Features
Everything a family needs. Nothing a spy wants.
Each feature below lists what it does, how it behaves on the child's device, and the honest permission cost — with links to the proof.
Live location, without the anxiety spiral
One map for the whole family: where everyone is, whether they're online, and a 24-hour trail when you need context.
- Live updates every few seconds while the child's device is active
- Offline catch-up: out-of-coverage points upload later and slot into the timeline
- Presence dots show who's reachable right now
Worth knowing: Requires background-location permission, and the child's device shows a persistent “sharing your location with your family” notification the whole time. Why background location →
Aanya
Home · just now
Dev
Football practice · 2 min ago
Papa
Office · 10 min ago
Safe zones that tell you what matters
Draw a circle around home or trace the school grounds. You get one alert on arrival, one on leaving — not a stream of noise.
- Circles and free-form polygon zones, drawn on the map
- Alerts fire in real time, and offline uploads are checked the moment they arrive
- Every alert says which zone, which child, and when
Aanya arrived at Home
4:12 PMAanya left School
3:45 PMAanya arrived at School
8:02 AMScreen-time facts, not screen-time fights
Per-app daily totals turn 'you're always on that thing' into a conversation about actual numbers.
- Daily totals per app, with 7/14/30-day views
- Tap a day to see its per-app breakdown
- Time totals only — never what was watched, typed, or browsed
Worth knowing: Uses Android's Usage Access, which counts foreground time per app and cannot see app contents. How Usage Access works →
Screen time · this week
App rules the child can see
Block a specific app for focus time. On the child's device it's a labelled block screen — never a mysterious crash or a hidden overlay.
- Block and unblock specific apps from anywhere
- The child sees exactly who blocked it and can go to the home screen
- Rules sync on reconnect, so a dead battery doesn't undo them
Worth knowing: Powered by an accessibility service that detects only the foreground app — it requests no window content and cannot read what's on screen. The Accessibility permission, explained →
App blocked
This app has been blocked by your family administrator.
Go to home screenA pause button for dinner time
Temporarily lock the device — with a visible notice, Settings always reachable, and emergency calls always available.
- One tap to lock, one tap to unlock, from anywhere
- Honest delivery states: applied, delivered-but-not-enforced, or waiting for reconnect
- Locking never erases data and can't touch the child's PIN
Worth knowing: Uses Android Device Administrator with only the force-lock policy — wiping or password changes are technically impossible for Safentora. Device admin, scoped to force-lock →
Lock device — Aanya
Applied on deviceBlock YouTube — Dev
Device offline · applies on reconnectSafentora shows the real state — delivered, applied, or waiting — instead of pretending.
A real family model, not one shared login
The parent owns the family, co-guardians join by invitation with their own accounts, and child devices pair with a single-use QR code.
- Partner invites: single-use links that expire in 72 hours
- Child pairing: 8-character single-use codes, 10-minute lifetime, typed or scanned
- Child accounts are created and managed by a guardian
- 1
Parent generates a single-use QR code
- 2
Child scans it on their phone — nothing to type
- 3
Child reviews & accepts the consent screen
- 4
Monitoring starts — visibly
The difference
Practices, compared honestly
We won't name competitors — we'll just compare behaviors and let you check ours.
| Behavior | Safentora | Typical stealth monitoring apps |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring visible to the child | Yes | No |
| Consent recorded before monitoring starts | Yes | No |
| Reads messages or screen contents | No | Yes |
| Offers a stealth / hidden mode | No | Yes |
| Child can see & revoke permissions | Yes | No |
| Every permission publicly documented | Yes | No |
Ready when your family is
Set up takes minutes: install, pair with a QR code, and decide the rules together.
We genuinely encourage the second button.