Latest Topics ZDNet. By registering you become a member of the CBS Interactive family of sites and you have read and agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Video Services Policy. You agree to receive updates, alerts and promotions from CBS and that CBS may share information about you with our marketing partners so that they may contact you by email or otherwise about their products or services. You will also receive a complimentary subscription to the ZDNets Tech Update Today and ZDNet Announcement newsletters. You may unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time. Kid Safe Browsers for i. Pod Touch and i. PadSome links on this page are affiliate links. By purchasing through these links, Be Web Smart earns a small commission. Thanks for your support Read my policy and disclosure page for details. Restricting web use on i. Pods, i. Pads and i. Phones is easier since i. OS7, when Apple introduced website content filtering. Parents can block adult content in the Safari browser and as a plus, the content block works within other apps on the device. Before i. iOS 9 Update Available to Download Now for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch IPSW Links. Latest trending topics being covered on ZDNet including Reviews, Tech Industry, Security, Hardware, Apple, and Windows. Allow contentfiltered web access on your childs iPod touch or iPad. Block YouTube for good while allowing limited web access with a kidsafe browser. A few days after the original iPhone became available in July 2007, developers released the first jailbreaking tool for it, and soon a jailbreakonly game app became. Sleep after specified amount of time The Clock application on the iPhone and iPod touch is surprisingly versatile, offering a World Clock, Stopwatch, Alarm, and. MS Paint, the first app you used for editing images, will probably be killed off in future updates of Windows 10, replaced by the new app Paint 3D. Microsoft lists. OS7, the only way to restrict or filter web use was by installing a kid safe web browser and completely restricting the Safari browser and You. Tube.  There may be less of a need now for installing a separate app for safe web browsing, but for some there may still be a need. Here are some reasons you may want to use one of the Kid Safe browsers Older model i. Pod touch, i. Pod or i. Phone that cannot upgrade to i. OS7. Receive e mail report of all the web sites visited using the app. Customize the level of filtering by age range. Customize the content filtering by categories. Time limits for web use. Take advantage of a product you are already using on the home computer for parental controls. Not all the apps below include all these features, so read each description to see if any of these kid safe browsers with parental controls are a good fit for your family. AVG Family Safety. Download Office Web Apps Server 2013. AVG Family Safety is a free app for i. Pod touch, i. Pad and i. Phone.   It will automatically block websites categorized as pornography or malware. But you can also add websites to a block list. So if you want to block You. Unlock-an-iPod-Touch-Step-3.jpg/aid1281844-v4-728px-Unlock-an-iPod-Touch-Step-3.jpg' alt='Ipod Touch Locked Up After Update To Windows' title='Ipod Touch Locked Up After Update To Windows' />Tube, just add it to the block list. Be sure to add both the full You. Tube web address and the mobile version m. There is also a tie in with their AVG Family Safety service for your family computer. If you already use that service, then the app can connect and youll get more advanced filtering features, like customizing the list of allowed or blocked sites. AVG has also added Do Not Track to this app, which helps you see which websites are collecting data from you when you visit a site. Pros No registration needed, easy to use, can choose the default search engine. Cons a few bugs some buttons not working at all after their latest update, and need to specifically add most sites to block especially for younger kids. Download. More Info on AVG website. K9 Web Protection browser. K9 Web Protection is a free app for i. Pod touch, i. Pad and i. Phone. It is also available for Android devices. It will block adult and potentially offensive or malicious sites. You can view the browsing history to see which sites were blocked but note that your child could also view and then clear this history. The browser uses its own Safe Search capabilities which are locked into place. Pros Easiest to use with no registration or passwords needed. Cons No customization available. Download. More info on the K9 website. Mc. Gruff Safe Guard Mobile Browser. Mc. Gruff Safe Guard is a free app for i. Pod touch, i. Pad and i. Phone.   It restricts websites by age range either Child 1 1. Teen 1. 3 1. 7, or Adult no restrictions. With a 1. Silver level youll get more features such as the ability to pick categories and sites to allow or deny, a You. Tube safe mode not perfect, but its something, and ability to see the full browsing history. You can also upgrade to the Gold level which gives you detailed history sent to e mail, and the ability to manage multiple users on one device. Silver levels so cant speak to the Gold level featuresPros Easy to set up customizable daily e mail report can unsubscribe if desired Comprehensive if you go for the silver or gold levels. Silver is less than a cup of fancy coffee, and gold is less than fancy coffee for a week, so may be worth itCons Would be useful if the parent e mail contained the URL of the sites that were blocked need the full version for that. Download. More Info on Mc. Gruff website. Mob. Safety Ranger Browser. Ranger Browser is a free app for i. Pod touch, i. Pad and i. Find every tweak released on Cydia for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and also see if your favourite Cydia tweaks are compatible with iOS firmware versions. My iPod got locked and is now disabled. I forgot the password and the home button doesnt work. Is there any way I can get my iPod into DFU mode without using the. How to Reboot an iPod Touch. Even though iPods are known for just working, they can occasionally run into some problems. These problems can be as simple as an app. Phone.   It is also available for Android devices and Windows phone. This app is a bit different from the others. You register on their website and set up an account with your childs name. Choose the level of content filtering per child high, medium or low, with customization ability also. Then from the app, log in using your account and childs name to apply the settings. Pros Time limit settings ability to customize and add websites to always block or allow web page for parents to view history. Cons Could not find documentation in the app or their website last time I reviewed but they do have a FAQ page now. Thats about it bugs I encountered during my last review have been fixed Download. More info on the Mob. Safey websiteobicip Mobicip is available for i. Devices, Android, and Windows phones. When I first reviewed, the cost was 4. OS devices. You can choose content filtering for elementary, middle, and high school levels. Mobicip premium services adds features above and beyond the safe browser, such as app monitoring what apps are installed, time limits, and custom filter settings. Note that the premium features are also included for your mobile device if you purchase Mobicip for your desktop PC for parental controls on a home computer. Pros Free, easy to set up, can configure from a website as well as from the app. Comprehensive website and HelpFAQs. Cons Cant customize without the premium level. Download. More info on the Mobicip website ow to disable Safari to ensure use of the kid safe browser. Once youve installed a kid safe browser on your childs device, you may want to restrict the default browser. For i. Devices, this is the Safari browser. Also be sure to restrict addingdeleting apps, otherwise your dear children can remove the kid safe app and add Safari back in. Ive got step by step instructions for restricting Safari and You. Tube here. Do you know of a browser not listed here Let me know about it in the commentsSome links on this page are affiliate links. By purchasing through these links, Be Web Smart earns a small commission. Thanks for your support Read my policy and disclosure page for details.