Mobicip vs OpenParental

Mobicip is parental-control software for managing children’s device use. It combines content filtering, screen-time schedules, app blocking, and activity reports with location tools. Guardians can view live location, set geofences, and receive location alerts; the service also monitors conversations on three social media apps and lets guardians share parenting responsibilities with trusted family and friends. The free BASIC plan manages two devices. Paid plans billed annually are Lite at $2.99 per month for up to five devices, Standard at $4.99 per month for up to ten, and Premium at $7.99 per month for up to twenty. A 7-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee are listed. Mobicip supports iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebooks, and Kindle Fire, while app blocking is available on iPhone, iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire. The company lists its headquarters in Newbury Park, California, and says support is available Monday through Friday.

OpenParental is free, open-source parental-control software for Android, built around visible, consent-based supervision for parents and teenagers. A parent creates a short pairing code, which the child app claims before receiving a scoped device token. Parents can remotely lock or ping a device, set app blocklists, configure per-app daily limits, and create schedules. The parent dashboard or alert feed can receive periodic location, daily per-app usage, newly installed apps, and tamper events. Alerts can cover tampering, a device going dark, new apps, and unblock requests. Live screen viewing uses a setup-time MediaProjection grant and sends JPEG frames through Socket.IO. The project excludes covert audio, camera, ambient recording, covert screen capture, server-side storage of minors’ photos, Device Owner, and device wipe. The backend is self-hosted with Node 20+, Docker, PostgreSQL 16, and Redis 7. The child app is a sideloaded Kotlin Android APK; the parent app is Flutter with a Play Store track.