Aura Parental Controls review

Aura's Kids plan bundles the standard controls with two features few rivals match. The basics are covered: content filtering and site blocking, SafeSearch on Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo, per-app and per-site time limits, scheduled downtime and Pause the Internet, which can also hand out bonus time. Safe Gaming, powered by Kidas, monitors voice and text in popular PC games around the clock and alerts you to cyberbullying and predators, which suits families with young gamers. Aura also offers wellbeing tools developed with clinical psychologists that track shifts in a child's daytime and nighttime activity and social patterns, with conversation starters. The Kids plan covers unlimited kids and devices for $10 a month billed annually or $13 monthly, and the $32 Family plan adds identity theft protection, credit monitoring, antivirus and a VPN for 5 adults. It costs more than most dedicated apps, and its parental controls app is limited to iOS and Android.

Who it is for

Families with gamers who want alerts on PC game chats, or who also want identity protection.

Price

Kids plan $10 per month billed annually or $13 monthly, unlimited kids and devices; Family plan $32 per month billed annually; 14-day free trial.

Kids Plan Unlimited kids & unlimited devices $10 /mo billed annually, or $13 billed monthly
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 8, 2026.

Key features

• Content filtering, site and app blocking, and SafeSearch on Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo
• Screen time limits, scheduled downtime and Pause the Internet with bonus time
• Safe Gaming by Kidas with cyberbullying and predator alerts in popular PC games
• Wellbeing insights on daytime and nighttime activity and social interaction patterns
• Family plan adds identity theft protection, credit monitoring, antivirus and VPN

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Unlimited kids and devices on the Kids plan
• Strength: 24/7 voice and text monitoring across popular PC games
• Strength: 14-day trial and a 60-day money-back guarantee on annual plans
• Weakness: Kids plan costs more than most rivals at $120 a year
• Weakness: Parental controls app runs on iOS and Android only
• Weakness: Displayed prices are discounted, so renewals may differ

Key facts

• Starting price: $10 a month billed annually, Kids plan
• Coverage: Unlimited kids and devices
• Platforms: iOS and Android
• Free trial: 14 days
• Guarantee: 60-day money-back on annual plans

Where it ranks

Aura Parental Controls is No. 6 in our Best Parental Control Apps verdict.