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Some of the best apps in parental control try to focus on specific fields of skills, such as location tracking or social media monitoring – while others, such as MM Guardian, try to do all this.
This is a complimentary purpose, and the list of MM Guardian features is definitely impressive: it monitors messaging and social media apps, it analyzes content for inappropriate messages using AI, and tracks your children’s location – while offering remote device management.
There is no shortage of apps that offer it all, although, at least on the paper, let’s see if the MM Guardian can stand against Norton, the bark and the likes of the big name.
Plan and pricing
The most popular pricing of MM Guardian is an annual family subscription, which is priced for one year coverage for five children’s device apps .999.98/.5 78.53. This is definitely a better option for monthly subscription, which provides the same protection for 99999/7 7.85 every month.
If you only need to protect a child’s device, the price of MM Guardian for one year coverage is 99 4.99/£ 3.92 or 9 49.98/£ 39.26.
It’s easy to see why this five annual device is the most popular option. And if you are not sure if the MM Guardian is the right app for you, there is a fourteen day’s free trial.
This price is well connected with the premium offer of the Barak, which is also priced at £ 99/£ 78 Annual. But Kasudio is a bit cheaper – and so is the Norton family.
Specialty
The MM Guardian makes a huge deal about its web filtering, and the reason is easy to see. There are more than 140 types of inappropriate content to filter, which are practically more than any competitors offering, and parents can use age -based filters and manually stop or allow special websites.
On Android, web filtering works on browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and Opera. It is common for parent control apps to have a little more teeth on iOS, though, and here’s it: on Apple devices, web filtering works only if you use MM Guardian’s own safe browser.
There are other areas where MM Guardian is equally comprehensive. You can access, monitor and read the text messages sent and received by your child and view their phone calls time, duration and number.
In addition, MM Guardian offers message monitoring for popular services such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Cake, Decord, Facebook Messenger, Teltok and Snap Chat, so most of the major social media sites have been covered.
If you detect messages with inappropriate content, you will find warnings, but it is worth noting that this scanning and informed is well-supported on Android but is a bit complicated on iOS-it works on iMessage and WhatsApp, but for example, not on Instagram or Asnap Chat.
MM Guardian can update parents from time to time at children’s places, with parents to be able to get alert, but this is a rare missed by MM Guardian – unusually, there is no geopening available in this app. This means that you will not be informed when the kids enter or get out of your selected areas – such as arriving home or school, for example.
MM Guardian’s screen time is a precursor to the school nights or weekend nights, in which the latter offers further relaxation, and parents can form their schedules. Individual apps can also be extended to the time of use.
If their limits are violated, they can still call or send a message to the parents, but there is a lost feature: MM Guardian does not allow parents to explain how much time their children are allowed to spend on their devices every day. This is a very common feature for parent control apps, so it is disappointing that it is not available here.
If you want to easily see what your children have been, MM Guardian offers comprehensive reporting of activity.
Dealing in specific areas gives parents more data, so there is no shortage of options for parents who want to monitor the use of their children’s device.
Elsewhere, MM Guardian allows parents to use sirens from remotely locking and unlocking children’s devices and finding the lost phone. Android users can also monitor YouTube viewing dates.
However, it is also worth noting what is missing. MM Guardian surveillance messages may be great, but it does not appear on emails – when it comes to material monitoring, there is a big miss.
Also note, if you are a parent who wants to control a particular level, MM Guardian sells his phone in conjunction with Samsung. A15 and A35 devices are mainly Samsung phones that have MM Guardian properties, including layers above, and include advanced GPS tracking, real -time monitoring, instant warning and built -in protection to prevent children from tampering with settings.
This is the best way to achieve the full capabilities of MM Guardian’s parental control, though it requires considerable costs on devices – A15 cost is $ 229/£ 180 and the A35 is $ 339/£ 226.
In interface and in use
It is easy to start with MM Guardian. Download the parent’s app, confirm that you are a parent and create an account, and you are good.
On child phones, it is so easy to link to parent apps – it includes sending just a link – and then it’s a matter of accepting and starting the permit.
It is easy to use Android and iOS apps, whose settings are stored in clear places. And while fewer features are available on iOS, it is common with parental control tools.
The web interface is equally easy to visit, and it works to offer parents with appropriate information.
The only negative aspect here is aesthetic: MM Guardian software is easy to use and is well designed, but it seems a bit ancient.
Supportive
The MM Guardian’s website has a section of the general questionnaire that has a dictionary of some articles and teenage slags, and has installed videos to help Android and iOS users set their software.
Beyond this, the auxiliary functionality extends to a support email address that is accessible on the website and a chatboat that sends questions back to MM Guardian. Chatboat says MM Guardian usually responds within 24 hours.
This is a solid support selection, but nothing special – sometimes the competitors have phone support on the product terrace, and many people have more broader articles and general questionnaires on their websites.
Comparison
MM Guardian tries to present the mainstream feature of all kinds of mainstream found in parental control apps – which means it faces many strong competitors.
Take the bark for example. It is great for social media and AI -based content analysis and has a better interface than MM Guardian, but it does not provide a full history of the web history.
The bark for the user interface is also a better option for both bark and CostoStio MM Guardian, and Costo Screen time controls and value.
Norton, as well as, is a cheap option with a more attractive interface, but it is weak on social media and message monitoring.
The final decision
MM Guardian, then, tries to do everything – and works great. Its web filtering, message monitoring and screen time control are excellent, pricing is appropriate – even if other cheap – and have a comprehensive reporting and a decent location.
Although it does not have geophins, and when it comes to rivals, it loses social media capabilities and attractive UI, some of which are cheap. It is even stronger on Android than iOS.
He said, MM Guardian is definitely a contender. If you don’t worry about an attractive UI and you are an Android family, compare the features of MM Guardian, compare to the tales and Norton-and this may be a winning app for you.
