagram account.
TikTok
→Short-form video — the most addictive algorithm online.
X (Twitter)
→Social network with reduced moderation and NSFW content on by default.
WhatsApp
→End-to-end-encrypted messenger used globally, often by extended family.
Yubo
→"Make new friends" video-chat app with strangers your kid's age.
Zigazoo
→TikTok-style video app for younger kids with stricter moderation.
Video & streaming
7 apps
Disney+
→Disney's streaming service — kid catalog plus a deep adult catalog.
Hulu
→Streaming service with FX/R-rated content alongside kids titles.
Netflix
→Streaming service with strong kids profiles — if you use them.
Spotify
→Streaming music — explicit lyrics on by default.
Twitch
→Live game streaming with stream chat and DMs (whispers).
YouTube
→The biggest video platform — Shorts, Lives, comments, and full catalog.
YouTube Kids
→Google's curated YouTube — better, but not bulletproof.
AI companions
5 appsCharacter.AI
→Chat with AI "characters" — including romantic and roleplay bots.
ChatGPT
→OpenAI's general-purpose chatbot — homework help and everything else.
Claude
→Anthropic's chatbot — safer defaults but still an AI confidant.
Replika
→AI "companion" app marketed as a virtual friend or romantic partner.
Sora
→OpenAI's text-to-video model — realistic short videos from a prompt.
Photo & creative
9 apps
BeReal
→Daily two-camera photo app pushed as the "authentic" social network.
Bitmoji
→Personal avatar/sticker app deeply tied to Snapchat.
CapCut
→ByteDance's video editor, the engine behind most TikTok content.
Giphy
→GIF search engine baked into every messaging app.
Lapse
→"Disposable camera" social app with delayed photo reveals.
LiveIn
→Always-on home-screen widget that shows what friends are doing.
Locket
→Widget-photo app — friends' selfies show up on your home screen.
Pinterest
→Visual bookmarking — generally safer, with some edge cases.
VSCO
→Photo-editor and small social feed.
Reading & community
3 apps
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